De Ranke Guldenberg

A light orange aroma. Orange-yellow color. A good spicy somewhat alcoholic flavor. Doesn’t too too long but a good beer.

Bottle, 33 cl. It looks like nearly all the beers of De Ranke look like: a yellow hazy beer with a medium white head, this one disappearing however. At the first look you can also see this will be a beer with bitterness and so it is. Tha aroma has some hops and malts, also light yeasty. The taste is light sweet at first, with some fruity and spicy taste going to a light bitter finish. For people who find the "XX Bitter" too bitter. But there are also other alternatives within the ’De Ranke’-beers (this beer is very similar to Wevelgemse Tripel)

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy golden orange with a decent white head that lasts fairly well and leaves a bit of lace. Aroma is of yeast, honey, pepper and clove with a hint of caramel. Flavour has a nice balance between sweet and bitter and pretty much mirrors the aroma. Medium body with a reasonably long finish, with the bitterness coming out more. This is a good beer, although it doesn’t really stand out in any particular way, it’s pleasant and very easy to drink.

EBF08. Cloudy amber with a white head. Aroma is caramel, light hop and fruity notes. Flavour is caramel, light bitter and lithg fruity notes.

Bouteille de 33 cl, rapportée par Claude de Lyon. Arômes de houblon herbal, légère touche de levure et de céréales. Robe blonde et trouble, effervescence moyenne. Bien équilibrée, des céréales légèrement sucrées et une touche de levure sont accompagnées par une bonne dose de houblon herbal aromatique. Finale relativement amère. L’alcool est présent en finale, mais demeure bien intégré. Très bon.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden color with a fluffy white head. Aroma is yeasty, bready, and sweet malts. Notes of citrus, dark fruit, caramel, and spices come out. On the palate, it is rather light and refreshing. The flavor brings out a pilsner type quality and it finishes with a small amount of dryness and a little bit of hops. Very balanced.

2009 Bottle - Pours hazy tan with a frothy white head...aroma is yeasty and fruity, straw, with a floral hop finish...flavour is similar, doughy, fruity, malt that is neither dry or sweet, the same belgian hop taste that I can only describe as burnt plastic...lingering malt and bitterness, still pretty tasty...

(bottle) pours a hazy orange colour with a frothy white head. aroma of grassy hops, earth and lavender, caramel and grainy malts. flavour is the same, lightly fruity, with a dry grainy finish. medium body and carbonation.