Weicher Malzantrunk mit zunehmendem Alkohol. Mild herb, trocken kräutrig. Mild bitterer Mittelteil, etwas Schokolade. Alkoholischer Nachhall. 8/8/9/8//8

Mild hefiger Beginn, ausgewogen süß-trocken. Deutliche Kräuternoten, weich bitter, sehr frisch. Spritzig, hellmalzig, langer bitterer Nachhall. 10/9/10/10//9

Strong Belgian from a new beer company I hadn’t heard of before, located in the larger Antwerp area apparently. Thick and frothy, ’membranous’ lacing, egg-white, dense and stable head over a lightly hazy bronze-brown beer with warm burgundy reddish glow. Aroma of caramel candy, walnuts, toasted brown bread, candied fig, dry tea, ’oude jenever’, banana, cloth, dried juniper berries (probably effectively used), soapy coriander, bitter dried wormwood, almond, peppercorns, gingerbread, pear syrup, dry forest floor. Fruity, mildly estery onset, banana as expected but not overdone and paired with balancing notes of blue plum, sourish redcurrant and red apple, sharp and fizzy carbonation numbing the tongue a bit - in fact, overcarbonated for this style, with quite minerally effect accentuating the basic sourishness which therefore becomes stronger than the (banana) sweetness. Caramelly malt sweetness, thick and full, quickly becomes more nutty and eventually adds an unexpected toasty bitterness filling the back of the mouth; spicy phenols remain more or less at bay (though they are certainly there) while the actual spices come up more strongly, adding a rather wry, herbal bitterness - I’m thinking of juniper berries again - which is further sharpened by underlying leafy hops. The finish remains primarily malty as is to be expected from this type of beer, but the toastedness, the hops and the spices combined add quite a lot of bitterness, which eventually becomes even more astringent due to a gin-like alcohol presence all the way at the back, adding a certain chest-warming glow. I strongly suspect juniper berries in this - something more often seen than before in Belgium, probably because of this recent gin craze, and this is a flavour I personally just cannot appreciate. Whatever spices are used here, they add a rather unpleasant wryness to the finish, which would have been much more elegant with just that toasted bitter aspect alone - which, in itself, basically makes this a loosely Scotch-style beer departing from a quadrupel premise, but certainly not a stout like the brewer claims. Could have been a winter or Christmas ale and would not be that different from many other ones if situated in that area. Important to note here is that, apart perhaps from the overcarbonation, this beer is technically flawless, so I will keep an eye on this brewery just to make sure...

Pours clear blonde, big white head. Smell is bit malty, a sharp, funky sidenote. Taste is mild bitter, some crisp, malty, bit of yeast. A mild freshness ( spices, saaz hops etc pop in mind, but not sure if any of them are in here ) . A fine, light bitter ending. Some grainy alcohol in the back, but very very hidden. all in all - appart from the (what seems a bit off? ) ending flavor, a pretty OK beer.

sampled at Vilvordia 2017. Thnx for sharing, eugene and co ! Pours rather clear blonde, not much head. Smell is bit sweet, some malts. Taste is thin, sugary, bit sweet. Weak MF and OK to High carbo.

sampled at Vilvordia 2017. Thnx for sharing, eugene and co ! Pours dark, caramel brown. Small white head. Smell is bit sweet, not very intense. Taste is mild, coffee, roasted. Some sweetness. Not bad. Bit bitter touch. OK

330 ml. bottle sampled @ VBF 2017. THX! for sharing Kraddel. Hazy orange, little white head. Nose is soap, metallic, esters, sugar, far too big on soap,... Far, far too carbonated, soapy, metallic, watery,... Taste is too carbonated plastic soap, sugar, sweet plastic, sparkling, watery, very soapy, metallic,... Not too good.