Kasteelbier Tripel Blonde 11%

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ingelmunster, Belgium

(Bottle) Pours orange/amber with enormus floters. Sweet sugary aroma with some (exotic) fruits and allmond paste. Some distant hops and a touch of honey and spices. Sweet, white sugar flavour with some fruits and allmond paste. Medium thick, a bit sticky mouthfeel. Also a bit yeasty.

Sweet malty aroma. Golden yellow color with quickly diminishing head. Creamy and oily thick malty flavor. Sweet and well carbonated. Dries out a bit on the duration. Alcohol is not that noticable except that it makes the beer seem more intense. Good.

Heavy hoppy aroma. Frothy initial apperance. White head color. Good lacing. Cloudy yellow body. Heavy sweet initial flavor. Medium too full palate. Oily texture.

smells almost musty, like cheese, somewhat bitter flavour, the alcohol overwhelms the beer, decent but not a fav

Botle, 33 cl. Tasted this more times. Sunday evening at last. Hazy golden color, with small, white head. Aroma yeasty, hoppy. Medium body. Strong alcohol taste, bitter aftertaste but to little.

750ml bottle. Poured light amber/gold with a huge foamy white head. Aromas of honey, banana, bready malt, and citrus with a trace of mustiness in the background. Flavor of sweet pound cake malt and fruit with an ample amount of spice (coriander). Finished peppery with some more of that musty character. A bit of a wet rag aftertaste. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Not bad, though I’ll probably pass it by in the futrue.

This beer stood in my storage for a long time. By the time I drank it, it was 7 months over date. I tried it expectiong nothing, and this idea appeared to be confirmed when I opened it. A bread-yeast aroma came out, which I have never smelled before while opening a beer. So I thought this was the end of the exercise. Also the head disappeared fast. But when I tasted it, it was an utter surprise to me. The taste went from fruity to clearly acid-bitter. Wow, what a surprise. The body of this beer was very un-blond, and more orange hazy.

Clear orange with a small head, below average lacing and retention. Aroma is spiced with coriander and oranges, and has notes of hops, lighter fruits. Flavor brings this with a light sweetness and ends with a dry finish with light alcohol. Enjoyable.