Bornem Triple

33 cl bottle. Part of a sampler six of vSteen. beers from <a href=http://ratebeer.com/Place/illinois/oak-forest/foremost-liquors/20.htm>Foremost in Oak Forest, meaning it may have set awhile without air conditioning. Pours a pale yellow in a tulip glass, with a tinge of red, and fluffy white head. Heavy smell of Belgian sugars and a suggestion of wheat malts that I’m pretty sure are not there. Taste is immediately heady with alcohol and champagne effervescence, sweet and yet still pretty thick with malts. Despite having sat in the heat of a store, not much ale fruitiness here. Instead, it’s pretty well attenuated and turns dry a few sips later. Had it with some camembert cheese spread, which worked nicely. Some notes of straw, then noble and citrusy hops. Nice version of a style I like, anyway.

Pours a golden color a bottle with lots of carbonation, which seemed odd. Nice citrus aroma, with malt spice finish good overall triple.

A very good triple. I drunk the 75cl bottle. For triple, thats very important. The 33 and 75 are different beers. Sweet and fruity in the beginning, rather bitter at the end.

Bottled. A fairly standard Belgian strong blonde - full body, sourness, well balanced. Some warming alcohol in the finish.

Pours a golden yellow with a small white head. Smells of citrus and flowers or pine. Alcohol is apparant on the tounge and is very dry/bitter. Medium body with lively carbonation.

I like this, surprised by the lower reviews... nice lingering bitterness, floral, fruity tones; i like the burst of complexity toward the finish, dried straw and tropical fruit somehow..?

Pours a cloudy yellow gold with a white head of big bubbles. Aromas of malt and fruit/citrus. Tastes of much more of the same. Clean finish but with some residule sour and slight metallicness.

Pours a hazy gold with large white head. Aroma was citrus, light fruit, lemon, sweet caramel malt, and a bit of spice. I must have got a bad bottle because the flavor was terrible and much different then the aroma. Tasted like bad sour apple and rotting fruit. Did not taste good at all.