Viven Ale

Brouwerij van Viven
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Ale
Sijsele, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. A dense, white head leaves lacings. The body is almost clear, dark golden in color. Biscuity malty aroma with some grassy hops and a touch of yeast. Medium body, soft carbonation. Lightly cheesy, grassy hoppy flavor with a bready maltyness, bitterness and some fruity hints. Bitter, bready and malty finish. Not my favorite in any way, but it drinks quite easily. 130516

Bottle 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes malt, caramel, bread, yeast and floral hops. Taste is light to medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle. Pours golden with a white head..Aroma of malt, yeast, some floral and herbal hops and bread. Flavor is sweet and bitter with some herbs and malt. Medium body, average carbonation.

33 cl. bottle @ home. Obtained @ Willems. BBF 07/11/2013. Pours bright amber orange toffee amber with a patchy white head. Sweet oranges, toffee in the nose, candy, very fruity, nicely sweet, floral hops, sweet malts. Taste is sweet malts, toffee, oranges, candy, very fruity, lightly sticky, floral in the finish with sparkling green hops, sticky hops, light grass, quite hoppy. Mmm delicious glorious hops. Oily body. Excellent APA almost IPA – not an Belgian Ale – and all of this with Golding hops. Just comes to show what De Proef can do if you give them a half decent recipe & enough money to do it properly & motivate him a bit. Bit surprised by the ratings, maybe too EU hoppy?

Pours a slightly cloudy dark amber with a thinnish white head. Aromas of apples, caramel and light floral hops on the nose. Taste shows apple again up front, with a light earthy/tobacco note and some sweetness. Creamy mouthfeel and quite a clean finish. Good.

Bottle, 33cl, Geers. Pours clear orange, sparkling. Rocky frothy white head. Nose of Euro hops, slicky palate a bit buttery, guess it’s also and English yeast they’ve used. Finishes with a touch of caramel malt and spritzy bitterness. This is the perfect base ale for a dryhopped bitter / APA.

33 CL bottle from de Hopduvel Gent. Hazy light amber color with a large white rocky head. Aroma of coriander. Taste malt and spicy and bitter at the end. ***

Pours amber-blond with lots of head, a lot of carbonation. Reminds me of a simple lager. Not bad but certainly not great either.

330 ml bottle, rated from old tasting notes. Pours hazy amber with medium white head. Aroma spicy, yeast, bread and something sweet. Taste: citrus, spicy, yeasty with a full body. Nice bitter finish

Mild nose. Large pale head. Slightly hazy golden color. Slightly sour hoppy taste with some lemon notes. At the end hoppy bitterness. Too much hops for me.