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

0,75l bottle at home. Bottled March 2023. Brown murky color, small white head. smells citric, grapes, lightly acidic, lactic. Nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes citric, lactic, earthy, light stone fruits, grape notes, tannins. finishes dry and medium sour with notes of citric, wine notes and lactic notes. Rather acidic, rather clean sourness. Lots and lots of sediment in the bottle, the bottom was super murky. Overall nice, still drinkable.

7, 7, 7, 7, 7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

This project started off as a brewer of ales but shifted to blending them (mostly their saison) with lambics and even wines, conveniently responding to the trends on the market I suppose, but with allegedly interesting results. I must admit that I have not been following their blending adventures at all so it was about time to put a sample to the test, namely this blend of their own saison with plum lambic (the maker of the latter sadly remains undisclosed). Bottle shared at Proevertjesdag. Thickly moussey, pale pink-tinged off-white, opening and eventually dissolving head, hazy vermillion robe with rusty-ruddy tinge. Aroma of red plum (not quite ripe), grape skin, rosehip, lemon juice, oxidized rosé wine, green walnut, wood sorrel, dandelion, dried parsley, young mugwort, lingonberries, dried purple coneflower. Dry, tart onset, unripe red plum more than the juicy ripe plum sweetness I was hoping for, side notes of grape skin, rosehip and redcurrant; medium carb, more or less vinous mouthfeel, slick cereally core dried by lively lactic acidity, remaining joyfully fruity and sharply edged by lemony sourness. Herbal, rosehip tea-ish notes appear retronasally but it is not uncommon for plum lambics to have that effect so I should not be suprised about it in a 'versnijbier' containing plum lambic either. Astringent tannic effects, probably mostly generated by those plums, dominate in the finish, accentuated by the acids; woody, tart yet fruity finish fading away slowly. Decent enough, fruity enough even in spite of the fact that I was hoping for more 'fleshiness', understandably appreciated by the educated beer community - but still I cannot get rid of the feeling that it lacks body, complexity and finesse. Nonetheless stimulating to find out more about this project.

More blackberry than blueberry, touch of funk, vinous, not much vanilla remaining

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

0,75l bottle at home. Bottled July 2023. yellow lightly hazy color, small white head. smells stone fruits, tannins, earthy, bit lactic, bit funky. nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes stone fruits, peppery, tobacco, earthy, light curry notes, chardonnay, estragon. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of curry, chardonnay and estragon. this is very nice one, the last Dust beers I had were all super messy, but this is very (surprisingly) drinkable. Still some volatile acids though.

8, 7, 8.5, 8, 8.5

LCI. Vinous, dry funk. Barrel, tart grape and citrus, lingering finish.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 05/2023. orange cloudy color, small white head. smells musty, stone fruits, carrot juice, bit vinous, some sulphur. ok smell. full body soft carbonation. tastes vinous, lingering volatile acids, sulphur, light sweetness, peppery, light stone fruits, tobacco, some carrot juice. finishes dry & sweet and medium bitter with notes of volatile acids, carrot juice and sulphur. not a big fan of this, rather messy. Hard to drink a glass, let alone a full bottle

7, 6, 6, 5, 6

Hapukas, marjane, happeline. Ok.

LCI #carnivale