Bavik / BJs Camaraderie Ale

Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere
Style: Abbey Tripel
Harelbeke, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Draught Good, receding white head, finely bubbled over clear golden beer. Superb nose, with fruity C-hops, rosewater, and especially passion fruit. Dry, hoppy flavour, but way less fruity than the nose. Some garden herbs, even fresh nettles. Only thing - it’s light, light bodied - for an 8% ABV beer??? - to the point of watery. It starts absolutely stunning, but leaves a bit to be desired afterwards - more’s the pity. MF, MF, MF - for a Belgian beer!

Pours an effervescent golden straw color with a large white head. Excellent aroma of spice and yeast with tons of bread and biscuit malts. It’s mildly dry with a nice floral character. The flavor is moderately sweet with a strong maltiness. The finish is dry with lots of yeast, spice, and floral notes. Really enjoyable, crisp, and refreshing.

Bottle at BJs. Yellow pour with a god amount of white head. Aroma is sweet gain and some floral hops. Flavor it sweet and light, more like a belgian blond than a dubble. Refreshing.

Bottle, clear straw yellow with billowing white foam, very dry with grassy, floral and light cheeses, bitter finish

750 ml. Clear straw body. Big, fizzy white head, slowly diminishing. Aroma of citrus, wild yeast funkiness, grapefruit, pine, pepper, spice. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, fizzy carbonation, a fizziness that sits on the palate way too long. Lots of tart lemon and brett-like funk/lacquer in the taste. It’s scrubbed by the carbonation leaving a dry, bitter finish with some lingering pepper and wood notes. The complexities in this beer are overwhelmed by the bitterness and over carbonation.

750 ml bottle Christmas gift from my daughter’s family from BJs Bakersfield. Nose citrus, light spices, hints of barnyard funkiness, and some caramel sweetness. Slight gusher after I carefully released the pressure. Lightly hazy urine yellow with a big very pale yellow head. Flavor is bitter, lemony, funky, with hints of spiciness.

Pours pale yellow with small head. This one seems strange to me, but is not a style I am very familiar with. Several mixed flavors going on here with some dirty malt or yeast, but mostly fruity tartness. I’m not sure I know what to make of this one. OK, but I don’t want another one.

Bottle from Rare Beer Club: pours hazy, pale straw, bright white head. lots of effervescent carbonation. barnyard funk, farmhouse yeast, citrus hops on the nose. flavors of wheat, grain, mild herbal grassiness, subtle citrus and tartness with a bit of funk. dry finish. really drinkable.

750ml from the Rare Beer Club. Handsome pour, a pale golden-orange with a nice foamy head to complement the gleaming body. Nose is tart fruit and dry spice/hops. I’m immediately reminded of a homebrew Duvel clone (though homebrew is not meant as a pejorative here). Citrus rind and spice to taste, not as much character as a beer of this gravity needs. More like a singel on steroids or something. Mild tartness and dry spice certainly is a combination I enjoy, but I was hoping for more.

Appearance: clear orangey gold with a huge fluffy, sticky white head that lingered, rich frothy lacing and a hyperactive bead when poured into a Duvel tulip. Aroma: notes of lemon peel and grapefruit juice over a faro/lambec like sweet and sour malt, with a hint of herbs. Taste: grassy, citrussy hops right up front, then a slowly building crackery malt backbone, with just a hint of sour acidity. Finish: the hops that faded from the initial taste pick back up, and it finishes bitter and herbal, with a slowly drying white wine-like note. Notes: A tripel meets a Belgian Pale Ale meets a hint of flemish sour ale. Palate is creamy but the bitterness scrubs the mouth. Bottle from the Rare Beer Club.

Draft at BJs Cincy. Poured clear yellow color with an average frothy white head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate grass and yeast aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. This is a good drinkable beer.
Earlier Rating: 12/13/2011 Total Score: 3.4
Draft at BJs Cincy. Poured clear yellow color with an average frothy white head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate grass and yeast aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. This is a good drinkable beer.