23 January 2022. At Hal 16 (Dok Brewing). Shared with the lovely Anke.

Hazy dark brown, small, foamy, tan head. Aroma of prune, fig, blue grape, liquorice root, toast, clove, pomegrenate, cocoa bean. Taste has sweetish prune, fig, some red apple over a toasty, slightly sourdough-like malt base with spicy notes and pink grapefruit. Piney, grapefruity hoppy finish, tart-fruity, toasty, lingering spices and yeast. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. This brew's a bit of everything, but not actually messy. Quite enjoyable. The naming or motive is a bit odd (or ironic?) though because it's well-known that Herman Brusselmans had a severe alcohol addiction years ago so he stopped drinking completely.

23 January 2022. At Hal 16 (Dok Brewing). Shared with the lovely Anke.

Hazy yellow, stable, frothy, white head. Aroma of pineapple, pear, melon, grapefruit peel, lime, honey. Taste has sweetish pineapple & melon, sourish lime, bitter mandarin peel and grapefruit over a honeyish malt base with soft onion-spicy accents (but not dank). Dry, piney hoppy finish, quite 'fresh' citrusy yet also grapefruity bitter. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Pretty enjoyable.

KYGG 130222. Deep golden color with a white head. Aroma is pine, fruit, grapefruit. Flavor is pine, grapefruit, wheat, fruit, oats, citrus, sourness, yoghurt. OK beer.

12 January 2022. At Hal 16 (Dok). Cheers to Mathilde!

Hazy orange, small, foamy, off-white head. Aroma of ripe orange, mango, peeled onion, biscuit, honey, mandarin peel. Taste has sweet orange, mango & melon, bitter citrus peel in a big biscuity malt body. Resinous hoppy finish, piney, oniony & citrusy, still quite malty with dank ripe tropical fruits, and softly warming gin-like alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Big maltiness but bitterness to make up for it, nice.

Can. A clear one, very faintly foggy, with a small white head. Sour, fruity aroma with a hint of yoghurt and a good dash of pale malts. Malty sourness. It's tart and lighlty acidic on the palate, softly carbonated, with a mostly sour flavor. Some bitterness. Generic fruityness, yoghurty, malty sourness and a touch of pale malts in the flavor. Medium length finish. A bit gentle and one-dimensional, but far from bad. 220213

West Coast IPA by Rotterdam’s Kaapse Brouwers, from tap at Dok. Moussy, frothy, cobweb-lacing, off-white, stable head on a hazy peach blonde beer with deeper amber-orange hue. Aroma of pomelo, lychee, tropical orchids, biscuit cake, Thai jasmin tea, lavender oil, Turkish delight, rusk, guava, freshly crushed black peppercorns. Crisp onset, very fizzy, bit stingy even, cleanish lychee and guava aspects, unripe mango and bitter citrus pith, oily body; rusk-like malts, bit bready, with in the end a long, rooty, resinous hop bitterness weirdly (and inappropriately) combined with a strong ‘tropical’ fragrance retronasally, jasmin- and tea-like, citrus blossoms rather than dry citrus peel. Weirdly perfumey, not conveying the old West Coast feel in aroma in spite of the classic New World hops showcased here, with only that long, oily bitterness being present… Too bad: I love a good West Coast IPA, but most attempts recently made in Europe are incapable of properly capturing what is essentially the not so distant past of postmodern IPA – and especially from Kaapse, I was expecting a more ‘historically accurate’ rendition. Perhaps somewhat ironically, the Tourette guys from Ghent nailed this concept way better than the much larger and experienced Kaapse… A bit disappointing, especially because I keep good memories of several other Kaapse beers.

28/I/22 - on tap @ DOK Brewing Company (Gent), BB: n/a (2022-106)

Clear dark brown to purple beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, raisins, soft roast, caramel, ripe banana. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, dried fruits, some banana, bitter touch, hoppy. Aftertaste: fruity, some caramel, hoppy, dry, bit sourish, some tannins, nice one!

28/I/22 - on tap @ DOK Brewing Company (Gent), BB: n/a (2022-104)

Clear orange blond beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice and juicy, lots of tropical fruits, oranges, orange peel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: hoppy, nice bitterness, bit floral, soapy, sweet. Aftertaste: bitter, tropical fruits, hoppy, bitter, orange peel, soapy touch.