Cask at In de Wildeman. Different lambic is used than in last year’s version. Hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma is sweet, bread, fruits. Flavour is melon, a bit cloying fruity, bitter, light tart, can’t really describe it. Weird mix, doesn’t blend well. Light-bodied.

Fairly clear bronze coloured body with a light orange glow and a thin, one centimetre tall plain white head. Aroma of pale malt, alcohol, rice and perhaps a touch of hops - not much though. Light-bodied; Assertive grape flavour with a little malt, some alcohol notes and a funky cardboard flavour. Aftertaste shows a lot of grape flavours, some light yeast notes and a hint of grassy hops - not much going on here at all. Overall, not too great with more of an emphasis on fruits than hops and the malt doesn’t blend well either - plus a bit too much alcohol flavours. I wish I would have brought something different back home - but still, nice to try from the other side of the pond. I sampled this 33 cL stubby bottle purchased from Cracked Kettle in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 03-January-2011 for €2,49 sampled at home in Washington on the other side of the Atlantic on 02-July-2013.

@Nederlandse Bieren Festival Delft - Mid brown colour with creamy head. Aroma has some sweet malts but also a metallic edge. Flavour is quite sweet with some roasted dark malts and a touch of cocoa.

Bottle from ABC Beers, Den Haag. Poured a cloudy dark amber with a broken white head. The aroma is rich, fruity and with a little yeast. The flavour is medium to strong bitter with a spicy hop bitter, yet surprisingly smooth palate. They went overboard on the Chinook perhaps, but it’s not such a bad beer at all. This one was room temperature and i’d like to try one a little cooler which I think would suit the beer.

Draught @ Rootz, The Hague. Clear orange color, medium to full sized dense, a bit creamy, good lacing white head. Don’t get a lot of arona but the beer is served really cold so that might be it. Taste malts, a bit yeasty, a touch of herbs or spices and some bitterness in the end. A bit fizzy carbonation but it suits the beer imo, medium body. Pretty nice.

On tap at Rootz the Hague. Thick white head. Clear blond pour. Nice citrus bitterness.

Pours clear golden orange with a white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, grain, light citrus and fruit. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation. Rerate 31/05/2016: the recipe is getting toned down in terms of hops and it’s pretty uninteresting compared to its more hoppy previous incarnation.

Bottled (thanks fonefan!). Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is fruits, mild tartness and some dry wooden notes. Flavour is wood, vanilla, some floral notes as well as some resiny and grassy notes. Pleasantly balanced, but not really sure how Christmassy this is...

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden with some yeast sediments. Aroma and taste are malt, yeast, hops, little smoke and fruits.