33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL). F: medium, white, average retention. C: pale gold, light hazy. A: orange, mandarin, mango. T: medium to full malty base, mellow orange, mango, mandarin, decent bitterness, soft carbonation, bit more on the sweet side yet not bad, enjoyed.

500ml can pours out straw topped with a white head. Nose is citrus spice some wheat. Taste is more of the nice citrus zest spice notes wheat and a touch of tartness.

33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL). F: medium, white, average retention. C: gold, hazy. A: apples, banana, spicy, hay, lavender, citrus touch. T: medium malty base, lavender, apples, hay, bit mineral, banana, citrus, decent bitterness, medium carbonation, ok for the style, enjoyed.

18/X/24 - 33cl can from Dranken Marlou (Zonhoven), shared @ home, BB: 29/III/25 (2024-1136)

Pretty cloudy pale yellow beer, big creamy white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: very yeasty, fruity, banana, sweet impression, pretty malty, a bit spicy. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sweet, sugary, lots of ripe banana, bit yeasty, some malts, spicy touch. Aftertaste: yeasty, malty, ripe to overripe fruits, very sugary and sweet, more banana, spicy finish. Ok but not great. Would never have guessed this was supposed to be a saison.

The old school IPA in this Biolithic series by Belgo Sapiens, longneck bottle from an organic shop in Ghent. Busily cobweb-lacing, creamy off-white, thick, bit irregular yet stable, slowly breaking head, misty warm orange blonde with amberish tinge. Aroma of pink grapefruit, soggy biscuit, rusk, dried dandelions, spruce tips, dirt or damp earth somewhere, moist chicken spices, hints of unripe peach, wormwood, bitter garden weeds, old paprika and turmeric powder, volatile touch of watermelon, vague clove. Cleanly fruity onset, tamarillo, unripe peach and persimmon aspects, sweetish but not too much, yet some residual sugars do manage to spread out a modest layer of sweetness over a slick, moderately carbonated, notably soft and smooth biscuity malt backbone, with bready and vaguely peanutty edges; some 'Belgian' phenols and other yeast effects appear, adding a certain degree of earthiness, but the hops are certainly there and shine brightly, with retronasal aromas of orange, pink grapefruit, southernwood and even lychee, as well as long, rooty, tonic-watery bitterness, even if the biscuity malt sweetness still pierces through. It has been ages since I had a really good oldskool West Coast IPA and this one almost qualifies; almost, because the Belgian yeast effects are there and should have been avoided completely, but I will not be bothered by this because the malts and hops do feel old-fashioned and taste like almost all IPAs did fifteen-odd years ago - this beer really is, in that sense, a blast from the past. Have an extra point for pulling that off - it sure makes me nostalgic!

Organic dry-hopped Pilsener by Belgo Sapiens, in their 'Biolithics' series; can from an organic shop in Ghent. Snow white, moussey, thick, creamy, shred-lacing head, thinning but residing stable over a crystal clear, (very) pale straw blonde robe with greenish tinge and strings of enthusiastic sparkling rising up from the bottom of the glass. Aroma of dry cereals, straw, chicken food, minerals, grass, white bread crumbs, hints of parsley, dried field flowers, gypsum, natural rubber, rusty iron. Clean, crisp onset, sleek pale malt sweetishness but I read on the label that beet sugar was used (something I never saw in beer, let alone pale lager) so maybe this leaves a hint of residual sugariness? In any case very 'credibly' cereally, no 'dilutions' with corn or rice here, and more structure is added by the hops, which provide a lovely dryish, bit powdery, white-peppery and floral bitterness that spreads out over the root of the tongue, gently but confidently. Retronasally, lovely noble hop aromas appear as well, again very floral (sweetclover, camomile) and elegant. More than decent 'pils', in spite of the weird ingredient; non-traditional dry-hopping brings lots of improvement here and is very noticeable. Much better than expected, to be honest.

Clear reddish brown beer with a big beige head. Aroma of dried dark, raisins, plums, nuts. Taste of raisins, dried fruits, nuts, plums, moderate bitterness.

Appearance: Clear gold with a decent white head. Aroma and taste: Clean & crisp cracker malt, spcy 7 floral hop. Medium dery. Light to medium hop bitterness. Mouth feel: Light to medium body, average carbonation. Summary: A ggod pilsner.

Appearance: Cloudy yellow with a huge white frothy head of perfect retention. Aroma and taste: Wheat bread, coriander & clove, citrus hints, wood, earthy hop. Light plus ending bitterness. Mouth feel: Light to medium body, average carbonation. Summary: OK.