7 September 2024. At KLJ Nevele Quiz.

A: clear golden, stable, foamy, off-white head.
A: cow fodder, vague manure even, grain, straw, bread crust.
T: sweetish-sourish pear & mandarin, bread, straw.
F: grassy & floral hops, green fruit, yeast.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Okay, but forgettable.

Kerstbierfestival, Essen bottle: Amber coloured ale pretty heavy brew with some good added spices, Translation of the beer name "Father Duck" if i’am correct.

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy orange colored brew with an sweet bitter taste and hints of apricot and bread. Maybe i got an bad brew.

11/IV/24 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Barjac (FR), BB: I/2024, lot A (2024-230)

Clear dark deep purple brown beer, creamy beige head, little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: very yeasty, floral, some banana, malty, soft roast, grains, hay, cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, lively carbon. Taste: good roast, malty, some cocoa powder, slightly sweet, bitter, hoppy. Aftertaste: a bit yeasty, good roast, some coffee, cocoa powder.

4/IV/24 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Barjac (FR), BB: III/2023, lot A (2024-203)

A little cloudy beige blond beer, big solid creamy dense off-white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: malty, a bit spicy, herbal, some banana, yeasty, fruity touch, ok . MF: ok carbon, medium body. TAste: spicy start, a bit sweet, pretty bitter, little yeasty, minty. Aftertaste: herbal touch, a bit sugary, alcohol, very yeasty, soapy bitterness, minty finish.

Bottle from Geers.
A: hazy golden, small, frothy, off-white head.
A: pear, ripe mandarin, honey, coriander, jenever.
T: sweet pear, mandarin, biscuit, grain, spicy phenols.
F: grassy & floral hops, ripe fruit, spices, boozy vodka-like alcohol.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Bit too crude, could have been okay otherwise.

22 March 2023. At Hotel Columbo, Ghent. Cheers to the quiz crew!

A: hazy ochre, stable, frothy, off-white head.
A: overripe orange, pear, yeast, unbaked bread, vague manure.
T: sweet orange, plum, honey, dirty yeast & clove.
F: bitter grassy hops, bit harsh, floral, citrus peel & yeast.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Bit dirty, not the smoothest drink; needs some polishing.

Beer commissioned by a marksmen’s guild in Deize (west of Ghent) and brewed by nearby Sint-Canarus; at De Sterre, a restaurant close to the castle of Ooidonk in the same region. Cheers Goedele! Thick and frothy, foamy, snow white, cobweb-lacing, dense and lasting head; initially clear warm and deep ‘old golden’ robe with honeyish glow, turning hazy with sediment added in the end. Aroma of white bread, cereals, honey, field flowers, red apple slices, thyme, wholegrain crackers, apricot, unripe peach, grass and a slight hint of banana. Crisp, fruity onset, sweetish but not overly so, impressions of red apple peel, unripe peach and some banana, very sharply carbonated with very minerally effect lasting through the entire beer; cereally and white-bready maltiness with grain husk-like core but a light touch of honeyish sweetness as well, in the end bittered by a floral, moderately spicy, bit earthy hoppiness which last for a while but never overrules the malt sweetness lingering equally long. Some bready and spicy yeasty accents here and there too, but generally remaining quite clean and crisp. Decent but stereotypical Belgian style blonde, adding nothing at all to this old category, but serving its purpose as a balanced, quite elegant easy drinker.

Advent #13 should be lucky. Should.

Bottle at home. Surprisingly golden color with an -initially- huge sized foamy fizzy white head. Aroma is, well, I'm reminded of spme spices, a kind of soapiness, wheat I guess and a distant lemon and grass hint. Flavor, not surprisingly, is similar, with a sort of sweet-bitter finish that disappears quickly though. Body is thin to average, carbonation is fairly high, texture is watery. Note: after a while both flavor and aroma get a little perfumy. Odd witbier if it even is one.