Collab between Schubros and Gulden Spoor, bottle from Willems. Thin, irregular, off-white head retaining quite well, deep and warm amber colour with coppery hue, quiet sparkling, more or less clear initially with lots of minuscule yeast bits floating around. Fairly strong Belgian aroma of marmelade, overripe peach, banana, mango, dust, bitter honey, candied ginger and other spicy phenol effects, straw, rhum, butterscotch, vague iron but ’naturally’ so. Estery, sweet onset, very fruity with notes of banana, apricot, strawberry and orange, deep and soft sourish edge, soft carbo, supple and somewhat oily mouthfeel, very caramelly and lightly bready malt body with toasted accents, rather ’dirty’ yeasty finish with ongoing malt sweetness, earthy and peppery hop bitterishness providing sufficient balance against the initial sweetness and a clear presence of slightly astringent gin-like alcohol heating the throat. The alcohol is way too obvious here and the overall profile could do with a bit more ’cleansiness’ and less ’yeastiness’, but otherwise this is quite enjoyable.

On tap at the Beer Baron. It pours a deep mahogany color with a khaki head. The aroma has a nice combo of strong whiskey, brown sugar, raisin and plum. The flavor is thick and slick on the palate with a good amount of vanilla and whiskey barrel. Raisin, fig, and plummy dark fruit round out the palate before a sweet finish with more woody barrel. Schubros does these strong barrel aged beers pretty well. Better than most of the big spirit barrel aged beers I’ve had from Lost Abbey recently.

Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Spice and light yeast aroma. Spice and ginger flavor with light yeast and light summer fruit. Medium bodied. Spice and ginger lingers with light summer fruit.

On draft at the brewery. It pours an orange color with a white head. The aroma is hugely orange with coriander spice. The flavor is the same with big orange, spice and a touch of floral bitterness. Reasonably dry finish. Nice beer.

On tap at the brewery. It pours a light amber color with an off white head. The aroma is very bready with bread crust and light notes of fruit. The flavor is solid with toasted malt, hints of fruity plum and earthy floral bitterness. Pretty standard amber ale. Not bad.

On tap at the brewery. It pours a light orange with a white head. The aroma is strong with wheat. Very bready with some light florals. The flavor is very dry, bready and floral. Mashed grains and a hint of buttered bread in the finish, but not too noticeable. Bread crust and lightly earthy hop bitterness. Not terrible, just kind of boring.

22oz bottle thanks to Chris. Pours out a golden topped with a small white head. Nose is wheat rye malt and some spice. Taste is more of the wheat rye malt.

330 ml. bottle. Purchased @ Willems & Zoon0 BBF 08/2015. Deep orange, creamy off-white. Nose is oddly medicinal, plaster yeast, chemical plaster dough, odd plaster orange. Taste is medicinal, faintly chemical orange, faintly chemical caramel orange, medicinal alcohol coated grains, chemical sweetish, chemical wash powder thick odd sugar, medicinal. Solid body. Far too many off-putting notes, not sure what happened here but this isn’t it.

cloudy brown, small white head. sweet malty aroma, belgian. flavor is malty, fruity, bitter hoppy.

Bottled. A red beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and caramel, leading to a dry finish.