Organic beer (like the other Warmenbols), a blonde brewed at Den Hopperd. Medium thick, egg-white, dense and quite small-bubbled, slowly opening head lacing in shreds over a hazy, warm 'pale orange' beer with peachy hue, with some darker flakes of proteins sinking to the bottom of the glass even after the first pour - a sign of age, I'm afraid. Aroma of indeed some rusty, almost 'metallic dry chicken soup'-like oxidation, but not too strongly so; other impressions of old oxidized apple, rusk, wet bread crust, nutmeg, old dried orange peel, roasted carrot, fried egg, honey, old dry cigarette tobacco, white pepper, dried apricot, vague peppermint. Fruity onset in a cleanish, only subduedly sweet kind of way, red apple and light dried banana slices, very light sourish accent, medium carbonated; very slick, bit metallic-edged cereally and nutty maltiness, feeling a bit thin and 'empty' to be honest, leading to a softly bittering finish with a dash of floral hops as well as spicy notes of very old orange peel, cloves and white pepper, no doubt of mostly phenolic nature. Some of that sweet oxidation returns retronasally, while malt and a kind of honeyish (unfermented sugar) sweetness also lingers in the finish, albeit subtly so. Clearly a bit too old, this bottle I stumbled upon, and this is not the kind of beer to age - but that said, this is better than other Warmenbol brews I had and, all things considered and ignoring the oxidation, relatively enjoyable, as a simple, indeed somewhat single-purpose Belgian 'amber' along the lines of classic Palm and De Koninck 'spéciales belges'. Not the worst beer I had, in a very old-fashioned style that has sadly become all but obsolete.

Friday 1st Feb 2019; 7th Pre-Brugge Bier Festival International Beer Swap, De Bierboom. This is one of the many bottles that landed on my table for me to try, it is OK to take a decent sized sample (within reason) because there are so many beers to share. Almost black in colour, light beige head. Malty/coffee aroma and taste with some dark fruit and liquorice flavours seeping in mid-sip, finish has a slight bitterness.

Towering cream-tan head over deep cola-coloured beer. Very roasted, liquorice, jap, wood, melanoidins, meatroast, bit of sulphur. Bitter, quite roasted, but with a burning, chilli-like feel. Hot, capsicine, tannins, liquorice. Backthroat sweetness. Feels quite carbonated, sharp, near aggressive. Medium bodied, much lighter than what one would expect for an I. S. I suspect high attenuation due to sugars. Bit weird - or ought I to say typical organic?

Fluffy dirty-pink head over finely carbonated, fully hazy rube beer. End of bottle solid yeast. Light sweetish-fruity nose, red fruit. Quite faint sourish hing. Again very modest, faint fruity flavour. Billberries, red fruit. Not really sweet, faint acidity, but also a strange, oxydated frying oil flavour. Very light body, bit refreshing. Finish is a tad oily, again referring to this frying oil flavour. Not bad, so far the best from Warmenbol. Enfin, Deseveaux.

Huge, very dense if not very stable, whipped eggwhite-like head fed by lively carbonated yellow golden beer. End of bottle some serious UFO's. Putrid vegetable, decaying greenery - thankfully only for a short time, then more classical pale malts, sugar, and light herbs emerge. Taste, alas, gives more of the same: a sharp spike of sourish vegetable/greenery, long overdue. Typical tripel high attenuation, finish hints at the honey. Sharp MF, irritating, burning. Very lively carbonation that emphasizes the sharp MF.. In the end, not very pleasing.

Huge, dense, lightly yellowish head, fed by lively carbonated greenish yellow beer. Coriander, wheat, other grains, curaçao. Coriander dominating an instantly bitter beer ending on sweet grains and malts. Dry, wryish herbs; finish has quite some citrussy notes. Alternative wheatbeer. Not any better for it, but no doubt quite righteous.

Gratisflaska från Belgiuminabox. Klar ljusgul som övergår till riktigt murken brunorange ju längre ner i flaskan jag kommer. Högt vitt skum som är lite svårtämjd. Sött med honungstoner, lite bananigt och estrigt med en kanske lite väl värmande och smakande alkohol för sin procent.

Lichtgeel bier met heel veel schuim wat lang blijf staan. Smaak is licht zuur en fruitig met iets van ananas, citrus en koriander.

Zwart bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is bitterzoet met iets van koffie, chocolade en ietwat karamel.