Achel Blond Extra

Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappistenabdij De Achelse Kluis
Style: Abbey Tripel
Hamont-Achel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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75cl, new exclusive Trappist Anno 2010, from 2nd Gents Bierfestival, very complex brew, floral/sweet and slightly fruity, balanced, hazy, rocky head, very good brew

Bottle, bought @ Achelse Kluis, Belgium. Pours clear golden with a firm, staying, creamy, white head. Aroma is sweet, oranges, citrus, malty, mild sweetness. Highish carbonation, fine creamy and light dry mouthfeel. Flavour is elegant, sweet, malty, vinious, lovely fruity, oranges, red apple. Lovely dry bitter finish with malty notes, apples.

Head: almost none , white
Colour: gold/clear
Smell: malts, sweet, little yeasty, bit of hops
Taste: tipical sweet malty flavour of a original Abbey Tripel , but this one packs a bit more punch on the alcohol flavour , and is also a bit sweeter...

Bottle from the abbey during our recent trip to Belgium. Served in a Trappist Achel glass. ours a clear golden-yellow with a nice white head. Light lacing and a thin collar throughout. The nose brings some clove and fairly-strong alcohol. Surprisingly (and happily) the flavor doesn’t have any alcohol at all. Good clove character and light bubblegum. A bit of sweetness and mild fruit. Body is medium with good carbonation and a strong yeast presence. Good clove and spice. Overall, quite tasty and a very nice tripel.

(Bottled, 0.75l, rated 2010-09-19) Hazy golden-amber with a small, firm and lasting head. Mild, wheaty and fruity aroma with orange-peel, touch of honey and pale malt. Flavor is peachy-orangey-fruity and slightly grainy-alcoholic, with perfumy-aromatic hops, yeast, and hints of strawberry. Quite full body, warming palate, foamy CO2, rather a slow sipper than refreshing. The 8 was more Hefeweizen-like, but this is like a strong Blond-Weizenbock hybrid, with a touch of sweet Stille Nacht graininess. Not much hop bite or refreshing elements here, though, so for now I prefer the regular Blond.

bottle@GBF 2011: hazy orange with a white head, smell is slightly citric hop with some tropical fruits, taste is substantial bitter hop (which plains the main role) with some slight malt underneath coupled with minor fruits (peach & tropical), spice comes to play strongly in the aftertaste, bitter spunky aftertaste, light with substantial carbonation, much better than the regular Achel Blond

Bottle. pale golden color. Pours a huge head. Floral citric aroma with some dried tropical fruit. malty sweet, floral flavor with dried citrus and tropical fruit. A firm hopbitterness. A worthy trappist.

18/12/2010 - 75cl bottle @ Gentse Biervereniging - Trappist night

Dark blonde to orange beer, off-white rocky adhesive head. Lots of carbon in glass. Aroma: hops, alcohol, candi sugar, fruity.MF: soft carbon, full body, syrupy texture. Taste: hops, sweet malts, fruits (pears and peaches). Aftertaste: little sweet malts, hint of sugar, fruitiness, acidic touch.