5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle at De Dingen Kortrijk. Clear gold colour lasting white head. A simple blond beer. Slightly herby flavour. Malty Odd. Not great. Cereal and earthy

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Small, reasonably stable yellowish head with some shards of lace over hazy orangey ochre beer. Malty nose, but with a strong vegetable, almost insectoid aroma. Toasted malts, candi sugar. Bitter, herbal, vegetable. Rather burning feel, sharp; bittering hops in force. Warming up, a sweeter, marzipan-like flavour. Medium bodied, good carbonation, rather fiery MF. Good intentions, I'm sure, but it came out as rather crude (KRUde?), agressive, I'm afraid.

7.5

Kru, not to be confused with (Colruyt) Cru beer - Hazy, small head - hoppy/spicy/banana/malty aroma - light hoppy & sweet, medium body

7.5

Kru, not to be confused with (Colruyt) Cru beer - Brown colored, not like most tripels, malty/caramel/alcohol/sweet taste - light bitter aftertaste. Nice beer, but in my opinion not a tripel

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

The tripel in this new ‘KRU’ series, brewed in Deinze by Mathias Vanoverschelde, who also works at BeerSelect in Ghent and operates his own ‘t Atelier as well – thanks for sharing this one Mathias! Egg-white, plastery lacing, mousy, opening head over a hazy deep peach blonde robe. Aroma of old wrinkled apples, coriander seed, banana peel, old bread crust, gin, freshly cut grass, old potato soup, pear, sweat. Fruity onset, banana peel, peach, pear, lively carbonation but not over the top, smooth and full body; cereally, white-bready maltiness supporting a floral hop bitterish touch in the finish, along with a dash of spicy coriander and clear, warming ‘jenever’-ish alcohol. Retronasally, a sour-sweaty effect lingers a bit, downgrading the drinking experience a bit for me. Decent enough, in all, but the blonde is more successful in its particular segment.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

The ordinary blonde from this new brewing project in Deinze (Eastern Flanders), many thanks to Mathias – the brewer – for sharing! Thick and mousy, membrane-like lacing, egg-white, stable head on a misty straw blonde to golden beer. Aroma of ripe banana, white bread pulp, powder sugar, flour, dried camomile, potato starch, freshly cut grass, dandelion leaf, chewing gum. Sweetish onset, clear banana ester but less dominating than expected, ripe pear and apple peel notes, fizzy carb, smooth white-bready maltiness with lingering minerally effects from the strong carbonation; grassy bitter and floral hop touch in the finish, with banana but also a green melon aspect lingering. Sweet, rounded mainstream blonde, clearly intended for a large audience, but very correctly made and easily drinkable.

6.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

20/VI/20 - 33cl bottle @ DOK Brewing Company (Ghent), BB: n/a (2020-541) Thanks to Matthias for sharing the bottle!

Clear blond to orange beer, small creamy off-white head, stable, bit adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: sweet, malty, caramel, ripe banana, sugary, overripe banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, some burned plastic, chemical, unpleasant. Aftertaste: bit sweet, lots of ripe banana, bit sourish, fruity touch, meh, coriander notes, some autolyse?

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

20/VI/20 - 33cl bottle @ DOK Brewing Company (Ghent), BB: n/a (2020-540) Thanks to Matthias for sharing the bottle!

Clear blond beer, small creamy white head, stable, bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of banana, sweet, sugary, almonds, marzipan, some vanilla. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of esters, soft bitterness, lots of banana peel, bitter touch, yeast, autolyse, unpleasant. Aftertaste: pretty dry and bitter, banana peel, medicinal bitterness, somewhat oxidized, almonds.