Goeie saison! Niet te koud drinken...

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

The third in this series of Dust beers from a young brewing company (maybe already deserving 'brewery' status here but I'll leave that to the admins), a champagne yeast saison executed at Hof ten Dormaal. Mousy, egg-white, frothy, medium thick, membrane-lacing head which proves unstable and eventually disappears completely; cloudy ochre-blonde robe with apricot hue, a tad brownish and very murky when the sediment is added. Aroma of unripe peach, soggy multigrain bread, damp straw, green garden weeds and grass, some rusty iron, field flowers, apricot, dry earth, green pear. Crisp, fruity onset, some banana peel, peach and pear, sharp and somewhat harsh carbonation, bready malt body with cereally character including dim rye spiciness and somewhat more outspoken spelt graininess, light metallic edge, leading to an earthy, grassy finish with hayish hop bitter note and indeed noticeable champagne yeast flavour, albeit in a somewhat dirty, earthy way; its typical ‘dustiness’ admittedly does work well with the drying hop bitterishness, establishing a quenching finish. Typical Dormaal brew: a bit crude and ‘dirty’ (also in looks), so this concept, not a bad one in itself at all, needs cleaning up to become more memorable – and on a (strictly personal) side note, perhaps bottling this in 75 cl champagne bottles might help its commercial appeal a bit as well?

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

18/VI/22 - 75cl bottle @ De La Sambre Saison Festival, BB: n/a, bottled: VIII/2021 (2022-728) Thanks for sharing!

Clear orange beer, small creamy white head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: fruity, juicy, a bit herbal, nice, good stuff going on here! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: spicy start, pretty acidic, dry, fruity, good! Aftertaste: very bitter, dry, some tannins maybe, fruity finish. I like it!