Vlasbier

Brewed by Van Eecke
Style: Specialty Grain
Poperinge-Watou, Belgium

This is a nice new beer. In my opinion it’s a little more sweet than a Hommelbeer, so i would call this a blond beer. Maybe they stopped the fermentation a littlle bit earlier than the hommel, and used a little less hommel. Excellent ber for a dinnertable, with a long aftertaste, of soft hopps.

I don’t know what the previous raters drank... but... this is a hazy dark golden colored, low viscosity beer. As far as I understand linen was also used in the process. sweet and fruity flavour,. well-bodied finish.

Bottle,33 cl. Golden color, head is initially large, frothy, white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is malty and hoppy, with a note of coriander. Sweet flavor , lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, and bitter. Medium body, watery texture.

Yeasty and spicy aroma with fruits (citrus). Very decent appearance; Hazy, yellow coloured with a perfect white lacing; lasting and creamy. Taste is sweet, some bitterness, yeast, quite spicy (some ginger I guess) and fruity. Good balance. Bit sticky. Pleasant beer. I agree with dirk; this is excellent for the dinnertable.

Bottle, Brugge, Nov 04. Head is initially large, frothy, white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (flowers, lemon), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with a note of coriander. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Mouthfeel is kind of disappointing, but otherwise this was both pleasantly aromatic and nicely balanced. A summer quaffer kinda thing, but not bland.

Fresh barley malt grain nose with a hint of apricots, hazy pale orange color, low lathery head. Big wheat body, fruity notes, peppery spice end turning to a syrupy sweet candi-sugar finish. Thin and quick. Fairly good, but not so exciting.

(Bottled, 0.75l) Opaque, darkish-orange color with a small, firm head. Very yeasty and quite acidic, dry and slightly alcoholic aroma. Quite acidic, biscuit-malty, dryish flavor. Medium-bodied, quite flat-carbonated palate. A very drinkable, but as easily forgettable, slightly cardboardy brew.

Bottle, 6.5%. Cloudy yellow colour. Malty flavour, peppery and nicely spicy. A little clove and some pepper. Quite high carbonation.