Gaverhopke Blonde

Brewed by ’t Gaverhopke
Style: Abbey Tripel
Stasegem-Harelbeke, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottle at kulminator. Medium-sizedhead and hazy, peachy golden colour. Longlasting creamy head. The aroma is wonderfully sweet and spicy-no efforts spared here. Coriander is in the lead in the complex aroma. sweet and spicy flavours with coriander and cinnamon. Fruity wheat character and notes of pines and pepper. Grainy texture and medium-bodied. A great Belgian blond.

Bottle 33 cl/ Amber color beer, white head. Aroma: yeast fruity. Medium body, good balance. Taste bitterness little malts, and little sweetness, the end is dry. Good brew.

Bottle. Aroma of doughy yeast, gentle clove, pepper, and cardamom, citrus and melon tones, a playful hint of alcohol. Flavor sweet and fruity with bready malt and a distinct, tart-fruit tang, all balanced by a grassy/earthy hop bitterness. Quite dry, quite yeasty, yet neither of these potentially overpowering characteristics compromises the beer’s delicate character and exquisite drinkability. Very tasty. ...And a great way to celebrate 900.

UPDATED: JUN 12, 2005 (Bottle 33 cl) Beautiful fully golden beer, quite sparkingly carbonated and very limited head. Yeast sediment in the bottle. Very fruity aroma, and the fruit -citrus?- is also in the flavour, which is fresh and very "summerly". Only slight bitterness and the sweetness is discreet as well. Very harmonic beer. 130804

Hazy gold with a white head. Wonderful sweet fruity aroma like opening a can of pineapple chunks and pouring it over the icing sugar on a Christmas cake. Sweet taste with the addition of a little grapefruity sourness with hints of clove and alcohol. Smooth, well-oiled mouthfeel, and some bitterness to finish. Delightful.

Bottled. Cloudy mustard yellow. Soft, dry malt is the foundation. In a distance very light notes of vinegar lurks. The malt structure is complex and backed by some light hoppiness. An enjoyable subtle and complex beer.

Bottle. Whoa, gusher! Pours a slightly cloudy gold with a small white head. Aroma of sweet fruits and a biscuity/doughy malt. Flavor is sweet with lots of apple skins and pears and wheat malt in the finish. There is also a slight sour character present. Kind of reminds me more of a Berlinner Weisse or wit bier with all the fruitiness, not a tripel. Very nice. 8/4/8/4/15 (3.9/5)

Gold blond coloured with a light continuous carbonation and an avererage white head. Hoppy fruity, citrus aroma, little herby. Full hoppy/herby taste. Finish is light bitter, fruity again with a smouth sweeter touch. Very nice one.

(Bottled) Hazy amber (muddy medium brown with yeast) with a smallish, firm and lacy head. Earthy vinegar aroma with curranty fruitiness. Very fruity flavor with banana esters, fermented strawberries, yeast, toffeeish maltiness, some vinegar, and hints of alcohol. Much smoother with yeast. Medium to full-bodied, creamy and smooth, medium-carbonated palate with hints of tartness and alcohol. Quite different from the average tripel, but balanced and enjoyable.

Bottle. OK bready aroma. Cloudy orange colour. Very small white head. Fruity flavour, slightly sweet with a hint of bread. Pleasant carbonation and quite drinkable. Full mouthfeel.