Score
6.67
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Blonde hopped with locally grown hops â and by locally, I mean in the Sint-Macharius quarter of Ghent, which borders on the Heirnis quarter where the brewery is located. People from Sint-Macharius grew and harvested wild hops to use in this extremely local beer, only available at the brewery and in the pub located in the old gate building of the Coyendanspark in Sint-Macharius. Only 700 l is produced so far but intentions are to recreate it every year. Had this one from tap at the brewery. Snow white, creamy and dense, membrane-lacing, stable head on a warm pure apricot-golden beer with somewhat greenish tinge. Aroma of freshly cut grass, white bread, raw cereals, plaster, field flowers, dry hay, vague cooked white cabbage. Dryish onset, very restrained unripe banana and unripe apricot fruitiness, fizzy carbonation, very minerally; smooth cereally and white-bready malt core, sweetish pale maltiness gently bittered by grassy and floral hops, somewhat drying but in a very soft way (as is typical for wild hops), so that this pale malt sweetishness continues near unchanged into the finish. Obviously the botanical form of Humulus lupulus contains less of the alpha acids found in all those cultivated varieties, hence less aroma and less bitterness, though I have to admit this beer feels clean and pleasantly âgreenishâ (grassy). Subtle but correct, easygoing quencher, one I would not mind revisiting next time I am in that particular neighborhood of my beloved city. Note the little pun in the name: many streets in the Heirnis quarter are named after fish (because fishery was once a major source of income there) and âscholâ is the Flemish name of the European plaice â but also a Flemish word meaning âcheersâ, when toasting, for example with beerâŠ
22/X/22 - on tap @ Stroom Brouwers (Gent), BB: n/a (2022-1411)
Clear blond yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty start, hay, grains, some cow fodder, yeasty, some ripe banana, pears. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, a bit fruity, sweet bubble gum, yeast, some banana, a bit grassy, some chlorophyll. Aftertaste: dry and grassy, a little metallic, malty, cow fodder, grains, not sweet, not bad, not great.