Bottle, one of the, perhaps the ? first bomber I see by a Belgian Brewery. Pours rather unclear amber. OK white head. Smell is aromatic malty, some saison yeast, a tad more sweet than the average saison. Taste is surprisingly bitter, folowed by a crisp, ambermalty body, and very mild spice ( trough the saison yeast, I assume ) at the end. Rather high carbo, ok mouthfeel. Very decent.

Wheat beer from a micro brewery (and beershop) in Wallonia which has recently gone official. Draught at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Thick, frothy, tightly cobweb-lacing, snow white head over a pure and warm yellow golden beer with vivid fizz, lightly hazy. Aroma of lemon grass, passion fruit, lemon-scented soap, raw ’witloof’ or even iceberg salad, freshly grated ginger, dough, soap, warm biscuit, ripe pear, lemon candy and - alas - a sulfuric touch of DMS. Fruity onset, very apple-ish, hints of banana ester and pineapple, green berry-like sourishness balancing out the sweetness but also accentuated by sharp and minerally overcarbonation; lightly bready and bit grainy middle, working towards a bitterish finish, grassy and herbal, a bit green tea-like even; banana ester and wheat slickness get the last word. Clearly different from the familiar Hoegaarden witbier standard, more tilted towards Anglo-Saxon wheat ales even, with no obnoxious coriander but something refreshingly lemony instead. Too bad for the DMS but it remained subtle so I enjoyed this, after all.

30/11/2016 - from tap @ Moeder Lambic Fontainas, BrusselsCloudy copper with medium head. Nose is floral, honey. Taste is sweetness, floral hops, some honey

Draft glass @ Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Dark amber orange, burned sugar look with a big tanned head. Nose is very sweet cough syrup sugar, malt, sugar, caramel, burned malt, herbal syrup, pure sugar syrup. Taste is massively sweet herbal cough syrup, candied apple, toffee, boozy, extremely sweet even for a Belgian beer, candy, candied pear. Bit too cough syrup but potent interesting, thick massively sweet brew, what Whiskey did they use? Body is boozy thick sugar cough syrup malt. Heavy, bit overkill but good & pleasant for me actually unlike their "L’Été Indien" + "Jours de Récolte 2016" which I tried earlier that day.

Bottle sample @ Vini Birre Ribelli ’16. Trouble brune, col fin blanc. Arôme au bouquet plaisant bien fleuri, petit côté américain et alternance noble euro nettement plus en valeur que sur le Cascade de ’jours de récolte’. Malt arrive en rétro avec une petite touche de crystal?, je suppose si on est en red ale. Palais garde une base plutôt belge niveau levure avec un grains malté plaisant offrant un côté biscuité et léger caramélisé. Fini sec, finement herbacé avec un petit côté fleuri, fruité. Petite touche douce résiduelle sur la fin.

at vbr. Pours rather unclear dark amber. Good white head. Smell is a bit weak. Taste is crispy, cornflakes pop in mind. Aftertaste is pure and intense roasty peanuts. Once you taste it, you taste only these peanuts ! this is really interesting, and nice! I quite love this beer, even if only for the aftertaste. Not an IPA though (to me )

At VBR. Pours rather unclear blonde, smell is full, organic, very yeasty. Some honey. Taste is sharp, bitter, very full, sharp, creamy, some honey-like aspects.

Bottle sample @ Vine Birre Ribelli ’16. Dorée sans avoir trop du trouble attendu par l’usage de froment, col blanc. Arôme offre un bouquet fruité léger sur le malt avec un effet grains de froment assez marqué ponctué par un pils restant en ligne pour un style plutôt blanc. Palais est léger malté pils et froment prenant le dessus approchant une certain consistance niveau palais. Le houblon belge Cascade est intéressant à l’usage est s’éloigne de l’approche attendue d’un houblon C américain. Retrouve une base belge plus noble avec un apport minéral voire terreux plus dominant. Retrouve un léger fruité et qcq pointe de feuillu. Le tout est assez sec avec un petit accent fleuri sur la fin. Via la levure je retrouve aussi un fini épicé. Correcte sans trop pousser les frontières de ce qui se fait ailleurs en Belgique.