Brunn Ameltje

Aroma of dried banana, star anise, sweet cicely, green apple, liquorice candy, stewed pear, dried mandarin peel, cheese rind, pineapple, sugar loaf, white bread, wet cloth, something vaguely plastic-like. Fruity, crisp onset, green apple, pineapple and unripe banana impressions, sharply carbonated; cereally, bit dryish middle, white-bready malt core deeply drenched in star anise and liquorice spiciness, with the curaçao being a tad less prominent (though still adding some fraîcheur in the end); some lingering leafy hop bitterness in the end. The fruit (medlar) adds this unexpectedly crisp, green fruitiness but plays a less important role in the nose; a second batch, also tasted that evening, contained rhubarb in replacement of the medlar and had a more distinct aroma, indeed reminiscent of - sweetened! - rhubarb compote.