7.3

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

Trübes dunkel orange goldenes Bier mit einer großen leicht beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht fruchtig hopfig. Geschmack dezent hopfig bitter, floral hopfig, interessant.

6.8

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

Dunkel orange braunes Bier mit einer mittelgroßen beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig, leicht hopfig, rote Früchte. Geschmack süß malzig, Karamell, floral hopfig, rote Früchte.

5.6

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

[9/21/15] Bottle at ’t Brugs Beertje in Bruges. Clear deep golden. Aroma is a bit alcoholic, with yeast, spicy phenols, some fruitiness. Sweetish flavor with malt, yeast, spiciness, fruitiness, and a bitter finish with some alcohol. Medium-bodied.

7.4

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

Bottle from Fontana in Sint-Niklaas. A hobby brew developed by Peter De Munck and Ellen Winters from Beveren-Waas, apparently named after the brewer’s grandmother, commercialized through Danny in Erpe-Mere. Strange that in the Waasland region, these people did not opt for Boelens or Paenhuys to market their recipe... Dense and very stable, thickly lacing, creamy, off-white head over a lightly hazy ’old gold’ coloured beer with greenish hue. Acetaldehyde-rich aroma of freshly cut grass, fresh banana, raw rhubarb, gooseberry, refreshingly fragrant lemon zest, Granny Smith (or ’Granny Fientje’ in this case), field flowers, bubblegum, limoncello, strawberries, kiwi, sourdough - cliché but certainly not unpleasant and free from obvious flaws. Crisp fruity onset, banana, pineapple, gooseberry sourishness, citrus peel fraîcheur, fairly strong and minerally, tingling carbonation, smooth bready maltiness in the middle with some spicy yeasty notes on top, malty finish with a balancing, grassy and lightly peppery hop bitterness as well as some lingering yeasty fruitiness, but not overly estery. The ’noble’ hop bitterness lingers for a long time. Another stereotypical Belgian blonde but that was probably the intention anyway and if well executed, there is nothing wrong with this style, of course... Cleaner than expected, hoppier than usual for the style, ’bubblegummy’ alright but no DMS or other disturbing flavours, this is actually very well done for its particular substyle. Cliché as it may be, this is still a pleasant surprise, I wish more new Belgian blondes were technically as well executed as this one; I expected a lot less, especially considering the Kwibus beers I had from Danny’s own range. Cheers to Fientje!

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--- Beer merged from original tick of Fientje on 06 Jan 2018 at 23:12 - Score: 8

5.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle @ home. Hazy pale yellow with a huge white head. Smells slightly sperm, malts, sweet. Tastes sweet, dough, butter, malts. Medium body, soft carbo.

6.8

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

Bottle from Belgian Beer Shop, Leuven. Golden copper colour, creamy beige foam. Medium carbonation. Harsh bitterness. Some notes of citrus. Hoppy bitter finish. Not very well balanced. Ok.

6.4

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

33cl bottle from Bierboom, Brugge. Pours hazy deep golden to orange with a white head. Fruity and fairly yeasty aroma with medium hoppy and floral notes, light citrus and pine and hints of herbs and malt. Medium sweet with fruity and hoppy flavours and a certain bitterness. Quite decent!

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

@ ZBF 15. Thnx for sharing, geeks! Pours rather clear amber. Smell is nicely hopped, with a good grainy back. Taste is bitter, bit grainy. Intense. Nice !