Good, dense, bit yellowish head over fully hazy, very lively orange beer. Nutty, orangepeel, sourish and a little bit of solvent. A serious acidity, maybe a bit lactic, but also acetaldehyde-ic. This is not a wanted sour, fieu . And as to the seasalt the website claims (not the label)... Sour oranges. Serious acidthinning, almost overcarbonated. Slick. True, I've had way worse from 't Koelschip, but still, this acidity... Txs to Stef!

Small if persistent film over hazy orange beer. Acetic acid, solvent, sweet-sour pineapple, citrus on vinegar. Very acidic, if indeed less vinegar than lactic acid; artifical lemon. Tart fruit. Acidburn and -thinning (one would never guess 7.5%. Better carbonated than it looks. Another one from 't Koelschip gone wrong. They really ought to get their act together. Txs to Stef!

Robijnrood bier met mooi stevig schuim. Smaak is licht zuur met iets van bessen en een wat vreemde zure, bittere bijsmaak. Afgezien van de prachtige presentatie is dit wat smaak en mondgevoel betreft voor mij een minder geslaagd bier.

Bottle at home, hazy golden beer, large head. Aroma is malt, grass, herbal, yeast, peppery, sweet, bit dusty. Taste is malt, herbal, metallic, yeast, fruit, peppery, very fizzy, meh ok but not great

Strong dark spiced ale by Koelschip, Ostend's self-proclaimed city brewery, now sold as a 'black stout' (a pleonasm if you ask me), but I am unsure how it was first marketed because I do not follow this particular brewery's output in the least. In fact, had I known that this one comes from Koelschip, I would not even have bought it, because I think they are technically among the very worst breweries in the country - and was proven right again when I tried to open the bottle: even when trying to remain as cautious and prudent as one can be, I could not avoid losing 1/4 of the content to the sink, because the stream of gushing beer that came out after removing the crown cap was simply unstoppable (and foam kept overflowing for minutes after that). Eventually medium sized, regular, uneven-bubbled but well-structured, stable, greyish pale beige head on a cloudy very dark chocolate brown beer - not literally black as most present-day strong stouts are, but very close; I should also mention this sediment of dark grit at the bottom of my glass, adding insult to injury after that extreme gushing. Aroma of wild blackberries, wet tree leaves, soaking wet old black chocolate bars, elderberries straight from the bush, damp forest floor, a solventy touch of varnish or fresh paint, balsamico, coffee grounds, cheap whisky, caramel, burnt tree branches, moss, cloves, anise and cinnamon present but 'distorted' by the infection effects. Estery, bit 'wild' onset, sweet and tart almost like an 'oud bruin', with blackberries, elderberries and wild plums prevailing - the tartness feeling all 'deep' and 'dirty', clearly hinting at an unwanted infection. This effect persists through a medium thick body of caramelly, brown-bready and toasty malts, bittersweet but more tart than either bitter or sweet. Roasty bitterness, as in chicory, does continue in the end, accentuated by leafy hops and warming, whisky-like alcohol, while varnish-like solvents and phenolic spiciness (thyme, clove) unfold, the latter overshadowed by actually added spices - but the cinnamon feels 'raw' and unaromatic, and the others are engulfed in this earthiness, dirty-leafiness and damp-forestiness the infection has brought forth. Quite a mess, like an amateur attempt at creating a strong version of 'oud bruin'; the spices have clearly infected this beer, which stylewise hovers somewhere between a Belgian style export stout (certainly not a true Anglo-Saxon stout, mind you) and a Belgian style Scotch. This brewery should be deeply ashamed of still throwing technically flawed beers onto market in spite of the fifteen (!) years of commercial experience they have - this kind of obstinate amateurism even makes me angry. That said, the flavours are still palatable here: I had much, much worse beers by this awful brewery. I remember what a mess the place itself was many years ago - their beer shop upstairs was more organised, but still - and I wonder if it still looks the same today... In any case, I will certainly avoid their products next time I go shopping at Drinks4U in Deinze.

Bottle at the source on 12th November 2025. Dark brown, beige head. Started off really well, malty, spicy and full of life, it then fell away and a weird flatness came along, sadly it became a salty, weak and bland mess. Struggled to finish it to be honest. Scored kindly!

Bottle at the source on 12th November 2025. Hazed light golden body, white crust. Hop bitter with a salty undertone, certainly had strange sourness to it.

Bottle in the Cultuur Cafe on 12th November 2025. Clouded autumnal orange, weak white crust. Harsh hop feel to this spiced semi-sour brew, took me a while to drink it to be honest, wasn't expecting it to be 'in your face' so much. I'm sure there is salt in here somewhere.