6.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

This year's Hop Harvest by Cazeau - a concept undoubtedly inspired by De Ranke's yearly series - making use of Cascade. Inches thick, very foamy and rocky, 'flowery', hops-enhanced, snow white, towering head, very stable and leaving behind plaster-like lacing, but very difficult to pour without spilling; initially all but clear, very vividly sparkling straw blonde robe, misty and more ochre-tinged with sediment. Aroma of green bitter garden weeds, moist white pepper, minerals, baking soda, green apple, unripe banana, peach, dough, pineapple. Sweetish onset, notes of halfripe banana, pineapple and nectarine with a touch of green apple acetaldehyde, medium carbonation adding a sourish touch and minerally notes but turning out to be much softer than expected based on looks; slick, bit glueish and creamy mouthfeel, white bread pulp-like maltiness, bit soapy and a bit cereally as well, drenched in grassy, rooty hop bitterness, earthy with floral and weedy aspects, 'noble' and firm with a long drying effect, though powdery yeast, soap and green fruit aspects linger equally strong. For me, this could have been even hoppier seen the premise, this has been deliberately kept accessible it seems, but a pleasant enough quencher with a very Belgian saison-like profile. Too bad - as usual in this kind of beers - that the Cascade didn't get to show off its brightly citric nature, which would have been beautiful if applied properly...

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

on tap at zythos chiara velata legnosa luppolo stanco cereale amaro medio vegetale

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

28 April 2019. At Zythos Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, 77ships & tderoeck! Clear yellow, lasting, thin, foamy, white head. Aroma of grass, flowers, pepper, breadcrust, yeast, green banana, yellow apple. Taste is light fruity sweet, apple, pear & some banana, quite bready & yeasty, spicy bitter tones of pepper, grass, early hops, sourish touch, ending dry, lingering fruit & bread with some grassy hops. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Straightforward hoppy blond, certainly correct.

8

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

Tap at Luppolo Station in Rome-Italy. Shy ancient golden semi clear color, frothy huge white foam. Nose: spicy, citric, grassy. Pepper forward. Mouth is incredibly peppery, bitter citric and spicy a bit. So refreshing.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Cazeau Hop Harvest 2019 (by Brasserie de Cazeau):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5

28/IV/19 - sample @ Zythos Bierfestival 2019 (Leuven), BB: n/a - (2019-630) Thanks to nathanvc, 77ships & Anke for sharing today's beers!
Clear pale yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, cow fodder, barn yard. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: metallic bitterness up front, alcohol, grains, hay. Aftertaste: more metallic notes, banana peel unpleasant bitterness. Didn't like this very much… Not getting much hops, let alone Cascade...

7

LOT B34-18, BBE 07/2020;Low gusher with no beer loss;Aroma:typical saison bready yeastiness with light fruity esters-sweet apples,pear

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Thuis uit een flesje. Troebel gouden kleur, roomwit schuim, dat snel inzakt. Goede smaak voor een blond bier, licht bitter. Lekker.

7.8

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

Many thanks for this beer to Eric De Geyter. This seasonal-summer beer I'm started spring this year:) Piwo mapiane spora fajny posmak goryczkowy, ciagnacy sie dlugo niczym lot Piotra Zyly w Planicy. Aromat i posmak kwiatow bzu wyczuwalny, wytrawne i bardzo orzezwiajace, metniste

6.2

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

Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een donkerbruin bier met een beige schuim. Het heeft een gebrande moutige geur. De smaak is koffie achtig en wat zurig.

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

33cl bottle from Carrefour @ Cours St Michel in Brussels. F: huge, white, long lasting. C: gold, hazy, opaque. A: malty, floral, spicy, fruity, peach, bit yeasty. T: medium malty backbone, decent bitterness, herbal, fruity, honey, yeasty, dry on the palate, floral, nice balanced and enjoyable hoppy ale for me, medium body and carbonation.