Piraat 10.5%

Pours gold. Aroma has huge banana. Dough, a little yeast and pineapple hit the nose as well. Zero alcohol aroma. Fruity and caramel malts mesh with a hop bitterness. The hops cover the alcohol well. The 10.5%, if it were not for the warm throat, would be inconceivable. The head sits beautifully, almost as cream. Solid.

Light orange in color. Some malt, clove, phenols. A little haze due to the loose sediment. Some sweet tangy fruits as well.

Had this on tap at Ashleys in Ann Arbor, MI. It was a golden color served in a tulip with a thin head. Technically this is a belgian strong ale, but it is basically a trippel. Everything you would want in a trippel. I am not the biggest fan of this style, but they did a good job here. Nice biscuity and doughy characteristics balanced by sweet golden fruit and candi sugar. Alcohol was hid very well. I wonder how much different it would be from a bottle. Nice beer.

Bottle. Good, but standard BSA fare. Pours a pale orange with an appearance of lively carbonation. Spicy, mildly hoppy and a hint of fruit (orange rind) on the nose. Sweet at first on the tongue leading to a yeasty, fairly bitter finish. The alcohol asserts itself on the finish.

This has always been available to me but i never bought it due to the above average price. It is a good, if unremarkable, ordinary Belgian strong ale. Lots of malt with prominient Belgian yeast. Gold color and very well carbonated. Some earthy, dirt flavor with the lightly sweet malt.

330 ml bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with a frothy white head. The taste is fruit, spices, hops, and a light malt. The body is made thicker by the bready quality. The hoppy/fruity aftertaste is awesome. Overall, this beer is underrated. It has a ton of character and taste. Great.

Small bottle. Pours with a huge, billowy head that stands up for a long time. Crystal clear until the yeast dregs from the bottle came out. I could not detect much of a nose - too cold, maybe? Spice, fruit, malt, some hops. My non-beer drinking wife thought it was bitter - I thought it was sweet. Alcohol very noticible in back. I think I like this style more that dubbel.

Pours a golden color with a finger of white, bubbly head into the trappist glass. There was a decent amount of lacing on the sides of the glass. The scent was of bananas, yeast, honey and spice. A fairly good balance for a Belgian Strong Ale. Tastes of dough, malt, hops and some alcohol presence as the beer warmed.