Boelens Casa Grimaldi Ken

Medium thick, off-white, opening and unstable head leaving behind some thin islands in the middle; lightly hazy, deep copper-hued amber robe with ruddy tinge. Aroma at first quite reminiscent of rosé wine, with additional notes of tea bags, candyfloss, fried red apples, iron, caramel, rosehip, dried apricot, dry clay, fig, raisin bread, glue and weird – probably largely phenolic – aromatic background notes of cough syrup and patchouli. Sweetish onset with a thin sourish edge which, with the necessary imagination, could indeed be compared with wine tartness, but only very faintly so; red apple, banana and apricot fruitiness, lively carbed, with a smooth-edged, bit resinous mouthfeel.