6.5

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

Small to medium yellowish head, stable, leaving a fine lace curtain over muddy ochre to amber beer. Bit toasted, lightly roasted nose, sweetish. Something spicy too, clove, aniseed. Bitterish-spicy. Again light-coloured, sweeter malts in the underbuild. Clove again, other spices, traces of meatesters (the aniseed or the yeast?). Quite slick, medium bodied, light alcoholwarming. OK, nothing special; Tasted with cheese, (Pampam cumin), the bitter is more prominent, good cutting through the fat, but it doesn't get better for it. 6/4/6/3/13

6.5

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

Bottle, Roodebeek edition, seems they have them branded by region. Caramel with a full off white head. Aroma of fruity malt. Flavour is fruity caramel, warm spiced berries, yeast on a spicy finish. Lingers nicely on the mouth.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle from the Delhaize supermarket at the Ghent Watersportbaan - and apparently at least the label is made exclusively for it, strange... Intended to be combined with cheese. Thick, coarse, irregular, egg-white, quickly dissolving head, hazy warm amber colour with coppery hue. Aroma of old toast, dried apple peel, 'can' iron, bird seed, dry cookies, star aniseed, dried banana, plastic, camomile, dried apricot, hot cloth. Fruity onset in a clean and subdued way, hinting at banana, apple and peach, restrained with a sourish edge, very sharply overcarbonated and numbing the tongue a bit; lightly toasted and nutty malt body, bit soapy, some plastic-like notes in the end alongside floral, straightforward noble hop bitterness, a subtle star aniseed note and lingering bread crumb-like maltiness. Clearly one for the great masses, very accessible and quite simplistic, but correct. Feels a bit like a throwback to the pre-Mikkeller era at 'Proef'brouwerij, now that I come to think of it, a time when many a Belgian commissioner turned to them for what eventually resulted in an impenetrable mass of unassuming, but correctly made Belgian 'Proef' ales - "a ticker's nightmare", to quote Tim Webb...

7

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

F: big, tan, good retention. C: coppery, light hazy. A: malty, caramel, biscuit, bit fruity, bit yeasty, hint of raisins. T: very malty, caramel, raisins, fruity, only light spicy what I appreciate, with this combination of malts and heavy caramel taste this is actually more amber ale than BSA but ABV is out of range, good balanced as amber ale and enjoyed, 75cl bottle from Delhaize Chazal @ Schaerbeek in Brussels.

7

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

F: huge, snow-white, good retention. C: pale yellow, light hazy. A: bit malty, grassy, touch of funky, bit spicy, bit grapefruit, herbal, citrus, floral, young cheese, yeasty. T: light citrus, dry grassy, peppery, leaf, herbal, bit funky, orange peels, medium body, higher carbonation, nice one, enjoyed, but this commercial drive series (like “Delhaize Ben's”) are not my thing, 0,75l bottle from Prik&Tik/Quali-drinks/ in Brussels.

6.8

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

F: huge, white, good retention. C: yellow pale blonde, hazy. A: malty, a lot of coriander, spicy, orange peels, bit herbal, banana, fruity esters, bit yeasty. T: wheat, coriander, orange peels, herbal, dry grassy, yeasty, fruity, light body, medium to high carbonation, light soapy mouthfeel, refreshing but nothing very special, 0,75l bottle from Prik&Tik/Quali-drinks/ in Brussels.

4.8

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

Sampled from 0.25 l bottle from 'Delhaize' (Rocourt), best before June 2018. Clear, golden yellow with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, slightly grassy and a bit skunky aroma of grains and some straw. Minimally sweet, moderately bitter, fairly dry and slightly grassy taste of grains, straw and some chalk, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly grassy and very dry finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Rather untypical for a macro Lager, clean and very dry but still not very interesting.

6.8

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

Bouteille 75cl, no BB, big exploding cork. Brune foncée, col épais café au lait. Arôme offre de suite de fines effluves aigrelettes, fruits noirs, note de caramel brulé, sorte de sirop de Liège. Palais est malté, grillé, petite pointe aigrelette, fruits noirs; prunes et dates, rappel de vieille brune. Boisé reste assez modéré et pas certain que cet effet aigre était le fait attendu de la bière. Le tout reste cependant correcte et plaisant, petit effet mûre-cassis.

5

Botella 33 cl de supermercado Brugge 10.. 09..2017. Lote y fcpref ilegibles en etiqueta. Color amarillento dorado casi transparente con espuma blanca. Sabores suaves maltosos y cereales con ligeros herbáceos y cítricos. Cuerpo ligero a medio con gas algo aspero y seco. 7 vol. Corriente.

6

Botella 33 cl de supermercado Brugge 10.. 09..2017. Sin lote ni fdcpref legibles. Color tostado marrón turbio con espuma beige. Sabores maltosos tostados con toques caramelizados también tostados. Dulce azucarada, ligeramente melosa, azúcar moreno. Nueces frutos secos tostados. Cuerpo medio con bastante gas. Espumoso. Buena.