3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A: Poured with a large head that seems quite creamy and frothy... diminished down to 1-finger size. Lacing is fair, but not what I expected from the size of the initial head. Body is a copper color and hazy.
S: Aroma of light malt and light yeast. Some orange in there too, and traces of alcohol as well.
T: Very nice flavor that begins lightly sweet with malt, and then becomes more fruity and yeasty, as you’d normally expect from a tripel. Little bit of alcohol bite in the finish.
M: Medium-bodied with a thin-to-oily texture, and lively carbonation... almost too lively.
D: A very decent tripel... not my favorite of the Trappist entries, but still a very good beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
High carbonation. Nice bitterness, no real hop aroma. Ok beer but nothing special.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
from bottle. amber in color. highly carbonated. some good flavors of nut, straw and toffee, but generally masked by strong alcohol taste. An 8% tripel where all 8% can be tasted.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Serving: 330 ml. bottle.
Appearance: Very slight hazy amber color with a large, foamy, off-white head. Very good head retention.
Aroma: Dusty, ripe old fruit notes, a bit stale, woodsy, and light vinous notes.
Flavor: Lighter than I was expecting. Notes of tobacco, leather, dark honey, and paper. Earthy in nature but a bit on the shallow side.
Palate: Medium carbonation with a medium mouthfeel and a medium-short finish. Just kind of there.
Overall: Not bad, but it doesn’t have the complexity and subtleties of it’s higher ranked peers. Take it or leave it.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very nice. I never check the price of beer until the receipt is in my hand after I unpack in my house. A 750ml bottle cost CDN $8.25. I think it was deal. That says it all.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
33cl bottle poured into a La Trappe Trappist glass. Copper with a small off-white head. Aroma is candy sugar, fruit, spice, slight alcohol. Flavor is the same. The alcohol is a bit warming. Good beer for a cold day.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
330 bottle from L.C.B.O. in Ottawa. The color is amber with a thin off white head..The taste is of malts and a touch of hops,also in the taste are fruits like banana and pears.In the aroma there is a very sweet smell.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I do like this. The set of bottles I got hold of were coming up to the best before date, and so had the benefit of maturity on their side. The coriander in it had mellowed to the effect that it worked in nicely with the wild yeasts giving it a spicy, orange flavour that lasted from scent to dregs. I would go back for another of these beers a hundred times if I could.
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