3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle with a somewhat crude lable but a solid beer. I felt the 8% alcohol but it does not feel as stiff as most tripels. An odd combination of sweetness wiith a sour and somewhat bitter finish. It all blends very well for a drinkable combination.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A golden tripel with more citrus than spice. Yeasty smell of old sweat. Quite mellow and pleasing on the palate like a glass of orange juice diluted with white wine. Slightly acidic. Finish is not as dry as other tripels but rather refreshing.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: AUG 8, 2007 33cl bottle, age unknown
Consumed at ’t IJ, Amsterdam, May 2006
Cloudy saturated orange color, perfectly presented white head. Punchy, sharp hop note, leafy even, bbut too sweet, as is expected in Holland I have learned. Excellent sharp alcohol and yeast nose, mildly grassy as well. Good tripel, with solid sharpness, but too much sugar.
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
33cl. BB 03/06. Pours a muddy, yeasty sunset color with a good, fine bead and a very awesome frothy, lacey head. Aroma is complete allure! Tropical fruits including pineapple, citrus, throw in some pear maybe, slight banna...fruit galore! French vanilla too...incredible aroma. Brings me back to Amsterdam...there’s maybe this faint red liquorice in it too...man its complex. The drink is completely lush, just like the aroma...silken sweetish fruit with a certain balancing tartness...something lemon like, merrange maybe....creamy sweet tart citrus. I think this is absolutely tremendous...a bit funky, a bit acidic, but the fruit is wonderous...and there is some malt there too!
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Gusher. Smells like fermented shoe with exotic spice. Looks like a wonderful golden orange cloudy abbey Tripel with a beautiful, lasting layer of eggshell head, and an attractive, tight layer of lacing. This does not taste right or anything like what the other raters are noting. Methinks, sadly, this is an infected bottle. I’ll try it again when I’m in Amsterdam in May. Rating given is per RB average. Bottle purchased from Oliver’s.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours clear but I missed the shot of yeast that clouded my beer. Spicy, yeasty, citrus sherbert aroma. I fear the flavor is clouded also. Vegetable notes dominate the sweet malt and citrus flavors.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Malt hop sweet aroma. Cloudy orange colour with fair head and lacing. Hop malt flavour with celery aftertaste. Smooth palate.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: FEB 23, 2009 First rating - On bottle at The Rover in Gothenburg on January 14. Tasted it from the glass of a fellow beer lover. Very acid smell and taste, but in a nice way. Refreshing. 7/3/7/3/13=3.3 - Rerate - (Bottle at het Amsterdamertje, Göteborg, Sweden) Cloudy orange color. Acidic fruity scent. Sweet taste, also spicy. Moussy mouthfeel, low bitterenss. 7/2/6/3/12= 3.0
Rerate
(Bottle at het Amsterdamertje, Göteborg, Sweden)
On February 23, 2009
Cloudy yellow color, white head. Orval like acidic and spicy scent. Acidic, spicy, fruity taste, some sweet canned pineapple in the aftetaste. Moussy mouthfeel, low spicy bitterness.
8/3/8/3/15=3.7
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