Draft at the brewpub. Bright pale yellow, hazy, with bubbles and a thick head. Mineral nose, honey, orange, weirdly dry. Sweet apples and honey flavor, a bit rough with some strange fermentation character. Dusty, candy. Soft and silky.

Tap at the brewpub. Hazy orange amber, lacy head. PEaches, mango, pine / spruce, thyme in the nose. Flavor of ripe fruit, estery, citrus. Lightly fizzy. Not much weizen character, just a bit of cloves.

Tap at the brewpub. Sorachi nose--oak, creamy butter, lemon. Light crackery malts, wheat. Bright gold with light haze and a thick, low head. Lemony, creamy Sorachi Ace flavor, crisp malt. high carbonation, low farmhouse character. Best of the 4.

Thanks to sharing RB crew. Sampled @ Gents Bierfestival 2018. Dark brown, big creamy mocha head. Nose is cacao, thin, chocolate, powder, leaves, BE yeast & very BE in profile,… Soap, bit dull, very BE, mocha, chocolate, grainy, overly BE, too thin, acceptable but not great.

Muddy brown colour with no head. Aroma and flavour have some grassy notes. Some light raisin sweetness.

Pours dark brown. Small white head. Smell is sweeter, dusty. Mild chocolate. Taste is full, bit metallic, tad sweet, mild bitter. Leaves. Not a big fan.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Brouwbar DA14 Drifter's Ale (by Brouwbar):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

17/VIII/18 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent) - BB: n/a (2018-997)

Pretty cloudy bright blond to yellow beer, small creamy white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of rum notes in the nose, some tropical fruits, can sugar, bit of dried fruits, sweet ripe mango and passion fruit. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots and lots of what I would describe as Amaretto, a bit oxidized, fruity touch, pineapple notes, some citrus, marzipan, alcohol burn. Aftertaste: more amaretto, bitter touch, marzipan, fruity notes, some passion fruit, bit grassy, some grapefruit, lots of rum, bit too weird to make it really great for me...

The newest Brouwbar creation, tasted there from tap during Patersholfeesten. This is basically their house NEIPA with 5% rum added, a house rum made by Drifters, a pub at the other side of the street. Creamy, dense, snow white, tightly lacing, stable head on a hazy peach blonde beer with something ‘milky’ to it. Aroma weirdly blends the tropical fruit effects of the beer with the rum, creating unexpected impressions of pineapple juice, basil, pure white rum indeed, mojito and other rum-based cocktails, peppermint, banana candy, lychee, mango lemonade, passionfruit. Sweet onset, mango, lychee and passionfruit impressions with a very light sourish edge, medium carbonation, a bit minerally; soft doughy and bit soapy malt base, quickly overcome by this tropical fruit lemonade with rum cocktail, low in bitterness but all the more strong in aroma and flavour, mojito-like with a green basil- or peppermint-like spiciness to it. An ill-fated idea executed in a clever way – I normally hate rum, but admittedly it did something special and unexpected with the beer, something I can imagine lots of people can enjoy probably more than me.

22 July 2018. Gentse Feesten @ Brouwbar! Shared with Anke.
Pours hazy golden with a big, collapsing, frothy, off-white head; little lacing. Fresh aroma of lemon zest, orange peel, pineapple, grass, kiwi even, mango, bready malt. It tastes light fruity sweet, some orange & pineapple, and light to medium hoppy bitter, a bit grassy; yeasty & bready in the back, even light wheaty sour. Dryish, grassy hoppy finish, a bit resinous with lingering bready malt, but rather short. Light body, slick texture, lively carbonation. In terms of experience, needless to say it's somewhat underwhelming. However, how mighty a revolution it would be if beers like these replaced the industrial Pale Lagers as the go-to quenchers...

Imported from my RateBeer account as Brouwbar S11 Saison Sorachi Ace (by Brouwbar):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

13/VII/18 - on tap @ Dok Brewing Company (Gent) - BB: n/a (2018-837)

Clear bright orange beer, creamy solid off-)white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: typical saison yeast, herbal and spicy, hint of banana, little fruity, malty, sweet, some caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty herbal, some yeast, bitter touch, hint of citrus, soft bitterness, spicy. Aftertaste: bitter, bit chemical, bit malty, unpleasant bitterness, some banana peel.