3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Botteltje, Ostend, Belgium. A golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Typical fruity, Belgian spice aroma. Tastes fruity, malty, yeasty, spice, bitter, dry. A rather plain tripel that used to be much better 10 years ago IMO.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle:
White head on top of a light cloudy yellow orange colored beer.
Smell grains, hops, yeast, fruit, hops and some malts.
Taste is a sharp mix of hops, fruit, yeast, grains, sweet but more bitter some herbs and a hint of alcohol.
Bitter light fruity aftertaste.
Medium carbo, sharp tingly mouthfeel, medium body and a watery texture.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Small bottle from Vinmonopolet Vika, Oslo. A tall fluffy white head, over a sparkling, almost fizzy, pale yellow-golden body. Dry, light sharp pale malts in the aroma. Notes of alcohol, and a light acidic fruit/berry tone. Taste is medium sweet. Perfumed, with notes of creamed caramel, and tones of dried yellow fruits. Light astringent in the mouth. Earthy bitterness underneath. A noticable alcohol sting in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cL bottle: appearance is golden brown with white head. Aroma is of spices and yeast. Flavor is pretty bland for a Belgian, malt with a bit of spices, nothing more.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
0.33l bottle. Pours a really strange looking, almost glowing light hazy golden body with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is light yeasty, wet straws and leafs, some sweet red currants and hints of gooseberries and something sour. Really aggressive carbonation, oily texture and medium-bodied. Tastes kinda alcohol-yeasty with notes of candy and wet leafs. Not to integrated and feels a bit raw and just off balance.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Big white head. Clear paleish yellow body with fast carbonation.
Light mealy herbal aroma with dried fruit and grape notes.
Dry-sweet dried fruit and honey taste with resiny soft metal and
grassy notes. Mid-bodied. Hot, mealy mouthfeel with faint buttery
slickness. Dryish dried fruit and honey aftertaste with herbal
coriander and grape notes. Really nice. Quite delicate and
elegant. (0.33l bottle, wine monopoly Vika, Oslo.)
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Valkendorfsgate, Bergen. Clear light yellow body, huge creamy white head. Nose is faint traces of pale malts and floral notes. Weak. Taste is sweet molasses, floral hints and metallic tones. Pretty crappy, actually. :-P
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Yellow orange color. Nice smell, nice taste. Carbonation is lively but suits the beer and the ABV in my opinion.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 330ml. Color orange with big head. Aroma fruits, malt, sweet, alcohol. Taste sugar, alcohol, bitter.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Getrunken beim 1. BTO-Treffen.
Alkoholischer medizinischer Geruch. Im Antrunk und im Mittelteil unangenehm süß, dabei können andere Aromen nicht hervorkommen, denn es ist wirklich penetrant. Dazu ein unangenehm trockener Nachgeschmack.
Test vom 30.12.2006, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 11,7,6,8,8,7 - 7,45
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