16/06/2019 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with tderoeck. Clear dark orange, medium light tanned head. Nose is malts, fruits, sourish touch. Taste is malts, banana, melon, bit citrus, nasty sourish touch. Doesn't seem OK to me.

Brouwbar's thirtieth official brew, made in collaboration with another small brewer active in Ghent, Jorre Vanhemmens of De Mederie. Berliner Weisse with blueberries, raspberries and blackcurrant, tasted from tap at Brouwbar. Pale pink coloured, foamy, mousy, regularly shaped head, misty fuchsia red robe. Aroma of ripe blueberries, forest fruit yoghurt without sugar, touch cassis but more subtle than the blueberries, raspberries vaguely noticeable but even more subtle, raw rhubarb stems, sourdough, bread crumbs, minerals, lemon flesh, hints of pumice and green garden weed leaves. Lots of fruitiness in the onset, again with that sweet-and-sour, spicy-tinged blueberry element coming on stronger than the blackcurrant and the raspberry, sour but in a relatively soft, straightforward, refreshing way, lively carbonation, supple body. The fruit sourness works well with the deeper, more 'dim' sourishness of the wheat, lactic acidity is sufficient for the style but remains gentle, though all these sour elements combined make for a dry, very quenching overall impression; strong minerally side aspects too, yoghurty effect lingering along with a vague chalky touch (as always in this style). A juicy blueberry sourness remains, with blackcurrant and raspberry, as in the nose, in second and third position. Typical modern 'fruited' Berliner Weisse, in the vein of what Scandinavia and the U.S. have been doing for fifteen-odd years; the raspberry and blackcurrant dosage could have been a bit more generous perhaps, but the blueberry does its job well. Minerally, spritzy, refreshingly sour drink - of the kind many people doubtlessly can chug down gallons of, so this will probably be a hit at the Brouwbar in the upcoming summer.

Brouwbar's first 'official' commissioned beer, made with local honey in honour of the Ghent ' Bijenfeezzzt', a festival dedicated to the ecological importance of the honey bee, culminating in a fair held in the beautiful historical setting of the Sint-Pieters abbey. Snow white, mousy head, quickly opening and settling as a thin ring, on a hazy straw-golden beer with apricot hue. Aroma of white bread, butter, indeed noticeable 'wild' or acacia honey, blossoming field flowers, fresh camomile, some orange flesh, touch of moist white pepper, pear, rainwater, freshly cut red apples. Fruity onset in a rounded, cleanish way - as expected from Brouwbar - with hints of pineapple, unripe peach and some light banana, lively carbonated but retaining a smooth, slick, lean mouthfeel; cereally malt sweetish body with slightly buttery edges (I suspect a very low amount of diacetyl - not a big issue for me if it remains this subtle), minerally accents in the end, but more importantly, a flowery effect from the honey - not actual honey sweetness, as many still seem to expect from a honey beer, but that typical scent of blossoming camomile and other wild flowers and weeds, paired with a very mild hop bitter touch and lingering fruity accents. Straightforward, to the point, clean and quenching: a beer that will appeal to the general Belgian palate, much like their standard blonde, but the honey does add a pleasant, 'meadowy' aromatic twist.

3 May 2019. At Brouwbar, Ghent. Cheers to Pieter & Anke's birthday! Pours clear yellow with a lasting, small, frothy, white head. Aroma of yellow apple, pear, wheat, white pepper, apricot, white grape, ripe banana, indeed leaning towards bubblegum. Taste is medium fruity sweet, ripe apple & apricot mixed with quite a lot of estery banana, bready maltiness with bitter touches of apple peel, spices, pepper, and more sourish (lemony, wheaty even) towards the finish, which is dryish, slightly peppery hoppy, with lingering banana, apple & bread. Faintest dash of warming alcohol, somewhat sweetish sparkling wine-like. Medium body, creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. Very accessible blond beer but more 'crafty' than anything else in the genre. Nice!

Imported from my RateBeer account as Brouwbar B28 Blond (by Brouwbar):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

16/V/19 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent), BB: n/a - (2019-711)

Clear blond to orange beer, small creamy off-white head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: banana, fruity, yeast, some citrus, bit malty, herbal notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty acidic start, citrus, little sweet, fruity, some pears, little bitter, spicy, ripe banana.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Brouwbar BR27 Brut IPA (by Brouwbar):
Aroma: 4/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 8/20, MyTotalScore: 2.4/5

16/V/19 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent), BB: n/a - (2019-710) Thanks to Benjamin for the sample, even though he wasn't selling the beer any longer cause he was dissatisfied with it.
Very cloudy blond to orange beer, small thick creamy white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of chlorine, chemical, band-aid, slightly fruity, malty touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very chemical, rubber and plastic, unpleasant bitterness, bit soapy. Aftertaste: band-aid, burned rubber, bit fruity, banana, some alcohol, unpleasant bitterness, slightly smoky.

New Brouwbar beer deliberately intended to please the crowds, because designed as a standard Belgian blonde. Creamy, dense, thick, egg-white, stable head on a misty, somewhat ochre-tinged apricot blonde beer. Aroma of ripe banana, even some chewing gum, lots of ripe pear, yoghurt, white bread slices, raw turnip or parsnip touch, lemon candy, honey, apple, chalky accent, light sweaty note. Sweet onset with pronounced banana ester, bit bubblegummy but not obnoxiously so, strong pear and green apple impressions, slick and creamy, very smooth mouthfeel, relatively softly carbonated for the intended style, bit yoghurty with a subtle dash of sourishness of a seemingly lactic nature underneath a rounded, doughy, white-bready pale malt sweetishness; mild floral hop bitterness in the end with minerally accents (gypsum) and a touch of lemon zest, quite refreshing, but remaining sweetish and creamy till the end. The light sourish-yoghurty edge makes this blonde all the more interesting, as well as the green fruitiness it unveils; unremarkable perhaps in the whole of Brouwbar's range so far, but it does bear that typical Brouwbar stamp of cleanness and creaminess. Well made and refreshing, surely this beer will serve its purpose as a summer quencher well enough.