Bottle @ The Rake, London.<br /> Pours a great, lightly muddy, red with an impressice, creamy, almost white head - slight pinkish edge to it.A great, fruity aroma, definite black currants, some biscuity malts, strawberries and yeast. Medium carbonation, fine, dry mouthfeel. Flavour has lovely fruity tartness, lots of black currants. Great in the sun at the Rake. Fine, light dryness in the finish. Nice.

Tart and dry fruit beer is damned interesting, but IMO the currant clashes with mild bitterness in the end. Bottle, from Beer Planet in Brussels. Cloudy brown with off-white head, and all of it with a faint but distinct purplish tint. Sharp tart-fruit nose like real grape juice with a medicinal edge where the fruit meets leafy hop. Tart flavor also carries that discord between tart fruit and mildly bitter hop... Medicinal impression comes form that real fruit-herbal combination. Goes pretty dry at the end, which is nice with a lively and sparkling mouthfeel. Bit of medicinal tang in the aftertaste.

33cl, exclusive fruit brew, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, not balanced, cloudy, good head, nice brew

Being a fan of the brewery this was a "want list" beer but unfortunately the biggest miss of the trip. Pours a purplish-reddish-brown color with no clarity and a large head head that eventually becomes a thick surface covering lacing. Its downhill from there. Aroma is herbal (in a bad way), some cough medicine, some cardboard tasting spoiled fruits. Taste is light tart berries which would be nice but its a but weird with off flavors of cardboard and paper fruits. Weird and not good.<br />330mL bottle, BB 2010, from Bier Temple (Brussels), poured into De Neve tumbler on 5/20/08.