Mikkeller, Black

Returned to Copenhagen, this time with kids and a visit to Tivoli Gardens. Purchased from the Mikkeller shop in Nørrebro's Torvehallerne market along with some canned IPAs. Boozy, lots of different stout flavours, very bitter. Paired with The OA.

Weird Beard, Saison 28

Drunk pretty fresh iirc. Murky amber pour, wood and booze on the nose. Taste was wood and booze at the front, then danky syrup hop, pepper saison yeasty into pretty long + dry finish. Strong dipper body. Spritzy carb wore off pretty quick. Really good, delcicious and morish beer. Hope it comes back.

Glazen Toren, Saison d'Erpe Mere

Delicious saison from Glazen Toren in Erpe-Mere (surprisingly enough). Sub £7 about 5/6 months ago, money very well spent. Watched Spectre, it was dull.

Fantôme, Brise-BonBons!

You know that really irritating taste in an IPA when you've got to it too late? The overpowering maltiness barely tempered by a nondescript herbal/vegetal parenthesis, the oily mouthfeel without the accompaniment, then a big bitterness that teases you about how good it was when fresh. This Fantôme basically. Maybe some bitter lemon flavours, some saisonyness, but mostly just the taste of dissappointment. (I've still got a Pissenlit wasting away somewhere to upset me as well.....)

Fantôme, India Red Ale

Since my first time with Fantôme, my experiences havent been so great. My second bottle of the saison seemed a little tired - there was none of that tropical, dry hop business. I put it down to hop fade (it was an older bottle that I'd been aging after all).

I figured their India Red Ale would be a pungent, dry hopped to eff saison. Not really, unfortunately. The fact that I don't have notes for it suggests I was underwhelmed although I do remember three things quite clearly - the first was this bizarre herbal taste that I didn't recognise (funnily enough, in hindsight, the closest thing I can think of that resembled that taste was the Wacky Cabbage that we used to buy from East West). Second was a very bitter finish, but not a particularly pleasant one. Lastly, I remember struggling to finish it. Overall, a bit of a shame really.

Brasserie Cantillon, Iris

Far be it from me to think I can do justice to the taste of this drink in words, so here are a bunch of over the top images of an empty bottle instead.

Brouwerij Lindemans, Blossom Gueuze

I think I drank this relatively fresh, purchased from Beer Gonzo after it'd been on other Belgian sites for only a month or so. Very pungent elderflower nose along with some sharp vinegar. The taste was basically Bottle Green with a very mild sharpness to it. Minimal funk, no oak. Medium dry finish. This was ok at the start, but I quickly got a bit bored to be honest. Would've been great shared on a pub terrace by the river in the sun. £13. I've never had the pleasure of Mamouche so I don't really have anything to compare this to, but I don't think I'll go back to it.