De Proef Flemish Primitive

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Lochristi, Belgium

A hazy orange beer with a fine head. The aroma is sweet with distinct notes of yeast and apples. The flavor is sweet yeasty and very spicy with a dry ending. A nice beer.

(Bottle 75 cl) Pours a hazy golden with a creamy, white head leaving a neat lacework. Some traces of Brett in the aroma. Only a medium body, very dry with a vague underlying tang. Brewed for the American market where there seems to be a constant demand for Brett - also in other styles than Gueuze/Lambic. For a Belgian this is not the real McCoy, but still it’s quite fresh. Thanks to Degarth for sharing. 090406

Bottled, labelled Vlaamse Primitief Wild Ale.
Cloudy golden. Aroma of honey and yeasty with a light touch of lemon. Sweetish with dense, rounded mouthfeel and notes of nutmeg. So flowery it’s like chewing on a flower. Resiny, herbal finish.

Bottle 75cl. @ home. [ As Vlaamse Primitief Wild Ale ]
Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, light hoppy, moderate yeasty, horse blanket - leather notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet, light light acidic and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (290608)

Date: October 19, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Words: Demon Fish
Appearance: hazy yellow, frothy white head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: huge musty aroma with a light sweetness
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of musky character, light tartness, very sweaty leather, woody bitterness

Date: October 28, 2007
Score: 3.3 to 3.5
Words: Spoon Wacker
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, fine white head
Aroma: musty moldy lemon aroma that gets really sweaty and funky upon warming
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet musky malt flavor, nice lemon character, lots of spicy bitter flavor with a long bitter finish, warmth brings a lot of frothy sweaty leather character

Name: Reinaert Flemish Wild Ale
Date: March 22, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy yellow, frothy white head, sudsy drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma with a wild tartness and floral character
Flavor: dry malt flavor, lots of wild floral character, light balancing bitterness, lots of funk

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Date: March 15, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: brick store
Words: surly bird
Appearance: cloudy orange, big white head
Aroma: light musty aroma, touch of spicyness
Flavor: flavor starts with a light malt sweetness, lots of phoenolic spicyness, light hoppy bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20<b

Green label. The difference in the labels is slight differences in the hop variations, but it’s basically the same beer (importer’s words, and I agree). Pale, slightly hazy appearance. Aroma is fruity (apple). Flavour is slighlty minerally, yeasty, with a "green" hoppiness. A bit odd, definitely Belgian, maybe primitive, though after sorghum beer it’s a tough case to make.
Earlier Rating: 8/17/2003 Total Score: 3.3
Yellow, cloudy. Some bretty aroma notes, with nutmeg, bread and grapefruit. Palate is slightly astringent, with peachiness. The aroma hinted at a greater degree of acidity than there actually is. It also hinted at more funk that there actually is. The palate overall is kind of minerally. It smelled like so much more...

Vlaamse Primitief
Cloudy blond color. Very difficult to describe, but surely disgusting! Corky, sour, too bitter.

Hazy amber with medium off white head. Sourish aroma with woody and malty notes. Flavour likewise with brett notes to follow up.