Magus, kohvine, kergelt oane, humalane, tsitrus. Ok.

Mõru, happeline, puuviljane, tsitrus, vesine. Ok.

Magus, linnaseline, mõru, väga tammene. Ok.

Bouteille @ BXLBeerFest'23, jour 2.
Acajou, col fin crémeux blanc-cassé.
Arôme sur un bouquet belge bien plaisant avec de légers esters – fruits secs (raisins) et rouge en rétro-nasal, apport discret de la barrique de rhum – le tout sur un léger nez frais de booze, pointe de caramélisé et biscuité.
Palais sur une belle base bien belge de quad – esters fruités de bananes, grains malté sur le biscuité, caramel avec une note de fruits rouges et secs. L’apport de la barrique de rhum donne un fini léger sur le boisé, et ce côté très frais du rhum – petite note organique de sucre résiduel – venant peut-être du rhum mais sans pour cela verser dans un rappel tropical ? Je note aussi un fini léger en amertume avec l’apport des houblons.
Une belle réussite qui ne cherche pas à avoir une domination à outrance de la barrique.

Can from Hopduvel.
A: clear yellow, thin, white head.
A: lime zest, mandarin, unripe apple, melon, dill.
T: sweetish melon & apple, sourish citrus, bread.
F: grassy hops, bitter citrus pith, yeast.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Refreshing and summery; not very expressive.

Donkergeel bier met stevige schuimkraag. Smaak is bitterzoet met iets van graan, wat citrus en meloen.

Very nice! The peppercorns give it a nice gentle kick

1/IX/23 - 33cl can from Stroom Brouwers (Gent), shared @ home, BB: 16/VI/24 (2023-514)

Clear orange blond beer, big irregular crackling off-white head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice, pretty fruity, orange peel, citrus, a bit piny, floral notes, some sweet malts. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter start, good malty backbones, fruity, citrus notes, grapefruit, a bit resinous, slightly soapy. Aftertaste: good bitterness, orange peel, some grapefruit, a bit grassy, soapy touch, nice one, I like it!

One of Stroom's newer beers, a kveik IPA hopped with Magnum, Idaho 7, Triskel (a somewhat obscure French variety developed in 2006) and El Dorado. Can from the Hopduvel, since a couple of years located in a much more spacious shop at the Dok Noord site (and in that sense, perhaps, deserving of a new place rating here?). Thick and frothy, egg-white, regularly shaped, densely moussy, firm head on a hazy apricot blonde robe with pale orangey glow. Aroma of orange zest, rambutan, kumquat, green mango, unripe pineapple, indeed some blood orange, lime blossom, lemongrass, apricot purée, maguey leaf, lychee, meringue. Fruity, crisp, juicy onset, sweetish with a sourish undertone, finely but quite actively carbonated for a hazy IPA with some minerally side effects; carambola, lychee, some mango and outspoken citrusiness (pomelo, kumquat) accompany a soft-edged, 'full' maltiness with a doughy and wheaty character. There is a crisp citric-sour edge to it all, which I assume is meant to evoke the blood orange association, but the sultry, overly juicy sweet-sour flavour of actual blood orange is kept relatively subtle. The hops provide a brightly tropical-citrusy finish, adding a soft but long and effective bitterness to a wave of yellow-fruity and lemongrassy aromas, where citrus keeps dominating the sweetness of tropical fruit. The kveik does support the exuberant fruitiness but does so in a 'controlled' and measured kind of way which does not overwhelm the hops, so in spite of the blood orange tag and the kveik, this remains, in its essence, a citrusy, radiant hazy IPA, maintaining enough bitterness to keep it interesting and refreshing. All things considered, this is actually a really good 'Ghentian' fruit IPA even with Dok's stiff competition in the backyard - and to me one of Stroom's finest so far.

27/VIII/23 - 33cl can from Stroom Brewers (Gent), shared @ home, BB: 8/V/23 (2023-508)

Clear amber beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, caramel, ripe banana, yeasty touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: malty start, pretty bitter, quite some caramel, some ripe banana. Aftertaste: very malty, grains, hay, a bit yeasty, caramel, banana.