33cl bottle shared at April THT. thin white head. Very hazy golden pour. Herbal aftertaste

2015 review : Pours bit unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is spiced, very herbal. Taste is bitter, with a strong, hay-like spiced character. Not sure what spices are used, but its very recognizable. i am thinking of lemongrass powder, but am not sure about this. Also has a peppery note (cardamon?) I get that people want to use spices, but It would be fun to have some balance in this as well... 5/10

Re-rate 2020 : Again / Still way to spicy. Toilet cleaner comes to mind, as well as pot-pourri . Mild estery backbone, creating a slick body, like it has been fermented to warm ( but it might just be the spices ? ) . High carb, of course. Rated 5.5/10 this time.

Averageing this to 5.3

Bouteille 33cl. Léger orangé-doré, col blanc. Arôme est plaisant et de suite indiqué par des effluves herbacée rappelant le basilic, voie origan ou le thym le tout est très dominant et cache un peu le rétro-nasal malté qui parvient à faire sa place. Palais est malté assez basique, de note pâle carapils, c’est surtout par son profil épicé-herbacé que cette bière se distingue en tirant vers un herbacé rappelant plus l’Italie et les herbes à pizza. On aime ou on n’aime pas, je trouve le tout plaisant et changeant de ce que l’on voit d’habitude.

04/07/2015 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with tderoeck. Blond-orange colour with big white head. Nose : very spicy (I would say thyme), malts, Taste : overwhelming spice (thyme), malts, fruits, sweet. In the beginning surprising, but after a while not so pleasant anymore

Courtesy of tderoeck. Apparently a commissioned beer brewed at Gulden Spoor. Pours a deep orange colour with tons of dead yeast chunks at the bottom; stable and lacing, moussy, frothy, yellowish white head. Unusual and, frankly, weird aroma of cooked cauliflower, fried salmon, ’old’ tomato sauce, yoghurt, ’soft’ paprika, venison (hare!), old cardboard, wilted flowers, touch of lemon zest, passion fruit, bell pepper soup, sourdough, bisque d’homard, fish broth, fish sauce, cooked eggplant, mango. Taste begins with an unusual kind of salty sweetness, hints of exotic fruits, honeyish with medium carb, smooth caramelly but clearly oxidized maltiness, some cardboard, with a drying alcohol effect setting in quickly, adding insult to injury; quite harsh finish of wodka-like, astringent alcohol, lingering caramelly malts and retronasal presence of baked eggs; hops are only noticeable in the background. A tingling feeling of incompleteness (not to mention alcohol wryness!) is the last thing I get from this. I guess this ale, despite being 8.5% ABV, is to be consumed only in its youth... A shortcoming if you ask me, apart from the tomato and bell pepper smell which I can hardly call inviting. Dead yeast chunks rule here - and they are not my friends. There is a lot of work to be done here, I think...

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Circus Brouwerij Piccolo (by De Circus Brouwerij):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

1/XI/14 - 33cl bottle from the brewer @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: X/2013 (2014-1279) Thanks to Tim, Belle, Melissa and Bene for getting the beer to me! Longest beer chain I ever set up! ;-)

Little cloudy amber beige beer, creamy irregular yellowish head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: bit oxidized, some almonds, sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very spicy, oregano or thyme or something, caramel, bit sweet, chemical touch (rubbery?), fruity hop notes. Aftertaste: bitter, fruity, little chemical, very spicy, some banana and yeast.