De Fontein Guitenbier

Brewed by De Fontein
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Stein, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Fully hazy dark pineapplejuice colour with dense, bit fluffy, off-white head. End of bottle solid yeast. Veggie nose, milkripe grain, fresh malts. Bit burning MF, roasted flavour, sharp, and oxydized at the same time. Medium bodied, pretty heavily carbonated, both visually and by MF. Balance is far from achieved. No overpowering faults, but incoherent. In general, pretty close to homebrew try.

Bottle: Medium to bigger vast cheesy white head changes into a rocky white head on top of a cloudy hazy yellow colored beer. The aroma is fruity barleys and malts, abricot, slight hint of peach and an even slighter hint of orange, hint of something like hop sweetness, some stingy grains and hay but overtaken by the sweet fruit yeasty malty and hop notes. The taste is a mix of fruit like orange and light abricot, sweet grains, light malt bitterness, some herby sweet hops, barley malts and a touch of yeast. Mostly a fruity sweet grainy taste, nothing jumps out but guess the sweet fruits and grains are mostly present. Aftertaste of light bitter malts with a light dryness and some spicy sweet hops. Medium carbo, soft bit blowing up mouthfeel, medium body and a light creamy texture. Had better beers of this brewery and can imagine that this beer tastes best when fresh.

Bottled. The aroma has some grain, caramel, citrus, yeast. Bit hazy, copper/orange coloured beer with a white head. The taste is light sweet, has a bit of acidic touch/citric, yeasty, and a bit malty. Nothing special.

From bottle, @ Leens place, 20.07.09. Hazy golden color, small head. Aroma malts, sour touch. Medium body. Taste Grainy malts, some yeast, little sourness.