Brasseurs de Lorraine Loroyse Biere Blonde

Brewed by Les Brasseurs de Lorraine
Style: Abbey Tripel
Pont-a-Mousson, France

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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The beer pours a clear, tarnished medium-bronze colour with a rather average-sized, foamy white head that’s quite short lived. The aroma is surprisingly potent and decidedly un-tripel-ish in many ways. True, there are some bright, spicy elements like blood orange and pepper, a slight alcohol twang and a hits of wheat malt...but. I think Jukkabro is on the money by conjuring the image of a barley wine. There are copious amounts of caramel, raisins, toasted bread, tawny port and molasses. Also, it’s very light to my nose, but I get some cherries and cheese rind. Strange, not bad, but strange. Very much like a Belgian take on a British barley wine. Very sweet at first taste, pressing into the territory of treacle tarts, with a hint of citric acidity. Still very chewy in the middle, lots of caramel, and leaves with some alcohol and a hint of dark, dried fruit. The mouthfeel is rather odd, starting out quite creamy and chewy, but the finish washes away with an unexpected quickness, almost watery. Carbonation wears off rather quickly, though it was never vigorous to begin with, and the density is above average. A strange creature, certainly, caught between being a being a barley wine and wanting to be a tripel, it lacks the necessary depth to be a good example of the former and finesse for the latter. 33cl bottle, Duvel tulip, bbe 10/08.

Small white head. Hazy brown body with carbonation. Sugary wort and honey aroma with fruity plastic notes. Sweet-dryish honey and flour taste with resiny peppery notes. Mid-bodied. Sharpish, grainy mouthfeel. Dry resiny honeyish mealy aftertaste with peppery floral notes. (0.33l bottle, CitySuper IFC, Central, Hong Kong.)

Year over time. Orange coloured beer, head should hold a bit longer. Yeasty, conffituur, fruits. Lightly malts and light spiced. Not totally outbalanced. Sweet fruits, dryness. Thanks to Hans for sharing.

Fluffy amberish head over foxy-orange to copper beer, clear. Citrus, orange nose, completely at odds with the sweet-malty, unassumingly sugary taste. However, the finish has some orangepeel, at least. Clammy MF, syrupy, and warming up, the aftertaste gets Mandarine Napoléon streaks. Not very special, too much restsugars. Txs to Stefaan!

bottle from Village de la Bière Strasbourg. Amber colour, mid-sized fluffy head. Malty nose. Intensively malty, sweet, hints of caramel and toffee with a rather unpleasant bitter finish. The bitteness lacks a nice hoppy character, othewise quite a nice brew as the malt flavours are very nice.

courtesy of Laurent Mousson; labelled Loroyse d’Hiver - pours a clear amber colour with a poor head retention; aroma of butter and apple, sugary; medium-bodied, effervescent, quite short buttery finish with notes of alcohol

Bottle, 8%. Rough and rotten aroma, rough hops and rotten vegetables. Clear amber colour. Very small white head. The flavour is fruity and quite peppery. There is some baking yeast in the middle and finish. The finish is also peppery and with a fat sweet note as in Stroh Rum. At least it tastes better than it smells.

Bottle@Home. Sweet citrus, light herbal. Golden color, off-white head, good lace. Sweet, pretty bitter, citrus, hint of cookie dough, herbal finish. Bit thinnish, cloying.

Amber coloured beer with very little carbonation and a small off-white head. Special sweet malty aroma with some light caramel and madeira touches. Medium to full palate. Finish is sweet bitter, wharming strong alcoholic malty hints with a longer bitter sweet ending. A rather strange and special tripel.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2007 Bottled. Clear pale amber. Aroma of fruit and raspberries. Sweet and near full bodied with caramelly chewy malt and salty finish. A solid, quite bold tripel.

Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a little white head. Aroma of malt and hints of caramel. Malty sweet flavour nearly like a bock, ends up little bitter and dry.