De Prael Mary

Brewed by Brouwerij de Prael
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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UPDATED: AUG 8, 2007 Bottle, age unknown
Consumed at In de Wildeman, Amsterdam, May 2006
Golden orange color with some red hues, and a big white and tan head. Sweet nose, full of candy sugar and rose petals. Toasted sweet corn (like marzen), floral notes in the finish. Not the best example of a tripel, but it seems sweet is how it’s done in Holland. Some fruit cocktail noted in there as well at times.

Photograph of Bottle & Glass:
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Bottle @ home. Hazy orange pour, thin white head. Aroma is spicy, fruity and a bit dusty and yeasty. Flavor is slightly alcoholic, spicy and bitter. A bit sweet as well. Decent balance and thick body, but a bit off and boring.

Bottle. Aroma is sweet and fruity malts, some biscuit. Flavour is caramel and biscuit malt, some fruity notes. Strong but empty flavour.

330ml bottle. Ester, fruit and herbal aromas. Pous golden, hazy, with a nice white head, some persistance and lacework. Medium body and average carbonation. Tastes malty, bitter, soft fruit. Aftertaste is medium. Too much sediment on this one. Nothing remarkable.

Draft at De Prael. Cloudy orang pour with small white head. Sweet aroma with light fruit. Flavour like a sweet average tripple. Pretty high carbonation and a bit thin for the style/ABV.

oro carico buona schiuma media persistenza naso fruttato maltato caramello leggero biscotto discreto corpo amaro non intenso

Hazy orange colour, dissipating off-white head. Malty sweet aroma, honey mellon, peach, bread and light orange. Flavour quite sweet, malts, light hops. Light bitter finish, quite short.
(Draught @ Café Jos, Nijmegen)

Malty sweet aroma. Copper in color with a solid white head. Thin for the style but sweet...hints at fruit with a quick finish. Very light for its abv.

Bottle: Small and quick disappearing off white head on topof a hazy orange colored beer. Smell sweets like orange, tangerine and bread. Taste yeast, fruit, orange, peach, brinta, medium bitter, some older malts, hint of hops and floral. Aftertaste is low bitter with some herbs and hops. Medium carbo, soft creamy mouthfeel, good medium to full body and a creamy texture.

aroma: floral, caramel, bread, nuts, apparenza: amber, clear, minimal head, gusto: heavy cloying sweetness, lightly bitter, palato: light body, average carbonation, long finish, la migliore delle deprael,senza dubbio(anche perchè legata a bei ricordi). Non smetterei mai di berla,è davvero fantastica.

nice long aftertaste to this hazy golden barleywine. Comes more off like a tripel than anything else. Nice beer, just not remarkable.