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.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
11.2 oz bottle. Poured a cloudy orange with a nice frothy white head, lots of faint lacing all the way to the end. Aroma is good, but a little weak in my opinion. Smells of yeast, fruit (apple, tangerine), kind of musty. Flavor is pretty good, exactly what I’d expect from a triple, but somehow very little alcohol despite the 8%. Palate is lively on the tongue, then becomes very creamy for the finish. Really a pretty good beer all around, very very drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Cloudy golden, thick white head. Aroma is funky, a bit spicy poo-ish, typical to IJ yeast, some sweetness, fruity aroma’s. Taste is fruity, a little sour, really smooth. On tap @ IJ brouwerij: Looks somewhat darker, small white head. Smells a bit less poo-ish. Taste is more sour and sweeter, more out of balance. Nevertheless, a good tripel.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught @ the brewpub. Rated on 17.7.2009
Nice, earthy sourness in the aroma. Some spices too. Flavour has spices, earthy sourness and some orange peel. Sweetish. Not really typical tripel but still a good one.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ home. Slight hazy orange pour, medium off white head.
Aroma of light brett, citrus, spices and fruit, hmm, is the brett supposed to be in there? Flavour is (poperingse) hop, some spices, citrus, fruits and some brett again.
The brett actually does the beer good.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Fresh aroma’s but a strong presence of the alcohol. One of my favorites from ’t IJ, and quite nice in general, although not the most interesting tripel I have tasted.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
quite a sour smell and taste. Tastes a bit like sour apples. Has just the right amount of carbonation. A very tasty beer
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