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

Bottle from a gift box. Pours clear golden with an unstable, frothy, white head; hazy with the sediment. Aroma of unripe pear, apple peel, moist bread dough, yeast, flowers, hay, cabbage. Taste has sweetish pear, apple, a bit flowery; thick bready-yeasty profile supporting sour wheat accents and a soft earthy bitterness. Not too dry, wheaty, soft fruity finish, gentle grassy hops, lingering 'earthy' yeast. Medium body, slick texture, lively carbonation. Another typical earthy-yeasty brew by Wilde Brouwers, this time more drinkable than any other I've had.

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

One of several experiments in the sour ale field by the Wilde Brouwers just outside of Ghent, paper-wrapped 75 cl bottle from Geers. Extremely violent gusher - lost 1/3 to the sink, sigh... Egg-white, mousy, tiny-bubbled, slowly thinning and breaking head lacing in dots over a clouded orangey peach blonde beer with ochre tinge. Aroma of lemon butter, white yoghurt, kefir, green grapes, old dishwater, melting abbey cheese, damp straw, some rotting pears, margarine, dusty old cotton blanket, old potatoes, fresh sorrel leaves, grass. Tart onset, fruity notes of plum, pineapple and light white grape, very lactic in a yoghurt- or kefir-like way, softish carb, soft white bread pulp-like malt body, cereally with a thin caramelly edge; lactic sourness stretches through the whole in a rather soft, monotonous way, leading straight to a drying finish with light woody tannins, green apple- and grape-like fruitiness enhanced by the wine element and some dusty, chalky and cheesy aspects, as well as some rather annoying soapiness. Needs finetuning, still rather crude and straightforward in this form and the gushing is obviously a big problem, but it admittedly there is a lot of potential here to become more appealing and that deserves an extra encouraging point.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

One of several new Wild Specials by this brewery in Merelbeke near Ghent. From a 75 cl bottle with paper wrap, actually labelled n° 5, but this seems to be merely a different bottling of the same thing (a Flemish red of 7% ABV aged on Bordeaux wine barrels), so I reckoned I could just as well put my rating here; I do think it would be interesting to list them both here and alias them, however, but I'll leave that to the admins. Gusher and quite strongly so. Thinnish, egg-white, mousy ring for a head along with flat 'islands' in the middle, eventually dissolving completely; cloudy amber-tinged bronze-brown robe. Aroma of sour grapes, medlar, sour apples, bread crumbs, redcurrant, red wine vinegar, moist wood, something sulfuric (egg yolk). Estery, indeed 'wild' onset (sic), bit dirty even, with impressions of sharply sour blackberries and redcurrant, medlar and wild apples, fizzily carbonated with very limited sweetness; brown-bready malt base, a tad caramelly and doughy, dried almost completely by sharp lactic sourness, though the 'vinegar sting' I feared for, remains relatively restrained. Some sulfuric and glueish solventy notes towards the end along with ongoing sharp fruity sourness and yeasty earthiness, the first accentuated by a tannic wood effect, though in all, the wood and the Bordeaux remain subordinate to the estery and lactic bacterial effects this beer is impregnated by. A late, earthy hop bitter note shows up at the back too. Not a bad effort at all, all things considered, but lacking a bit in body (ending just a bit too watery), refinement and balance for what is arguably a very difficult style to create; but if this is a first attempt, this series could turn out very promising, provided that it is continued and further finetuned. Curious for the others in this whole series.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Beautiful, almost translucent redcopper beer, lively carbonated with a fine cream-pink head. End of bottle amazing sludge. Wet oak, lactic acid, red fruit, point of acetic. Just the right balance of the classic features. Slightly disappointing - after the nose! - flavours: everything above is here, but very watered down, too demure. Nice Champenoise carbonation, titillating, not fizzy. Bit slick, almost no acidburn, light to medium bodied. Just a bit more beef to the body, a bit more punch... would be superb.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Towering amberish-cream coloured head over fully hazy redbrown beer. Green leaves, caramel, parsley, bread (surprise, surprise!), yeast features. Bitterish flavour on top of sweetish lightly roasted malts, and a nice sourish lining (no doubt the sourdough). Bread, non-sweet caramel and again green herbs and leaves. Very slick, pap-like consistency, good carbonation, lasting flavours. Aha! This one is very nice, progress at work?

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

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

Several brewers in both Belgium and the Netherlands are experimenting with food waste for ethical and environmental reasons, mostly with old bread; the Wilde Brouwers in Merelbeke near Ghent have of course an entire history of recycling waste, having attracted media attention some years ago by creating beer from recycled urine, so this one, the latest addition to their range, comes as no surprise. Thanks Jonathan! Mousy, pale yellowish beige, slowly dissipating but generally stable, medium sized head on a misty dark chocolate brown beer with ruddy-bronze hue. Aroma of dried fig, caramel, dried (indeed 'old') brown bread, dried apple peel, old nut shells, minerals, dust, old raisins. Dryish onset, fruity with aspects of fig and red apple, quite stinging carbonation, sourish undertone; bit resinous, hard-caramelly and indeed brown-bready body, ending in a dusty yeasty character, a tad 'dirty' (old nut shells) in the end even, remaining low in hop bitterness apart from a late earthy bitter note. The 'old bread' aspect is almost painfully clear in this one, but it is still an enjoyable, distinct and interesting beer with a rather unusual profile. I'm not completely convinced, though.

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

17/03/2019 @home - 33cl bottle shared by tderoeck. Clear blonde, medium white head. Nose is malts, yeast, bit spice. Taste is malts, bit yeast, bit hops, bit floral, medium bitter ending, some honey when warming up.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Wilde Brouwers Flora 3.5 (by De Wilde Brouwers):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

17/III/19 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ the Beerknight's castle, BB: 30/XI/19 - (2019-389)
Clear blond to orange beer, big aery creamy white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity, some peaches, banana, some sulphur, sourish impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sweet, very malty, bit sourish, fruity, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: hoppy, bitter, herbal, soft acidity, very decent lager!