F: medium, white, average retention. C: pale gold, hazy. A: malty, citrus, bit passion fruits, fresh grassy, orange. T: medium malty base, sweet orange, peach, floral, bit tropical fruits, slightly more on the sweet side with caramel notes yet not bad for me, enjoyed, medium body and carbonation, 33cl bottle from Carrefour @ Cours St Michel in Brussels.

F: huge, creamy, white, long lasting. C: gold, hazy. A: malty, citrus, bit grapefruits, light floral, hint of pineapple. T: malty, caramel, citrus, light grassy, peach, bit bready, medium body and carbonation, simple yet nice one, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Carrefour @ Cours St Michel in Brussels.

330ml bottle in Eecke, thanks to Eric for this. Pours misty gold, large white head. Aroma is fruity citrus, brioche. Taste is crisp, light, fading fruity moments, fairly light pale malt, soft citrus. A little thin on the ground.. fine, but not worth a revisit.

Aroma 7. Appearance 3. Taste 7. Palate 3. Overall 13. Grapefruit, citrus, pine aroma. Pear, citrus, some bitterness, and malt aroma. Bitterness and malt aftertaste.

Bouteille 33cl de Carrefour Market, Bxl.BB 08/07/2019. Lot# 007.183. Arôme offre un nez finement fruité avec un rétro-nasal rappelant un bouquet botanique herbacé - origan. Subtile pointe d'agrumes qui sont plutôt discrètes par rapport à d'autres IPA outre-Atlantique. Ici, la base maltée penche presque vers une APA. Palais est finement amer, note un peu adoucie par un malt caramel et léger sucre résiduel. Retrouve une base de levure au caractère très belge, faisant de cette dernière une IPA belge. Le dry-hopping est également assez discret car il est contrasté par une douceur latente de sucre résiduel qui vient prendre un peu le dessus sur tout cela.

Bouteille 33cl, BB 19/07/2021. Première bière de cette brasserie qui semble ignorer le léger homonyme avec sa consœur de Lot. Dorée portant sur léger orangé-ambre, col blanc. Arôme est assez classique belge, retrouve un effet fruité abricot lié au sucre qui confère un léger effet tropical et agrumes. En rétro, le malt revient et procure un petite effet noisette et pecan. Palais porte des notes de grains - touche de caramel, biscuité sur un fruité plaisant d'abricot et pêche. Pointe de citronné. Effervescence est moyenne, le tout est classique avec une levure plutôt belge, relevé sur la fin par un houblonné plus agrumes et finement citronné noble.

nogal zuur en niet op de goede manier.

Bottle (from random shop in Brussels). Pours golden. Aroma is fruity, citrus, malt. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruits, citrus, orange. Finish is fruity. Overall: good (not taking account the other factors, like the troll brewery in name).

Strong “blonde dorée” the Belgian way so effectively a tripel, with classic ‘fake’ abbey associations; from a new Walloon microbrewery. Snow white, moussy, bubbly head opening in the middle, clear pale golden blonde robe with warmer ‘old gold’ hue and very lively sparkling; only light hazy with sediment. Aroma of green apples, raw pineapple, dusty coriander seed, freshly cut nettles, corn cream, margarine, soaking wet cereals, sweetclover, banana, pear, chewing gum, wodka. Crisp, clean onset, bubblegummy banana ester but not over the top, notes of freshly cut apple and pineapple, fizzy carbonation, smooth and lean body. Cereally, ‘white bready’ malt middle with slightly buttery effect and some lingering green fruit notes; floral, hayish hop bitter finish with carbonation still tingling on the tongue. Coriander seed, in a ‘dusty spice rack’ kind of way, is very obvious but blends well with the floral qualities of the hops. Ends with the expected warming wodka-ish alcohol glow. A kind of ‘edelbier’ in a sense, very old-fashioned Belgian style, but technically correct and enjoyable enough for what it is.

Artisanal Walloon IPA (such a thing exists these days – we live in exciting times for beer lovers) made by a new microbrewery calling themselves “3 Fontaines”, abbreviated to 3F. It’s hard to imagine that they would not be aware of the fact that a famous lambic producer has exactly the same name in Dutch – so they should not be surprised if Drie Fonteinen (justly) makes a complaint about this sooner or later… Moussy, egg-white, bubbly, papery lacing head on a very lightly hazy, warm golden blonde beer with peachy tinge and strings of fine but vivid sparkling. Aroma of old dried (and moldy) orange peel, crumbling old biscuit cake, dried rosemary, straw, strong iron, parsley, tomato juice, shallot. Fruity onset, rather cleanish for an artisanal Belgian with notes of pear, green apple and unripe melon, vaguely sweetish and sourish with lively yet refined carbonation; smooth biscuit and bit soapy malt body, slick, with a softly bittering finish, mostly grassy, floral and hayish but with old dried citrus peel effects as well; soapy and green fruit notes linger, unstopped by the hops. Citra and Cascade, a classic choice in modern IPA, have lost much of their delicate citrus fragrance here but probably weren’t too generously applied in the first place, as this beer lacks some firm end hop bitterness for its intended style; otherwise a clean, modern attempt which I frankly expected to be worse.