UPDATED: OCT 5, 2022 Si cette Julius se tient globalement, elle manque quelque peu d'élégance et de variations. C'est à mon sens une sous version de l'Hoegaarden Grand Cru. Le visuel est sur un blond orangé voilé avec une très fine effervescence soutenue et une mousse blanche de 5 mm. Le nez est sur l'alcool, les céréales, le miel, la coriandre et le girofle. En bouche, si le sucre est un peu trop présent, l'alcool donne un bon tempérament en étant bien intégré. L'attaque est directement sur l'alcool, vif, qui prend le pas sur la base maltée. Le reste de la dégustation est relativement homogène avec un alcool donnant un bon tempérament. La corpulence et la longueur sont plutôt bonnes. Mais un peu plus de finesse aurait fait du bien. Autant aller sur la Grand Cru.

UPDATED: SEP 25, 2022 33 cl bottle at Gullivers, Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel bar and lounge. A golden to amber cloudy pour with a thick, hardly diminishing, fine lacing, snow-white head. Aroma is green grass, oranges, a tad of honey, some Vicks balm, iron filings, a tinge of vanilla. Low carbo, slightly sweet onset. Rather heavy and full-bodied (not a thirst quencher at all.) Great bitterness in the long-lasting finish, with renewed hints of orange.

UPDATED: SEP 15, 2022 330ml bottle brewed in Belgium at 8.5%. Somewhat hazed pastel-peach with a nice size and fair duration head. Clean Belgian banana yeast with a hint of clove in the aroma. Modest+ carbonation, balanced body. Sweet, outright syrupy, with banana flavours to the fore and an emerging apricot-style fruity twang on top of a doughy malt. Faintly medicinal dryness in the finish does not dispel the cloying nature entirely, and if anything just makes things less palatable by sticking around. Some pleasant fruity pear-esque notes pick up well into the aftertaste, but at that point you're glad the beer is no longer in your mouth. Simplistic, and overdone. Just too syrupy and cloying, even if you wanted the straightforwardness. A shame, really, as the flavour profile wasn't bad per se. Unless you've a sweet tooth (and to be fair, many have), there's much better Belgian blondes at this ABV for both complexity and palatability. Unwelcome shades of Leffe.

UPDATED: SEP 6, 2022 Goudgeel licht wazig bier met een flinke volle witte schuimkraag. Lichte gistgeur. Fruitig met smaken van banaan en abrikoos. Daarnaast kruidig met een vleugje koriander. Beetje waterig qua mondgevoel met toch een redelijke CO2 pareling.

UPDATED: JUL 15, 2022 Bevuta in bottiglia da 33 a casa di Pico Profumo floreale, dolce, caramello Colore dorato carico, leggermente torbido, buona schiuma Gusto alcolico gpr

UPDATED: JAN 22, 2022 Drank as Julius 54 BC. Typical dry sharp belgian pale ale. But a little too sharp to be great. Albert heijn adventkal

UPDATED: OCT 24, 2021 Zwaar blond bier. Schuimt goed. Goede balans bitter en zoet. Nasmaak verdwijnt snel.

UPDATED: APR 16, 2021 Bottle from lowcostbeer. Hazy pale amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are spicy and bittersweet, slightly yeasty. Medium body.

UPDATED: MAR 10, 2021 Aroma 8. Appearance 4. Taste 7. Palate 3. Overall 14. Banana, malt, some spices aroma. Similar taste, sweet, with a hint of warm from alcohol. Short aftertaste.

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2021 330ml bottle from lowcostbeer. Murky golden-brown, finger of off-white head, nice lacing. Sweet banana-bready malts and a touch of spice. Taste is sweet banana bread, some mild spice, nice warming alcohol, a slight dryness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, fairly smooth, nice level of carbonation. It lacks a bit of complexity but its a warming enjoyable beer.