Flesje gedeeld door Benzai en gedronken met TomHendriksen. Licht amber kleurig, beetje troebel bier met stevige schuimkraag. Aroma is hoppig. Smaak is zoet en hoppig. Smaak ebt snel weg.

Fles gedeeld door Benzai. Het is een licht oranje kleurig bier. Het heeft een lekker hoppige smaak met een zoete nasmaak.

Bottle from LDW. Nose of grass, citrus, bread. Bitter and tropical fruit taste. Not bad.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Jour de Fête (by Vleesmeester Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

5/XI/16 - 33cl bottle @ Als-ik-mijn-ogen-toe-doe-ben-ik-in-Honoloeloe (Mechelen) - BB: n/a (didn't see the cap) (2016-1286)

Clear orange beer, creamy solid off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: nice tropical fruits first, grapefruit, but also a bit dirty, some sulphur, grains, malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: grassy bitterness, very European hop flavours, some citrus, bit chemical. Aftertaste: very bitter, quite some band-aid, bit metallic, citrus, grassy, dry finish, medicinal.

Draught No head, mud-filled ochre-malm coloured beer. Very spicy nose, with quite ureum-rich hops, also other green herbs. Beer turns out to be a bit of "hopwater", if again fresh green herbs - apparently low-alpha hops, quite nice. Very light body; aftertaste carries more malts, all the same. Not half bad - just its looks!

Draft at Billie’s Bier Kafétaria, Antwerp. Pours orangish gold and hazy with a white head. Moderate lacing. Aroma and taste of citrus, fruit, caramel. Refreshing.

Bottle at Beerlovers Bar, from a beer firm in the wider Antwerp area. Irregularly shaped, moussy, off-white, lightly lacing head, lightly hazy golden blonde colour with vague orangey hue, misty with sediment. Aroma of lychee, mango, candied lemon, white bread, some ’old hop urine’, unripe kiwi, apple peel, minerals, pear. Crisp and fruity onset, lots of kiwi, starfruit and green banana impressions, hint pear perhaps, minerally carbonation, refreshing. Supple, smooth mouthfeel, ’fuller’ than expected from a session IPA, on a lightly bready core. Aromatic, bit resinous, delicate hop finish, citrus and some mango even, with malty ’juiciness’ passing through as well as some yeastiness. There are still not too many ISAs around in this country but as far as I’m concerned, there cannot be enough of them, I hope more of the newer Belgian micro breweries are interested to venture into this style, which is brilliant from a functional point of view, and delicate and rich from a pure flavor point of view. This can stand among the best of the Belgian session IPAs, limited as this group of beers may be.

Thanks to the brewers! Free glass draft for Independence day @ Beerlovers bar + free button on top, how about that! Nice label as well. Near clear orange, little collapsing white head. Nose is sweetish, mellow caramel, sugar, faint soap & smidge of butter, not much hop to be honest. Taste is caramel, sugar, candy, mellow, malt, sweet but not excessively so, light touch of butter,… soft carbonation, caramel. Expected a bit more of an over hop profile here, it was pleasant drank well & thanks for the free glass! Now other breweries need to start handing out free ticks & I am all set.

Pours rather clear blonde. Small white head. Smell is hopped , bit bitter. Taste is Sharp. Bit bitter, Nice malty back. Bit grainy, hoppyness is rather ’green’ . A solid , easy drinkin session ipa