18/04 @home - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck. Hazy straw yellow, to orange, nice white head. Nose is milky strawberry. old grains. Taste is malts, sweet strawberry, yeast, dry sour touch. Interesting , yeast, Like I think all strawberry beers it has something overripe to rotten but here is combines with a fresh touch. Nice work.

The tenth beer in a series that will spawn many more to come if everything goes as planned, a beer deliberately positioned in between a quadrupel and a strong stout, apparently. Steinie bottle from Kevin Devos' BeerShop in Kontich near Antwerp. Thick and creamy, nicely regular, dense and closed, yellowish beige, irregularly lacing head crowning a dark bronze beer, lightly hazy at first and equally misty in the end, with beautifully warm vermillion red glow and minute but vivid strings of sparkling everywhere - an attractive beer to behold, that much is certain. Aroma of dried orange peel, candied figs, caramel candy, 'Babelutten' (an old-fashioned candy from the Belgian seaside, made of butter and candi sugar), quite clear liquorish effect, cognac, raisinbread, toasted hazelnuts, dried banana, old gingerbread or even ginger powder, soggy French toast, notes of coffee grounds, chewing gum, clay, minerals. Sweet onset, very rounded, with adequate but very refined, almost soft carbonation, lots of candied fig, dried banana and raisin sweetness with a slightly sharper, red apple-like edge, bubblegummy slickness, smooth and notably soapy, full caramelly malt body with a layer of residual candi-sugary sweetness on top, bit nutty and eventually toasty-bitter (this is the stout part I presume) but the caramel sweetness proves stronger in the end; boozy, warming finish, earthy and mildly spicy hop bitterness at the tail (along with a touch of liquorish) but eventually more bitterness - even wryness - from a brandy-like, (too) long alcohol effect. Malt and sugar sweetness linger, but the toasty edge of the malts and the hops provide enough balancing bitterness; more powdery 'bread-crumbness' appears in the finish after having added the sediment from the bottle into the glass. Style-wise, there is not that much 'stout' in this one, this is very much a quadrupel with a stout-ish toasty accent to it - but that said, this is a good quad, very Belgian yet characterful and distinctive, full, rich and warming as one can expect from the style (even if the alcohol should have been better hidden). I had many new attempts at quadrupel way below this one. For me definitely one of the better beers in this series so far, cheers Jef!

Hazy amber colour, white foam. Refreshing and easy drinkable. Grassy, yeasty with bitter finish. Some fruity notes.

33cl bottle (bottled 28/02/2017, batch 0022) from Prik&Tik Kampenhout. F: medium, tanned, not long lasting. C: black, opaque. A: dark and roasted malts, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, dark dried fruits, bit liquorice, plums. T: medium malty backbone, chocolate, coffee, cocoa, dark fruits, plums, herbal, caramel, hint of wine, medium to full body, lower carbonation, quite nice yet not great for me, not so steady batches perhaps?

33cl bottle from Prik&Tik Kampenhout. F: big, off-white, average retention. C: gold, hazy. A: malty, wheat, bit honey, hint of spicy, mellow fruity, green apples. T: malty, wheat, some spices despite that there are no spices added, bit honey, medium body and high carbonation, bit yeasty, light soapy mouthfeel, actually not bad, enjoyed.

Bottle from thebeershop.be. Hazy amber colour, white foam. Sweet nose of malts, cow fodder, banana. Taste is very estery, some citrus. Not bad but a bit unbalanced.

Bottle from thebeershop.be. Hazy amber/orange colour, no foam. Medium carbonation. Nose of smoke, sweet malts, some floral notes. Taste is sweet, notes of peach, sweet malts, a hint of smoke. A bit unbalanced but not very bad.

Hazy yellow colour, white foam. Rather lively carbonation. Nose of wheat, fresh lemon, some spices. Easy drinkable and refreshing.

Imported from my RateBeer account as d'Oude Maalderij Homo Beerectus 09: Society Shepherd (by d'Oude Maalderij):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5

9/III/19 - 33cl bottle @ JefVerstraete's baby visit, BB: n/a, bottled: 20/IX/18 - (2019-350) Thanks to JefVerstraete for sharing the bottle!
Little cloudy light orange beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: smoky, bit fruity, rural impression, bit chemical, yeast, some overripe fruits, more smoke. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very smoky start, sourish touch, fruity, bit sweet, little metallic. Aftertaste: fruity, some citrus, bit sourish, some banana peel, soft bitterness.