Bottle shared at THT June.unclear anberish with white head. Sweet malts, light sour, spruce, moderate sweet and bitter, light lemony sour. Medium body and soft carbonation.

Bottle shared at THT June. Black with light tan head. Sweet roasted chocolate malts, coconut. Roasty, sickly, bit weak. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation.

Sampled at THT June. Black with big tan head. Roast, soft cow dung, licorice, earthy, soft coconut, dead leaves, light milky. Over medium sweet, solid medium bitter. Over medium bodied.

Sampled at THT June. Murky dark brown with tan head. Dry coffee, fresh coffee beans, raw cocoa, soft malts, light vegetables. Not really much whisky. Medium sweet and bitter. Bit over medium bitter. OK.

Bottle shared at THT June ‘19. Near black with a big tan head. Aroma of chocolate, roast and light overripe dark fruits. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

0.33 l bottle from 'Sterk Avondverkoop', best before March 2020. Clear, ruby with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, off-white head. Sweetish, herbal-spicy, malty and slightly smoky aroma of lots of rosemary, caramel, some sage, a touch of smoked ham and traces of raisins. Quite sweet, malty, gently herbal-spicy and moderately smoky taste of caramel, raisins, rosemary, some sage and a touch of smoked ham, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, quite herbal-spicy and gently smoky finish. Medium to full body, smooth, slightly creamy and moderately effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very special, definitely not to everyone's liking, but very well-crafted. I like it!

Dubbel made with caster sugar rather than the usual Belgian candi sugar, bottle shared by Craftmember, cheers! Tightly membrane-lacing, thick and frothy, yellowish pale beige head over a hazy dark mahogany brown beer with ruddy hue. Aroma of chocolate-coated peanuts, rich black cherries, gingerbread, candied fig, sweet sherry somewhere, Liège pear syrup, cooked apples, blackberries, ripe pear and a dash of cough syrup (or even Antwerp Wycam’s ‘borstbollen’). Sweet onset, not too cloying though, raisin, dried plum and fig, medium carb, full and soft, fluffy mouthfeel; caramelly, resinous malts with an emphatic toasty bitter edge (much more so than is traditionally the case in a Belgian dubbel) and adorned with effects from the caster sugar, which adds a certain ‘praline’-like, noble and aromatic sweet quality on top of the toasty and eventually softly hoppy bitterness. Original and very interesting to see how the caster sugar apparently adds a more outspoken, almost liqueurish sweet and aromatic quality here – but the toasty bitterness makes it deviate even more from classic dubbel, which justifies the ‘bastard’ part of the name just as well as the caster sugar does.

Belgian style blonde ale (but brewed in Flevoland, northern Netherlands) with added ‘pine tops’, which I assume are young pine shoots. Thanks to Craftmember! Egg-white, mousy, opening head lacing in dots over a misty orange blonde beer with deeper amberish tinge. Aroma of peach jam, honey, orange water, yellow strawberry, fruit yoghurt, sweetbread, some rusty and even ‘chicken soup’ oxidation, pumpkin pie, apple. Sweet onset, strawberry jam, ripe apricot and pear notes, medium carbonated, slick and rounded mouthfeel; caramelly and sweetbready malts with a layer of honeyish, somewhat resinous and perfumey sweetness on top which need to be ascribed to the pine tops; light spicy hop bitterness, herbal, with lingering orange peel and honey sweetishness. Bit too sweet, in all, because I was expecting something much more resinous and piney considering the added ingredient; still a very enjoyable, technically well-made beer though.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Stijl Dennentoppen Blond (by Brouwerij Stijl):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

2/III/19 - 33cl bottle @ Tim's Tremendous Taco Tasting, BB: III/2020 - (2019-338) Thanks to Vincent for sharing the bottle!
Pretty clear orange beer, lots of small chunks floating under a small creamy irregular off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, some caramel, jam, sweet impression, sugary, dried fruits, bit oxidized. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: strawberry jam and cherry jam, caramel malts, pretty oxidized, soft bitterness, little piny, resinous touch. Aftertaste: malty, sweet, some alcohol, strawberry jam, bitter notes. Pretty decent one.