9

Nose: savory and boozy. Palate: bitter finish, saison notes shine, high carbonation, not much fruit

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

0,75l bottle at home. Vintage 2017. Bottled 02/2019. amber hazy color, small white head. smells grassy, funky, bit oaky, citric. nice smell not overly special and quite subtle. full body, very delicate yet lively carbonation. tastes funky, stone fruits, light grapes, tannins, citric, grassy, bit oaky, light barrel notes, stone fruits. finishes dry and lightly sour with notes of white grapes, spicy notes and some oak notes. lovely again, smell was very subtle but taste was very lovely, very wine forward, yet very balance and delicate. lovely stuff. 7, 4, 9, 4, 19

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours unclear blonde, no real head. Smell is very herbal, lambic, mineral, oaky, petrochloride. Taste is full, tart, milder herbal notes. Mineral, mild oxidative notes. Medium carbo, medium fullbodied. Nice acidity, dry, noticably dry ending.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

29/XI/19 - sample @ Billies Craft Beer Festival 2019, BB: n/a - (2019-1984) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Aroma: spicy, some salami notes, very funky, sourish, weird. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, sourish, bit lemony, spicy, dry, herbal, nice! Aftertaste: dry, brett notes, not bad.

8.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Now two year old Bokke blend of saison and lambic, aged on white wine barrels apparently. At Wild Festival in Groningen, poured by Raf ‘Soef’ himself. Snow white, mousy, bit irregular and uneven-bubbled but stable head on a misty warm peachy-orange blonde beer. Aroma of yellow plums, Chardonnay wine, sour grapes, freshly cut red apples, lime juice, dough, unripe peach. Crisp, very ‘crystalline’, bright onset, fizzy and cava-like in terms of carbonation but forwarding a whirl of plum-, grape- and green pear-like fruitiness with an orange-like edge, minerally and supple, with cleanly edged, rounded bready malt body; soft lime juice and sour grape acidity throughout, but in a subtle, very ‘decorative’ way, keeping things interesting and refreshing till the end. Lovely white grape and ripe orange aspects further colour the finish, with a mildly spicy hop bitter touch connecting all the flavours, as well as light, noble woody tannins. Ends very lightly powdery. Fruitier version of Bokke’s renowned Zomersaison, in a way, with a degree of brightness and crispness rarely seen in sour ales – this is classic Bokke quality level again. Fantastic.