 Ober (299), Best, Netherlands
Jul 3, 2008
A hazy orange colored beer, with a small white head. The aroma is floral, with coriander and lychee. In the taste are notes of citrus, banana and apricote. Also tones of overripe fruit. There is yeast with a light bitterness. This is getting stronger in the aftertaste. There is some sweet too. A good lovely tripel.
thewolf (3628), Kolding, Denmark
Aug 19, 2008 Bottle, bought @ Estate Wine, Holstebro.
Pours muddy orange-yellow with a small, fizzy, frothy, white head. Settles as a thin film. Aroma is very powerfully fruity. Oranges dominate, but there are apple, melons, grapes and apricot. Good yeast and maltiness as well. Medium carbonation, nice creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is pleasant, rather fruity tart, some dustiness, some honey and a dry apricot finish. A bit weird for a tripel, but it is still very refreshing.
BoBoChamp (646), Gent, Belgium
Jul 28, 2008 33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, balanced, cloudy, rocky head, good brew
Doggythedog (972), Split, Croatia
Jul 19, 2008 Courtesy of and shared with heavy (thanks!). Different, old looking label (three dogs? with beers)... probably 2004
Opaque apricot juice body, small slightly off white head that went away at a medium pace. Pungent malty nose, oranges covered by an overly thick layer of dust. Soft, qzute sweet taste, chocolate hm. Dust, light orange, as with the Abdis we’ve had earlier, no real Tripel characteristics. Somewhat stale apricot juice. Bit chalky, some honey. Expected better. Will rerate if I find it fresher.
heavy (471), Split, Croatia
Jul 14, 2008 0.33 l bottle from belgianshop.com, produced in 2004. It poured very murky orange body with medium head that went down soon. Big amount of yeast left in the bottle no matter of swirling it. Beer had yeasty spiced and orange aroma, mild rounded and quite nicely cloying. Flavor is bittersweet, fruity, with sugar candy, caramel beside other, herbal spices. Not so complex as it might seem from my description, rather simple. Alcohol is very well hidden in its medium thick body. Quite long bittersweet candy and fruity finish. Pretty good, typical tripel, although I’ve seen better for sure.
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