Imported from my RateBeer account as Brouwbar SA12 Session Ale (by Brouwbar):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

13/VII/18 - on tap @ Dok Brewing Company (Gent) - BB: n/a (2018-836)

Clear orange beer, creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, tropical fruits, mango, banana, some passion fruits, little malty, caramel, citrus, grapefruit touch. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: lots of citrus, bitter hops, bit grassy, malty, some marzipan. Aftertaste: bitter, slightly metallic, little fruity, bit of dead yeast?

The newest Brouwbar creation, a light summery session ale inspired by session IPA, but intentionally not ascribed to that hip category due to its restraint in hoppiness – and therefore not falling into any fixed category, but since session IPA did provide the inspiration and by lack of a better characterisation, I regarded it as one in entering this. From tap at Brouwbar (obviously…). Thick and regularly shaped, cobweb-lacing, egg-white, stable head on a misty orange-tinged peach blonde beer. Aroma of ripe red apples, lemon zest, lime juice even, bread crumbs, pineapple, green banana, mandarin peel, unripe melon, earthy potato juice, wet clay. Lively, fruity onset, crisp with sharp carbonation adding ‘fullness’ and minerally aspects; notes of green banana, apple and a touch of melon with a citric edge. Rounded, slick cereally and lightly bready malt base, light-footed and a tad grainy, quenching finish with elegant, subtle aromatic qualities yet, as expected and intended, very low hop bitterness, with minerally and apple-ish notes lingering. Nice, clean, accessible and elegant like all of the Brouwbar tap beers, indeed very light and quenching and in that sense doing its job the way it was intended; I do, however, miss hop bitterness here to lend the finish some more body and flavour, as now it ends a little bit watery. If you intend on spending a summery afternoon at this brewpub, though, you will not have any problem chugging down a theoretically unlimited amount of this little summer beer…

New variation on Brouwbar's saison, an experiment with Sorachi Ace. Tasted from a bottle one week before its official release, thanks Benjamin! Thick, egg-white, densely moussy head, lightly hazy peach blonde beer with ruddy orangey tinge and lively strings of fizz. Aroma of dried mandarin peel, bread crust, moldy oranges, quite strong DMS (overcooked cauliflower) alas, melon, straw, dried dill (the Sorachi Ace peeping through), peach, ripe pear, raw potato, pink grapefruit. Fruity onset, estery in a clean way, peach and pear notes, sweetish with a thin sourish undertone, fizzy carbo, supple mouthfeel. Lightly bready maltiness with a subtle peanutty edge like the regular Brouwbar Saison, aromatic dried orange peel and vaguely dill-like notes in the finish thanks to the Sorachi Ace, spicy phenolic and floral notes as well, ending juicy, sweetish with mild bitterness and orange peel brightness - yet retronasally, the DMS kicks in quite strongly, unfortunately. Clean, decent, easygoing, quenching beer, interesting to compare with the regular saison (go there and do it while you have the chance), but sadly ruined by strong DMS, something I am very sensitive to - and the first time I encounter such an off-flavour in a Brouwbar beer. But this was from a bottle, it came out on tap a week later and who knows, the tap version might be different and free from this DMS so my rating here is provisional - will certainly go back to taste this one from tap.

Brouwbar’s take at the classic DIPA style, launched a mere two weeks ago, tasted from tap at the brewpub yesterday. Tightly membranous-lacing, bit irregular, dense and creamy, egg-white head on a hazy, deep amberish orange peach blonde beer with fine strings of sparkling at the sides. Aroma of fresh blood orange, mango juice, lychee wine, caramel candy, ripe strawberry, gin, lime zest, orange blossoms, sweet paprika, tamarillo, white bread dough, light toast. Sweet onset, tropical tamarillo, mango and mangistan notes with a dash of banana, fizzy carbonation with minerally side effects, full, pleasantly rounded, slick body. Caramelly, ‘cleanly’ bready, bit honeyish malt sweet core with a light nutty touch, supporting an elegantly aromatic ‘hop fruitiness’ reminiscent of mango, tangerine and lychee with a refreshing, thinly lime-like sourish touch and followed by warming, gin-like alcohol. Sweetness lingers, while the hop bitterness, all things considered as this is, in the end, intended to belong to one of the hoppiest beer styles in the world, remains fairly soft and gentle so that sweetness remains the main factor. Pleasant, elegant and very modern, dedicedly non-Belgian beer like most of this sympathetic brewery’s other creations, deliberately intended to remain accessible to a larger audience and for that reason not going into overdrive in hop bitterness – but a big, old school wave of piney, resiny hop bitterness is actually what I was hoping for… Like their regular IPA and black IPA, this one needs more hop bitterness to become truly great, but from a technical viewpoint, this is again very clean, smooth, elegant and flawless like their other beers.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Brouwbar HW09 Hopfenweizen (by Brouwbar):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

18/V/18 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent) - BB: n/a (2018-713)

Little cloudy deep blond to orange beer, smooth creamy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty fruity start, bit of banana, sweet caramel malts, some citrus, notes, peaches, bit floral. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: bit chemical, some band-aid, banana, soft bitterness, pretty dry, herbal touch. Aftertaste: more banana, some nail polish remover, fruity touch, pretty dry finish.

Draft @ Brouwbar. Hazy yellow colour, white foam. Very nice aroma of tropical fruit, mango, pine. Body is rather thin, citrussy, light bready notes. Good.

Draft @ Brouwbar, Gent. Hazy amber colour, white foam. Nose of citrus, dried fruit, some peach, yeasty, light wheat notes. Refreshing and easy drinkable.

Draft @ Brouwbar. Very hoppy aroma, lots of tropical fruits, some citrus. Taste is sweet pine, pineapple, bitter hoppy finish. Very nice.

3 May 2018. Tap at Brouwbar, Ghent. Shared with Anke.
Pours cloudy ochre with a lasting, small, foamy, white head; little lacing. The aroma contains ripe banana, apple, bread crust, wheat, citrus, some clove, grassy hops. It tastes light to medium fruity sweet, hints of banana & bread, and light to medium hoppy bitter, bit spicy & yeasty in the back. Dry, hoppy finish, lingering wheat & bread. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Balanced, elegant, very quenching. Good job!