Rating scores are an average of two separate tastings.

4/XI/23 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home, BB: VI/2024 (2023-xxx)
Ap: 6, Ar: 7, Fl: 6, Txt: 4, O: 5.5, Total: 5.9/10

Clear red to red brown beer, small crackling off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly, dissipating completely, looks like it’s infected? Aroma: lots of alcohol, sugary impression, lots of caramel, malty, some vanilla. MF: very lively carbon, medium body, lots of alcohol burn. Taste: a little malty, lots of alcohol,l very bitter, hoppy, more alcohol burn, a bit thin, some dried fruits, a bit metallic. Aftertaste: caramel, alcohol, hint of vanilla, very bitter hops, more alcohol, meh. Not a barley wine if you ask me! A thin quad at its best.

29/III/23 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Syntra Zytho class, BB: 18/?/? (was printed off-centre off the cap, so only the first numbers were readable) (2023-276)
Ap: 8, Ar: 8, Fl: 8, Txt: 6, O: 8, Total: 7.8/10

Clear amber to chestnut brown beer, creamy dense beige head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: alcohol, phenols, dissolvent, nail polish, malty, ripe banana, some dried fruits, caramel, yeasty touch, some prunes, nice. MF: lively carbon, medium body, a bit thin for a real barley wine. Taste: sweet start, caramel, banana peel, bitter touch, gentle roast, sweet, sugary, some dried fruits, pretty nice actually. Aftertaste: sugary, caramel, sweet chocolate, alcohol touch, ripe to overripe banana, yeasty touch, sugary, dried fruits, figs and dates, gentle dry bitterness from the hops in the finish.

22/III/23 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Syntra Zytho class, BB: 8/I/24 , lot: 2021048, bottled: 8/I/23 (2023-246)

Little cloudy dark brown beer, big solid creamy beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: malty start, some chlorine, roasted, caramel, chocolate notes, strong roast, some banana yeast. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: good strong roast up front, sweet malts making for some balance, bitter, hoppy touch, lots of chocolate, some coffee. Aftertaste: more bitter hops, little malty, very intense, coffee, alcohol, sweet touch, more dark chocolate notes.

33cl bottle. A clear dark golden beer with a white head. Aroma of ripe fruits, some apricot, yeast, grains. Taste of ripe apricot, sweet pale malt, some honey, herbs, yeast, stone fruits.

Süffiger, trocken kräutriger Antrunk. Wenig würzig und hefig, hell getreidig, rund. Unspannend aber fehlerfrei. 10/8/9/8/10/8

White rim, fast gone over totally clear pale golden beer; End of bottle solid yeastlumps. Lemon, cucumber or gurkins, pickled vegetables, lactic acid. Sweet-sour, and a bit mineral; slight oxydation in the sample going to old cookies and ditto cloth. Light body, but very slick. Not very carbonated. Not bad, true to style, but nowhere new. Txs to Stef!

Bouteille 33cl. bb 26/04/2024 - dégustée à Friture Steve, au métro Pannenhuis.
Couleur cuivre, léger voile, col fin blanc-cassé.
Arôme sur un bouquet belge classique - effluves de grains concassés/céréales malt pils, carapâle. Rétro-nasal tout autant classique mais assurant le côté belge rustique. Léger fleuri - tabac.
Palais reste sur une approche assez classique belge - rentrant dans ce côté brusseleir que je retrouve chez En Stoemelings. Caractère malté fin pâle et pils, léger caramel, avec un léger retrait sec levure et un appui noble en amertume. Cela confère des notes délicates de fleuri, léger terreux, feuilles séchées.

33cl bottle. A clear dark brown beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of chocolate, intense dark malt, brownies. Taste of strong dark brown malt, brownies, dough, chocolate. Good!

Bittermalziger Beginn mit Noten von Schokolade. Etwas trocken, getreidig, Nuancen von Kaffe. Mild röstig, was sich zum Ende noch steigert, das trockene Mundgefühl ist allerdings ebenfalls stark. Mittellanger Abgang. 10/9/9/8/9/9

33cl bottle. A hazy amber beer with a off-white head. Aroma of dried dark fruits, yeast, caramel. Taste of dried fruits, booze, caramel, dark malt.

Trockener Beginn mit Noten von Kakao und trockenem Malz. Etwas herb, dunkel würzig, behäbig. Zum Ende schokoladiger, dennoch insgesamt spärlich. 9/8/9/8/10/8