Keg at Moeder Lambic Fontainas, 09/12/18. Murky amber with a decent beige cap. Nose is dark malts, dusty red berry fruits, biscuit, toffee. Taste comprises toffee, straw, dried fruits, brown sugar sprinkle, hint of cocoa. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so.

'Pils' (Pilsener) from En Stoemelings in collaboration with Blind Enthusiasm, one of the countless young Canadian microbreweries. Longneck bottle of less than five months old. Snow white, mousy, irregularly and lightly lacing head, quite creamy, medium thick and well-retaining; initially lightly hazy, warm 'old gold' robe with ochre-ish hue, deeper ochre-blonde and misty with sediment. Not unpleasant aroma of freshly crushed lemonbalm leaves, camomile flowers, margarine, moist white pepper, white bread dough, dried lemon zest, freshly cut hogweed stems, (unsugared) cream, wet gypsum, subtle sweet melon touch. Crisp, minerally onset yet carbonation - for the intended style - remains fairly soft; fruity notes from the yeast, but only restrainedly so, vaguely hinting at pear and unripe banana; mineral aspects accompany a very soft and supple, bit soapy and fluffy malt body, white-bready pale malt sweetishness with sharper grainy edges but the breadiness - especially after adding the yeast sediment, of course - remains quite important till the end, where it is coated in a somewhat 'greenish' and resinous, firmly bittering in a very floral and 'weedy' way, with a quinine-like, long-lasting tail, outbalancing the bready softness - the way it ought to be in a good Pilsener, I'd say. Due to being unfiltered, the yeast adds a lot of breadiness, softness, aroma and flavour, to the point where it is more akin to a (admittedly atypical) Kellerbier than a true classic Pilsener in the original Bohemian style, a bit reminiscent of another recent Belgian lager born in the new craft beer culture, Dok Brewing's Lederhosen Und Dirndls. Powerful yet thoroughly 'noble' hoppiness, full and even bit creamy mouthfeel, pleasant aroma: this is among the best lagers Belgium - not commonly associated with bottom fermentation and justly so - has produced in a long time, in my opinion. Better than expected, better than most other En Stoemelings beers I had so far even (which could be that Canadian microbrewer's contribution if I look at it a bit cynically), deserving a higher rating here.

33cl bottle. A slightly hazy dark golden beer with a huge most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of citrusy bitter hops, wheat malt, some banana and spices. Taste of spices, wheat malt, citrusy hops, some banana, medium carbonation.

Tap @ Moeder Lambic Fontaines, Brussels. Pours muddy golden with a white head. Yeasty flavor. A touch of alcohol and caramel. Full bodied. Phenols and esters.

330ml bottle. Cloudy, yellow-ish, pale golden colour with average to huge, thick, frothy, mostly lasting, moderately lacing, snow-white head. Spicy, fruity hoppy and sweet-ish wheaty aroma, notes of coriander, hints of melon, orange, mandarine. Taste is dry, peppery spicy, slightly fruity hoppy, weak wheaty background, notes of coriander and white pepper, cautious hints of melon, mandarine, orange; slightly watery passages. Slightly overspiced & overcarbonated.

Bouteille 33cl de Malt Attacks, BB 30/09/2019, lot# FOOT. Dorée, col épais et très actif blanc débordant rapidement du verre, le tout retombe aussi vite - pas bon signe ici. Arôme offre une effluve tenace de sur-fermenté grains avec un rétro-nasal fruité agrumes voire fin mandarine. Le tout sur un effet un peu vieille levure - moldy / wet cardboard - expliquant peut-être cet effet trop actif de la mousse. Palais est léger malté grains, pils et cara pâle, note fine caramel et flanquée par un effet houblonné oscillant sur le feuillu, fruité agrumes - mandarine et petite note sucrée résiduelle qui accentue l'effet orange douce ponctué par un côté de céréales. Effervescence haute, voire un peu trop - touche fine oxydée. Amertume revient juste après avec un fini malté grillé-cara. Carton jaune ici, et le rouge n'est pas très loin.

Bottle shared at Cotteridge Convention 2018 - cheers all! Pours cloudy orange with some sediment and a frothy, white head. Tasty, with light dry pale wood, melon, tangerine, wheat bread. Light to medium bodied with massaging carbonation. Finishes with more melon and tangerine, pale bread, low bitterness. Not bad.