Hapu, magus, kirsine, heinane, alko vaba. Joodav.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Bottle 33cl. @home poured into a tumbler. Clear brick red colour, good frothy off-white head, good retention and lacing. Aroma sweet malt, cherries, cherry syrup, woody notes, yeast. Taste very sweet, cherries, bubblegum, peppery notes. Light body, sticky texture, soft carbonation, sugary sweet aftertaste, lingering peppery notes, interesting low-alcoholic brew, very sweet and syrupy till the end, acceptable.

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

One of a whole string of ‘bière brut’ variants under the Dame Jeanne umbrella, devised in ‘chic’ Brasschaat – only a brand of ‘champagne beers’ could have come from this municipality in the green outskirts of Antwerp, I guess. In this particular case, the champagne beer (do not call it that or you will get in trouble with the mighty French champagne lobby) has been flavoured with Elijah Craig bourbon, which they allegedly used as a ‘liqueur d’expédition’, the liquid used to compensate for the volume loss inherent to the standard production process of champagne. In the case of actual champagne, this liquid also consists of champagne, with various amounts of sugar; but Dame Jeanne does it differently and works with liquor to restore the volume, see also the calvados or cognac variants. Champagne bottle (of course) shared with Goedele. Egg-white, cobweb-lacing, thick and frothy, fluffy head, remaining quite stable over a near clear, deep and very ‘purely’ golden robe with disparate sparkling (but certainly not as much as in a glass of champagne). Aroma of dried peach, clear vanilla- and pepper-like bourbon, old apple cake, gin or even juniper berry, green pear, spice bread, cava, banana peel, dry straw, clove, apple peel, grass and – warming up – a background hint of ‘putteke’ (sewer water). Sweetish onset, cleanish with some light banana but none of those annoying bubblegum effects, hints of dried apple peel, persimmon and halfripe apricot; something thinly yet persistently sugary runs through it all, probably the sweetness added by the bourbon. Smooth, full body, active yet not too painfully stinging carbonation, white-bready and cereally pale malt core under typical champagne yeast flavours – all remaining quite clean thanks to the production method, following the ‘méthode champenoise’. Notably spicy accents appear in the finish, cove, turmeric but also bitter motherwort, phenolic but also seemingly linked to the bourbon, which also imparts an accent of vanilla and, unsurprisingly, warming booziness. Floral hops provide further background bitterness. The bourbon in the end becomes just a tad too strong for me: I prefer the non-liquor-containing versions of this brand, where the delicate features of the champagne yeast are not overwhelmed as is the case here. Interesting, but could have been executed more subtly, I think.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Pours peachy amber. Small pinkwhite head. Scent is like... Old, somehow, syrupy, bit fruity (red fruits). Fairly weak in intensity, typical NA maltsyrupy aroma. Taste is sweet, syrupy but not AS sweet and sugary as , for instanse, fruitbeers. malty (syrupy) Has a certain spicyness in the back, like peppers are used. Very unexpected twist , and I like it, actually.

Turns out the ingredient list is quite helpfull, contains a variety of fruit juices (5% each), and habanero pepper indeed. Calling it a beer mocktail themselves, I guess you can look at it either way, since many fruitbeers are also simply added juice. Anyway, the endresult is something quite surprising, in a good way. Not a big fan of the aroma, medium fan of the taste, but the aftertaste (peppers) works really well and make this something i'd buy again !

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

Bottle at home. Clear darker golden color, average sized white head. Aroma and flavor are lightly malts, dry with a distant fruit hint and some bitterness. Odd but kinda nice.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 1.5 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5

Bottle at home. Amber color, white head. Aroma and flavor are absolutely disgusting and this excuse of s veer is completely undrinkable. Utter crap. Vomit. Horrible. How can they sell this.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Donkerrood bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is fris fruitig en licht zoet met duidelijk iets van appel en kers. Ook is een licht pepertje te bespeuren om het net even wat spannender te maken. Gewoon een heel goed product.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Fles 25cl bij Café De Tijd in Dordrecht. 8,5%. Zacht, citrus, Belgisch gist, fruitig, abrikoos, redelijk, redelijk zoet, wat witte druif. (27-9-2024).

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4

Huge, whipped eggwhite-like head over cold hazed golden beer. Already upon opening a sharp nose as from brandy. Bitter, gall-like, alcohol with its raw aspect, almost no sweetness. No finesse whatsoever. Further a flavour as from oakwood, pressed to get all the resins and volatiles open. Alcoholheat. Medium bodied, not overly carbonated. This is as drinking raw alcohol. Instead of trying to emulate bubbly white French wine, maybe brew beer first?