Hefiger, mild süßer Beginn, kräutrig, hopfig-herb. Würzig, moderat bitter, spritzig. Alkoholische Noten, hell malzig, mittellanger Abgang. OK. 10/8/8/8/6/8

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Strong, sweet and sugary with stewed/candied fruit, apricot, yeast, some sugary orange, malt. Long sweet aftertaste. Medium body.

Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Oily palate.

Strong Belgian blonde brewed for drinks center De Centrale in Diksmuide (though at first for the municipality of Diksmuide apparently), sampled in a café at the Diksmuide market place. This beer has been in existence since 2015 and was brewed by Dolle Brouwers at first, but went to Deca in 2019; AVB has dropped by one per cent at the time and I heard that the Dolle version was actually just an alias of their core Ara Bier, in spite of their policy of being against aliasing (or 'etiketbieren', as good old OBP coined this phenomenon). Egg-white, thick and frothy, rocky, stable head on a hazy peach blonde robe with amber glow, turning more pale-brownish with sediment but still generally blonde. Aroma of bread crust and bread pulp, dried orange peel, coriander seed, crumbling dry earth, fried potato, clove, roasted turnips, unripe peach, pear peel, straw, field flowers. Fruity onset but restrained and not sweet, hinting at unripe peach and apricot peel along with a dash of hard pear, medium carbonated, smooth-bodied, even a bit fluffy. Cereally and bready core, touch banana bread but feeling 'true' and genuine, bitter orange peel note along with the expected coriander seed spiciness, blending with a clove-like phenolic touch and floral hops into a yeasty, earthy, drying, spicy and altogether utterly 'Belgian' finish. Typical local 'streekbier' of old-fashioned signature, as if the craft beer movement never happened - but technically very solid and I like that a lot.

330ml bottle [as "Vleteren Wit"]. Slightly cloudy, orange golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Wheaty malty and yeasty fruity, minimally yeasty spicy aroma, hints of pear and apple, whiffs of clove, coriander, orange peel. Taste is wheaty malty and slightly spicy, quite zesty bitter, hints of coriander, a touch of orange peel, way more zesty bitterness than orange flavour, undertones of white bread, pear and apple.
Minimally creamy, watery texture, slightly dry palate, medium to fine, dense, prickly carbonation.
Relatively bitter and almost a tad aggressively spicy, accordingly not exactly harmonious, but fairly refreshing and definitely boring as well - decent.

bottiglia 33 cl, bel cappello di schiuma bianca fine persistente, color giallo oro velato, al naso lieviti belgi vaniglia frutta candita zucchero filato frutta a pasta gialla leggero legno, in bocca frutta a pasta gialla vaniglia frutta candita miele spezie e una punta di whisky, corpo medio, astringente, carbonazione moderata, dolce con amaro accentuato, media secchezza. Il barique è delicato. Un’ottima Belga fatta bene. c. Birraland.it 08.05.26

330 ml bottle. Pours black with no head. Aromas of arm caramel, dark fruit, sweet bourbon, a bit of vanilla and roasted malts. Flavors of bourbon, dried dark fruit and roasted malts. Nice though a bit too much bourbon and somewhat thin.

On tap. Pours a dark redfish brown with full foamy head. Aromas of oak, mineral water, dried fruit, dark caramel and bready malts. Flavors of caramel, sweet port, dark fruit and dry bready malts. Easy to drink for 12%! Nice.