Boelens Bieken

Brewed by Boelens
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Belsele, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. Clear medium orange color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, bread, old malt, moderate yeasty, honey. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (021207)

The aroma is sweet with notes of honey, yeast, and oranges. The color is an unclear yellow and it has a beutiful white head. The flavor is dominated by sweet honey combined with notes of corriander and yeast. It ends on a dry note. This beer is too sweet for my liking.

(Bottle 33 cl) Orangey golden, unclear with an extremely lively bubbly head. Sweet honeynotes making this very soft - pleasant rather than cloying. Has some of the rustic slightly musty notes you sometimes find in Belgian micros. Warming alcohol with a pronounced bitter finish. 191297

33 cL bottle. Pours orange with huge white head. Aroma is distinct yeasty and honey, has some very fruity notes in the honey. Mouthfeel is rather soft. Taste is sweet, flowery honey and a single note that sticks out (maybe this is corriander - but I’m not sure). Has some bitterhops in the finish.

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is alcohol, yeast and slight hints of wheat, caramel malts and hops. Flavour is fruity, yeasty, caramel malts and a bit fudgeish.

Orange colored. Hazy. Lively, soft and full bodied. Complex with some bitterness. Superb beer!

Hazy amber coloured with a white head. Aroma of fruits, spices and malts. Flavour of fruits and spices.

Bottle. Gusher. Very highly carbonated, everything churns in my glass. Little bits of yeast floating everywhere. Cloudy golden colour with nice, big, stable white head. Aroma is acidic/sour and perhaps also a bit malty. Refreshing acidic flavour reminding me of orange juice. This is good!

Date: 10/11/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: copper with a crowded galaxy of floating planets, fine white head,
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma with a nice light honey sweetness,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice light fruity esters meld well with a light honey character, light spicyness, honey sweetness grows with time,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

2 years old
Cloudy light amber color, with too many sediment particles; persistent head. Strong biting malt aroma, white sugar. Smooth taste, well balanced (i.e. not too sweet), velvety; malt, fudge, light honey. Interesting final, not really hoppy, but juggling between sweetness and dryness, bitterness and honey.