Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Taster from 0,75l bottle at Wild Festival Groningen Session 3. Tastes herbal, earthy, funky, citric, very nice balance. 8.3

Hapu, happeline, sidrun, funk, puuviljane. Ok, liiga happeline.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Pours a light, slightly unclear yellowblonde. Foam is persistant - in being absent. Even a very agressive pour delivers the smallest foam, which fades instantly - even faster than your soda. Scent is brett, oak, but not super intense. Smooth, and so far according to style, just toned down a bit (but so is the ABV) Taste is dry, fairly sharp in it's acidity - pointing towards a higher lactic acidity, rather than the very complex get-together you hope for in a geuze. Lower carbonation (perhaps due to the attempt of foam buildup?) . Most typical about this (and it's a negative) is a quite 'oily' texture. Even buttery, at times - making me suspect some diacetyl ? Anyway, in a beer with little intensity such as this one, a contributing factor like that can quickly become dominant, both in mouthfeel, and aroma. Too little funk, wood, or complexity to compete even in the average of geuze's, and the mouthfeel is pretty ... Unique. There's a citrussyness to it that almost seems like something was added (lemongrass-like) because it seems out of place... The whole thing is a bit of a mess, really. I'm sad to say. Expectations sure were higher.

LCI #carnivale

LCI #carnivale

LCI #carnivale

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

From bottle at Carnivale Brettanomyces. Big puckering sourness with sour berries, light funk, some acidity, vinegar. Long sour finish, medium body.