De Proef Flemish Primitive

Pours a clear gold except for the last glass. Excellent, rocky white head. There’s a bit of the farmyard funk, but almost none of the sourness I expected. It’s got a significant hop bite in the back that I definitely wasn’t expecting and it’s quite dry. Interesting beer.

My first Flemish sour. Pale color with very slight white head. Smells of oranges and banana bread. The flavor is very similar to a belgian ale with sour notes in the finish. Very clean, dry finish.

Reinaert Flemish Wild Ale label, 750mL. Pale straw color with a towering rocky white head. Pronounced horsey brett aromatics, some plastic phenols as well. Sweet malt, honey and sugar cookies underneath a developing brett wet hay, cow dung gestalt. Residual malty sweetness, with some vestiges of funk. Mouthfeel is a light medium, fairly dry.

Hazy golden orange color, medium head. Aroma is fruity and spicy, some caramel malt, some yeast, bit hoppy, nice balance. Same goes for the taste, which is nicely balanced in fruit, spices and malt, bit bitter also, sirupy texture. Quite enjoyable, and the best of the small tasting session with skortila and Noize.

Aroma of citrus, some spice/pepper, some hop and yeast. Hazy, golden coloured with a lasting, white head. Taste is sweet with a pleasant bitterness. Caramel malts, hops, yeast and citrus in the taste. Good balance. Well brewed tripel.
I noticed there is also a beer called ’De Proef Flemish Primitive’ . This is the same beer. I suggest to make a redirect, because overhere the beer has the dutch name ’Vlaamse Primitief’.

Surly Bird: Sampled on 1/12/08. Hazy pale body with a large white head - lasting, lace. The nose is moderately sour with orange peel, lemon, horseblanket and cotton candy. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly sour, moderately bitter with lots of citrus, honey, bread and herbal hops. Medium/full body is round with moderate carbonation.

Pin Head: Pours a clear pale with a large pillowy, white head. The aroma is heavy horseblanket, with lots of pineapple, light lemon, oranges and light bread. The flavor is moderately bitter, slightly tart, bretty funk, floral, medicinal hops, very spicey (corriander), some pineapple and a touch of lemon. Medium body with lively carbonation and a bitter, tart finish with a touch of warmth. Incredibley bizarre, to say the least. Sort of reminds me of an overhopped Jolly Pumpkin Oro.

This one is a Reinart Flemish Wild Ale. It pours a hazy straw yellow with a medium head that fades into a thin head with some lacing. The nose has a vegatative quality with maybe a hint of corriander? Taste is citrus tending toward lemon with some yeast. The finish is dry and largely clean. Although it isn’t what I was expecting it’s not bad.

If the psychedelic Pinhead painting on the label was any indication of things to come, this would be quite a beer. The cork was easily extracted, and the beer poured out clear golden in color, with a high level of carbonation typical of many Belgian beers. The Duvel Tulip was large enough to contain the resulting foamy head. The aroma was very floral, which was probably due to some real flowers like Chamomile being added in the mix. The taste wavered back and forth between delicate and robust, being floral and creamy at one moment, and spicy, and malty the next. The beer was actually medium thick on the palette, but the carbonation made it feel much lighter. A touch of sourness and a peppery aftertaste finished things off. Despite the name, there was not much primitive about this one. If this fine beer can spontaneously ferment in Flanders, it must surely be God’s country.

Update

This Demon Fish bomber was picked up from the top shelf of Green’s. The label was crazy as usual. The cork was synthetic, and therefore extracted easily. The beer looked quite hazy in the tulip, and the head was a good size. The smell was wilder than I remember the pinhead being. The taste was sweet-sour, spicy, and funky. The Saaz hops that were reportedly present seemed to have died down by the time I got this. The body was medium dense, and quite smooth. I preferred my last foray into this series when the sample was fresher.