Flesje gedronken bij H en B. Goudgeel licht troebel bier met matig schuim. Aroma is eerst citrus achtig daarna hoppig. De smaak is zacht en licht hoppig. De nasmaak is iets bitter maar trekt snel weg.

Pours very unclear, dark amber. medium sized, creamy white head. Scent is rich, tropical fruity, as well as loads of orange. Creamy, nice and intense. Taste is very nice. Creamy, mild bitterness, very fruity (stonefruit, mildly, but mostly orange and tropical) Medium creamy texture, medium high carbonation. Tad phenolic, perhaps, and a bit astrigent, perhaps a minor fault with the fermentation proces, on an otherwise very nice aromatic IPA.

Bottle.Pitch black colour with small beige head.Aroma of vanilla and chocolate nice with good full body hint of bourbon aswell.

Huge and dense light-yellowish head, fed by lively carbonated pale copper beer. Floral hops, greenery, cilandro, orange peel, white pepper. Huge head seriously hampers the smelling. Quite bitter indeed initially, but soon flows over into sweet-bitterish oranges. Bit metallic, young dandelion leaf. Ureum retronasal. Medium bodied at best, bit oily from the hops, very well-carbonated. Yes, it's not unoriginal which is enough for its raison d'être . OK!

Dark brown, beige foam. Roasty, some smoke, ashes along with subthe vanilla notes, some whisky.

Another rock band beer but luckily not a standard pale lager this time... Has been in existence for about six years now and is one of Vleesmeester's core products, but somehow it apparently escaped my attention - until now. Complexely cobweb-lacing, eggshell-white, quite thick and firm but also irregular and slowly breaking head, misty deep orange-glowing peach blonde robe, lively but 'refined' strings of sparkling. Aroma of freshly squeezed orange juice, clementine, dried onion, fried tomato peel, dry cookies, old biscuit, moist white pepper, gin, apricot, coriander seed, green melon, banana, dry cigarette tobacco whiff, dust. Fruity, crisp onset, light banana and melon notes mingled with hints at apricot and pineapple, light sourish edge, accentuated by very lively and somewhat coarse, sharp carbonation. Full, round-edged, peanutty and soggy rusk-like maltiness (yet with parts of it obviously replaced by candi syrup with heavy honeyish effect, as is common in Belgian ales), sweetish with a thin caramelly edge, but very quickly bittered by a very firm, spicy, rooty hoppiness, clinging to the root of the tongue in a quinine-like way but also retronasally propelling forward a whiff of citrus peel. This bitterness blends with a 'jenever'-like, slightly wry but in any case quite obvious alcohol effect that fortunately doesn't set in too early as well as a dusty old coriander seed spiciness, and is further adorned with phenolic spicy notes and ongoing honeyish 'malt' sweetness. Belgian tripel all the way, except for the heavy use of New World hops, which add a bright 'orange' citrusiness to the whole - but in the end, it is still the sharply carbonated, coriandered, candi syrup-using, boozy, sweet cliché tripel aspect of the beer that wins the case. Hoppy tripel, simply put, but there is nothing wrong with that per se - even if the tripel features clash a bit with the IPA-like hoppiness; in any case these Your Highness guys have a lot more to show for than all those rock bands with custom pale lagers (AC/DC, Motörhead and so on) - and even a lot more than their Belgian colleagues of Channel Zero with that awful Turbeau Noir...

Clear deep golden colour, tall frothy off-white head, good retention, patchy lacing. Aroma pale malt, lemon, gooseberry, yeast. Taste medium bitter and light bitter, malty, light lemon, herbal notes. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, dry bittersweet aftertaste, grapefruit, orange peel, malty. Bit peppery in the throat, very nice.

Amberkleurig bier met schuim wat snel wegzakt. Smaak is warm en zoet kruidig met iets van hars, grapefruit, appelstroop en gedroogde pruimen. Goed en degelijk bier.

29 November 2019. At Billie's Craft Beer Fest. Cheers to the lovely Anke, tderoeck, 77ships & Ghent beer crew! Clear golden, no head. Aroma of plum, apricot, gooseberry, starfruit, lime, bit funky. Taste has sour starfruit & gooseberry, bitter straw, grapefruit peel, biscuity maltiness. Dry, tart, bit funky finish, lingering maltiness & soft bitter fruit. Slightly alcoholic. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Hard to pin down stylewise, but good.

29 November 2019. At Billie's Craft Beer Fest. Cheers to the lovely Anke, tderoeck, 77ships & Ghent beer crew! Hazy yellow, lasting, frothy, white head. Aroma of pepper, herbs, unripe banana, apple peel, pear, mango. Taste has sweetish mango, apple & pear, quickly bittering herbs coming in with a yeasty effect; sour zestiness of orange & mandarin all round too. Dryish, earthy hoppy finish, lingering unripe hard mango & blood orange, still providing juicy sourness. Medium body, oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Lots of flavours going round here, certainly enjoyable. Not necessarily to be enjoyed with Sœur Sourire's grand hit in the background.