Col Roulé

Bottle at home. Clear (initially) yellow golden color, huge foamy bubbly white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, a bit yeasty, somewhat bitter. Meh and way too much carbonation. 6-5-5-4-5

Hazy golden, stable, foamy, off-white head. Aroma of apple peel, pear, hand soap, milk gone sour, cauliflower, 'putje' (the drain), old bread, rye, potatoes. Taste has sweetish apple, pear & some melon in a dry-bready, wheaty malt body that is slighty soapy and lends some sourishness but also points toward sour milk; gentle spicy rye note on the side. Grassy, floral hoppy finish, lingering unripe fruit, dry spelt, yeast and rye. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. There are some positives but it's destroyed by the messy whole - and the ugly label.

Seems there might be 2 almost the same versions: Klootzakske and Klootzakske original. The bottle is slightly different, the same ABV will see if there is any noticeable difference. Original version: Smell-weak, banana, malt, faint Belgian yeast. Foam- thin, malt, faint sourness, then hit of hops and bitter tones. Head is large, white in color. Sticks a bit. Appearance- generic white bottle cap. Simple label, with some hairy balls. Cloudy orange color, few carbonation bubbles. From - snifter Price- 2,49 euros Taste- weak hops, weak malt, bit dry, faint Belgian yeast and then more hops. Bitter aftertaste mixed with some pine and grass and malt. Bitter hoppy aftertaste, lasts for some time. Nothing special. 6/2/5/3/11=2,7 Non-original version: Smell-weak hops, grass Foam-thin, weak sour notes, weak hops, weak malt. The Head is medium-sized, sticks a bit. Appearance- black bottle cap, simple label, almost same as original version. From - snifter Taste- weak malt, weak bitter tones, weak Belgian yeast, weak bitter and malty aftertaste. Generally a lot calmer and less harsh than the original one. For me - better. Smell - 5 (worse) Appearance - 2 same Taste - 6 better Mf - 3 same Overall - 12 better End 2.8 The bottom line original did win only in smell and the new version wins in taste, also it is more neutral for my taste, so I seem to like the new version better.

33cl bottle. A clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of mild citrusy and grassy hops, wheat malt, yeast. Taste of herbal pale malt, grassy hops, citrus, refreshing hoppy finish.

Bottle from Drinks Vanuxeem, Ploegsteert, Belgium. Pours a muddy orange colour with a thinnish soapy looking off white head. Very faint aromas of vegetables, herbs and spice. Taste has more of the same bland notes with quite a fair amount of peppery spice. Dry finish. Thin to medium body with a very lively fizzy mouthfeel. Very disappointing. Definitely will not be seeking out again. Edit: The beer got a bit better by the time i had finished drinking but still very boring.

Bottled 330ml (AIH147)
Hazy orange colour, medium-sized creamy off-white head and lace. Dull dry yeasty nose. Light-bodied. Pale malts, dry, light spiceyness. Meh.

330ml bottle. Cloudy, yellow-ish, golden colour with absurdely huge, thick, form, frothy, moderately to mostly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Yeasty spicy, grassy and minimally floral, hoppy as well as biscuity, pale malty aroma, hints of unripe yellow stone fruit, some honeydew melon, a touch of quince, whiffs of chamomile. Taste is dry, yeasty spicy, bready malty, minimally tart-ish veggy and herbal bitter, sweet-ish and floral overtones. Watery texture, papery palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. A handful of rather strange flavours accompany an otherwise quite mediocre Pale Ale - nothing to skitter away, not attracting either.