De la Senne Jambe-de-Bois

Brewed by Brasserie de la Senne
Style: Abbey Tripel
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Smell and appearance are exactly what you would expect from a tripel. Pungent fermented grain notes and a hazy honey-gold colour. The taste is dry and classic. The low carbonation results in a very round palate and the promised bitterness is particularly pronounced at the end. Can something new be added to that most over-represented style of Belgian brewing? My guess would be, no. Still De La Senne have made a tripel that deserves to be ranked with the with the classics. This is like an experimental underground band trying to score in the charts without selling out, and succeeding.

A tripel blond beer with copper reflexion and a big white head. Smell: great complexity with hop and yeast. Taste: good surprise, hops and orange. Aftertaste : hops.

Bottle 355 ml. Pours hazy golden with a small white head. Some lacing. Sweet aroma of belgian yeast, malt, honey and banana. Sweet taste at beginning with a strong bitter end. Malt, herbal/floral notes, and fruits are present in taste. Lively carbonation. Medium duration of aftertaste. Warming alcohol. Medium body. Mouthfeel start creamy but end dry. Nice complexity but balance could be better. Not exactly what I expect from a Tripel, but it’s a good beer. Share many characteristics with Saison type of beer.

En oljig kombination av saison, tripel och IPA. En tydlig beska, IPA karaktären tar över lite för mycket men väldigt bra i det stora hela.

Tap. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Aroma and flavour of citrus, yeast, hops and malt.

Draught @ Ølfestival Kobenhavn.
Pours clear pale yellow color with small head. Aroma of lemon, spices, yeast, floral hops and grass. Flavor of grass, lemon, spices, herbal notes and yeast. Very refreshing brew.
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Draught @ Ølfestival København 2012
Aroma is rather light with wheat and citrus. Flavour has lots of grassy hops, some citrus. Dry finish with hops. Nice and refreshing, lacks the soapy citrus tripels usually have.

Pours a hazy and golden beer with a white head. The aroma is malt, fruit, yeast, sweetness, spices, coriander and notes of alcohol. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is sweetness. Overall a good beer.

Pours yellow with a large white head. Aroma is malt, fruity yeast and light alcohol. Flavour is malt, alcohol and fruity yeast.

Schiuma persistente. Aroma di agrumi, geranio, malto e luppoli erbacei. Al gusto sentori di spezie e pepe, con un grande amaro da luppoli freschi

Bottle at ZBF’12, Leuven: Hazy orange coloured brew with an taste of grapefruit, citrus wich give the beer pretty bitter taste. And this Dutchman survived the degustation barely.