Vicardin Tripel Gueuze

Brewed by Dilewyns
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Dendermonde, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Well this is something new. On tap @ De Paas in Holland. A blend between a tripel and a gueuze. Aroma has apples, blueberries and tartness. Flavour has a dry sourness, bit like granny smith apples. Really fresh, thirst quenching mix this is.

330 ml bottle a hazy dark orange golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts fruits sourness and spicy flavor malts some sweetness fruits sour and spicy nicely balanced beer

Draught: Very small white head on top of a clear orange colored beer. Smell is light smell of hops, fruits, malts Taste is a good mix of a gueuze and a tripel: fruit, sweets, malts, hops, light sour, hint of yeast, spices and wood. Low to medium carbo, soft tingly mouthfeel, medium to full body and a good texture (not to watery sticky or creamy).

Tap at de Pintelier, Groningen. Light blonde, some sour aroma. Taste is also a bit sourish, not too much. Alcohol well hidden, the tripel refrementation doesn’t add much imo.Good drinkable, not too complex.

On tap at In de Wildeman. Slightly hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of sweet malts, ripe fruits/esters, yeast, light sourness. Flavour is light to medium sweet, malty, fruity, light sourness, yeast, dry bitter finish. Medium bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Fortunately more tripel than lambic in this blend.

bottle@bar: strong presence of gueuze/lambic with barnyard funk and lesser tart flavours, sour upfront followed by a sweetness from the tripel, wonderful match or at least here it works perfectly, there is a lot of fruityness to this one as well

Bottle. Tasting at Belmont.
Hazy golden color with medium white head. Aroma and flavor are dry and tart with more hops that expected and a noticeable amount of yeast. It really is very appropriately described as a blend of a triple and a gueuze. The Girardin really stands out. Overall a good beer.

Pours clear golden with a nice white head. Little gueuze in the nose that is slightly dominated by the tripel yeast and citrus. Nice mild sourness in the taste make this an interesting and well balanced blend.

A brilliant mixture of a tripel and the Girardin lambic. Very recommendable.

UPDATED: MAR 7, 2011 Cloudy yellow body with a small head. Smell is a bit unpleasant sourness, citrus and hops. Taste is also unpleasant sour, hoppy, not my beer.