3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a pale, muddy orange-yellow with a small creamy off white head. Lots of particles and bubbles. Aroma has lots of fruityness from the yeast, some oranges and a little honey. A little spritzy mouthfeel. More powerful taste than you’d expect - not as light and fresh as the aroma. Lots of oranges in the flavour as well and generally sweet.
3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
ChrisFest Pale and perfumed. Fairly dry. An attractive chalky ale - though lacking in range and depth.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at T´Ij, march 07. Peachy, minerally, honeish with a salty finnish. Fruity and spicy aroma. Medium MF, velvety, silk. Clear golden color with a bit thin but lasting white head. Doesn´t seems to be a tripple, really swift and deceiving.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle is dated August 2002. Dunno if that was bottling or best by date, but this one is old. Upon uncapping, the aroma was detectable from a few feet away, and when I got closer it pricked the nose. Hazy golden with a smallish head, decent lacing and retention. Very huge orange/citrus aroma with lesser notes of yeast and a trace of pepper. Actually similar aroma to Orval, but not quite. Surprisingly powerful aroma, flavor is a slight step down but still good. Medium bodied, a light sweetness. Enjoyable, I wonder what a fresh sample would bring.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
11.2 oz. bottle labelled as March 2006. Interesting, floral aroma featuring melon, cinnamon, bourbon, yellow raisin, and wheat notes. Pours a hazy, effervescent dark brass with suspended particulate and a large amount of near-white head. Produces extensive lacing. Fruit-juice-sweet flavor (orange, tangerine, apricot nectar, grape juice, apple juice). Reminiscent of a German dessert wine. Hops noticeable only in the tart finish. Medium-to-full body. Sharp and lively in the palate. I’m not the biggest fan of the pale abbey-style tripels, but I found ’t IJ Zatte to be an interesting and welcoming, though by no means amazing, brew.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
The beer is very carbonated. The aroma is mildly fruit and floral. The taste has a definitive tropical taste with hints of mango and pineapple.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
0.33l- Straw colored liquid under large ivory head. Sour raspberries on nose. Sour seltzarlike mouthfeel, a lot of lambic notes here. Not what I expected, but in a good way. This is different, something to remeber for a change of pace.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Cloudy yellow colour, big white head, aroma and taste of fruites, citrus, grains and mango. Some crisp and spicy notes in the finish. A great trippel. Frits P Aarhus also imports the Natte. 260207
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