From tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas, Brussels. Aroma is very floral, grassy hops (typical Sauvin), peppery spicy yeast, fruity, a bit soapy. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Nice floral Saison, it certainly has a lot of character.

De la caisse spéciale DBSQ Les douze coups de minuit. Un olfactif citrique et sauvage avec des notes de pamplemousse, des accents poivrés et un très léger soupçon céréalier. De couleur doré profond et subtilement voilé le liquide se couvre d’une mousse effervescente qui tient quand même assez bien. Le funky est assez dominant en bouche mais laisse quand même entrevoir des notes de poire, de pamplemousse et d’ananas, démontrant un bel équilibre entre houblons et levure. Quelques notes poivrées de la levure d’origine se laissent découvrir également. J’ai cependant un peu de difficulté à saisir le Nelson Sauvin; la levure lactique dominant dans la même zone de saveurs. Une bière de fermentation mixte où le style d’origine est très peu perçu mais où l’intégration de houblons Néo-Zélandais (sauf pour le Nelson-Sauvin) s’avère bénéfique à la palette, rendant le produit fort agréable. Apprécié ! O:7.63 V:4.21 G:7.31 C:3.55 G:15.25 T:37.95

Dark brown colour with ruby highlights, a nice fluffy, creamyish light mocha-coloured head with good retention and pretty packed up sticky lacing. Mild roasted malt aromas with some dark fruitiness (plums, light raisins). This continues into the taste with the roasted barley lingering on the tongue. Some nice dryness comes from the hops in the finish. A nice Scwarzbier with good balance between the organic malted barley and hops.

Clean, golden colour with a white frothy cap, good stay and lots of sticky lacing. Spicy-caramel malt aromas with some vinous notes and a touch of yeast. Crisp mouthfeel with a little stickiness, and then some soft dryness. Refreshing white grape flavours with herbal notes and mild maltiness in the background. Quite a nice, drinkable New Zealand Pilsner that has a Pils-spiciness, but a blend of white wine.

Pours a hazy, golden-orange colour with a nice frothy-creamyish warm-white head, good retention and full lacing streaks. Aromas of orange juice over some light caramel malt base, with notes of tropical fruits, pineapples, peaches and herbal hints, white grapes. Smooth, kind of creamy mouthfeel with just a touch of building dryness. Citrus zest flavours with some tropical, stone fruits and some mild grassy-bitterness comes along. Quite a nice, fruity, juicy NEIPA with Riwaka and Motueka that has a decent zesty-dryness in the end.

Clean, golden colour with a whitish cap, average stay and light lace. Cereal malt aromas with some decent spiciness, grassiness and mineral notes. With time, caramel malt comes out in the base. Getting some rye flavours, giving bread taste with a touch of honey, spices in the finish. Decent dryness. A nice organic Pilsner with the grain, spiciness and somewhat refreshing.

Hazy with small spice-particles floating around. Golden colour with an amber hue, a frothy-creamy warm off-white head, good stay and a bunch of lacing. Big pineapple sweet-fruitiness in the aromas with some caramel in the base, a piney touch and some grassiness. The mouthfeel is wet with a touch of drying in the finish. Flavours of citrus, notes of tropical fruits, a tad grass and caramel malts. Quite a nice juicy, hazy Pale Ale with a bit of West Coast on this New England-style.