De Ranke Guldenberg

Bottled. Pours honey and orange with a white head. Aroma is dry floral hops with some barn hay in the there. Flavor is dry and herbacious. Dry finish. A pretty herbal tasting brew with some hints of mint.

Brown bottle, 33 cl, bottled in August 2007, best before August 2012, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on July 7 2008; eye: copper, lightly hazy, good effervescence, voluminous white head that turns into a blanket, good lacing; nose: yeast, lights spices, coriander, light grain, light floral, light pine; mouth: iron, yeast, grain, light honey, light pine, alcohol, a bit sour, finale in bitter hops with a hing of citrus, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, creamy texture, rather carbonated, light astringency; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, embouteillée en août 2007, meilleure avant août 2012, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 7 juillet 2008; œil : cuivrée, légèrement voilée, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche volumineuse et crémeuse qui se transforme en un tapis, bonne dentelle; nez : levure, léger épices, coriandre, léger miel, léger grain, léger floral, léger pin; bouche : fer, levure, grain, léger miel, léger pin, alcool, un p’tit côté sure, finale en houblon amérisant avec une pointe de zeste de citron, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, texture crémeuse, plutôt carbonatée, légère astringence; en résumé : correct

Thanks to Nate for sharing. Pours a hazy golden color with a thick foamy head that disappears before too long. Nose of some ozone and a very sweet light malt. Honey, some grainyness, and a slight floral hop. Pretty bitey flavor. A little sweet honey, but very pilsy with just a mild fruit fruity, yet flowery, hop flavor. Maybe a little bit of jasmine? The flavor is pretty light, but hits you with a nice bitter at the end.

Weird cloudy orange with lots of sediment and chunkage. Incoherent but eager head. Crackery, bread crust malt in aroma, minty and earthy hoppiness. Flavor starts with more crackery malts and then thins out to be pretty dusty and moderately sour, slight tangerine. Quite hoppy, this. Florality and noticeable ethanol are strong players here in the finish. The ethanol is actually pretty overwhelming.

[1196-20080304] 750mL. Mild grassy hops aroma hints at a field of pine needles nearby. Cloudy, light brown lime body with a long-lasting foamy white head. Bitter hoppy lemon grass flavour is mild. Light-medium body has muted bitterness. Not bad for a prize won at Zythos!