Liefmans Jan van Gent

Formerly brewed at Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Belgian Ale
Oudenaarde, Belgium

Well balanced flavor. Some acidity, some maltiness. Slight caramel aroma. "Real ale" taste.

Bottle (33 cl) from Bier tempel, Brussels, Belgium. Hazy reddish amber, small head. Earthy and dusty malt aroma, some discrete fruitiness with notes of oranges. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation. Well balanced, short finish.

Bottle: Hazy red colour,, almost no head. Aroma of citrus,flowers,dust,some barrel nose in the end. Flavor is almost the same,smouth mouth feeling. Thin to medium body, and a nice thin to medium finish.

In short: A spicy yeasty mess with just too much off-flavours that shouldn’t be in a beer.
How: Bottle, 375ml, age unknown but consumed shortly after purchase.
The look: Cloudy golden orange body with a long-lasting large off-white head
In long: Nose is yeasty with peppery hops. Taste is very spicy with unusual array of spices including paprika, bbq spices and that type of spices that tickle the back of the mouth. Musty, dusty and slightly metallic. Very yeasty. A bit tart. Fruity and peppery hops in the finish. An unpleasant chemical feeling reminiscent of urinal cakes. Youhou? Malts? Where are you? The beer looks great, it is tasty and certainly not boring but it’s just a messy mix-bag of a bunch of stuff. The word is that Liefmans may be going belly up. Thinking about that beer sadden me about as much as ’N Sync break-up, but thinking about the Goudenband Liefmans troubles sadden me like ’N Sync reformation rumours.

(Bottle, BB 08/2008) Pours a cloudy burnt orange with a tall off-white head and nice lacing. Aroma of mustiness, horse blanket, citrus, leather, florals, and herbs. Flavor of caramel, brett/fruit sourness, light herbs, and Orval yeast. This one caught me by surprise and was somewhat like a lighter version of Orval.

Bottled. Hazy and kinnda orange in colour with an off-white head. I have to argee with my man Theis - aroma and flavour has heavy notes of both horse and horseshit - hints of fruit, vinegar and a kind of wheaty banana to it also.

Bottle at Sune’s. Cloudy orange - white head. Aroma and taste of horse and horseshit !!! Wheat, fruity, earthy, mould, spidersweb, dusty, yeasty. Wierd.

37,5cl bottle: Pours unclear amber with a off white head. Slight metallic & malty aroma. Some yeast & spices as well. Medium bodied. Def. a touch of wet dog - but not that bad, and after that rather clean & drinkalbe. Not bad , but not up their with the best