2 February 2020. At Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke & Pieter! Clear golden, lasting, thick, frothy, off-white head. Aroma of chewing gum, spearmint, winegums, ripe apple, weed, vague paint or varnish. Taste has sweetish apple & apricot, spicy core of mint & pepper with dank herbs & weed perhaps, bready malts underneath. Dryish, grassy hoppy finish, herbal & spicy with a dash of jenever-like alcohol. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Messy brew; call me old-fashioned but I fail to see the attraction of 'cannabis', let alone combining it with food or drinks.

2 February 2020. At Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke & Jerre! Clear red-amber, quickly thinning, frothy head. Aroma of mashed red apple, raisin, overripe red grapes, toffee, vanilla, whisky. Taste has sweet red apple, raiisn & pear, a tad phenolic, clove-like & woody. Dryish, herbal hoppy finish, more red grapes & warming whisky alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, soft-flat carbonation. Too much of everything, too little as a whole.

2 February 2020. At Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke & Jerre! Hazy brown, lasting, frothy, tan head. Aroma of pink grapefruit, red apple, blood orange, pine, dried leaves, herbs. Taste has bitter blood orange, apple peel & grapefruit, a tad nutty & yeasty with cake-like maltiness. Dry, herbal hoppy finish, nutty, piney & earthy, lingering (over)ripe fruit. Medium body, oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Lots of aspects thrown together. As Cream once sang, 'strange brew'...

31/III/20 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared @ home, BB: 7/XII/21 (2020-291)

Clear blond beer, big creamy white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, some banana, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: malty start, nice bitterness, little metallic, rather unpleasant.

1 February 2020. At Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Kevin, Niels & Cynthia! Hazy dark brown, lasting, small, frothy, tan head. Aroma of toffee, raisin, cake, fruit liqueur, dried apricot, orange peel. Taste has sweet toffee, apricot & raisin on solid cake-like maltiness, balanced by herbal & woody bitter notes. Lingering dried fruitiness & toffee in the herbal hoppy finish, with warming (but still subtle) woody whisky-like alcohol. Medium to full body, syrupy texture, soft carbonation. Thick, sweet Barley Wine in which the whisky has a supportive role. Looking forward to taste the others.

J'ai eu un doute sur le classement de cette Douze en la dégustant. On est en effet beaucoup plus sur un barley wine que sur une quad, avec un réel côté liquoreux et un alcool, bien qu'à 11,5% ne se ressentant absolument pas avec un sucre très et trop présent. Ce sucre donne d'ailleurs une trop grosse lourdeur que l'amertume n'arrive que par touche à casser. L'ensemble manque donc de punch alors même que les arômes sont plaisants. Relativement classiques mais plaisants. En verre, rien de particulier avec une robe bronze, légèrement voilée et sans mousse. Le nez est celui d'un barley wine classique mais agréable : caramel, candy, citron, raisin et avec un alcool aux accents de vodka qui se fait ressentir. Ce dernier s'efface ensuite. L'attaque est relativement fraîche, la fraîcheur étant amenée par une amertume salvatrice cassant la sucrosité. La texture, douce, est également appréciable. Les arômes diffèrent du nez et se portent sur le caramel, candy, le poivre, la coriandre, la poire, la figue, le raisin avec des notes de porto. L'amertume marque le pas en seconde bouche, l'ensemble devenant trop sucrée avec une lourdeur certaine et des papilles saturées en sucre. L’arrière-bouche qui reprend l'attaque donne également une note de fraîcheur mais le final, moyennement long revient sur la lourdeur, sans finesse. On s'ennuie tout de même rapidement.

Brugge Bier Festival, 2nd Feb 2020. Light haze to the golden body, white head. Mild malt content allows the bittering hops a place to play and play they do, this is a dry and fairly bitter IPA. Glad to say that it doesn't have a citrusy leaning!

2nd Feb 2020, Brugge Bier Festival. Needed a calming beer inbetween some 'heavy hitters' this seemed a good idea (and it was). Clean and clear golden body, white head gone before I had returned to my table. Crisp, refreshing and neither sweet nor dry, lightly hopped, lightly malted, bog standard Pils in every way.

Bottle from FinestBelgianBeers. Pours a very very dark brown colour with a thin soapy looking beige head. Aromas of dry dark fruits, caramel, alcohol, vinous notes with hints of chocolate and brown bread. Taste has the same notes as the aroma, lots of dark fruits, a touch of molasses, spice and some warming alcohol. Medium to full bodied with a slick slightly oily mouthfeel and a tangy fruity finish. Well balanced. Nice Quad.