4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
AROMA: cereal, citrus, dough,
APPEARANCE: pale, hazy, frothy,
TASTE: lightly sour, medium bitterness,
PALATE: full body, thick feel, lively, bitter, long finish,
OVERALL: very good abbey with low ABV, several Tripel qualities, refreshing citrus and good full body.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Hazy gold with a large white foam. Aromas are bready yeast with candy sugar and light lemon. Hints of banana and oranges with soft spices. Flavours are sweet sugar with doughy yeast and mellow oranges and lemons. Hints of honey with floral notes and spices. A bit identikit but OK.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at home in London, picked up at Waitrose in Bath. Bright lemon and dry dough on the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor, some yeasty, doughy bread, nice citrus notes, lemon especially, light straw. Light to medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Very lightly warming to finish with more lightly dry, doughy malts, nips of yeast, hay, lemon, straw. Very pleasant, drinkable beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Slightly hazy gold, with a tight white head that left plenty of lacing. Carbonation was lively. Sweet, crisp malts, green herbs, a touch of honey and Belgian yeasts edge. Good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, from Waitrose Willerby. Gold, fluffy lasting white head and good condition. Gentle spicy nose with hints of yeast and fruity malt, full and fruity in the mouth with more yeast and a gentle peppery spiciness, lingering fruit in the finish tinged with more spiciness and a suggestion of floral hoppiness
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This is a re-badged version of one of two blonde beers produced by Du Bocq. Low on aroma and fairly thin mouthfeel. A pleasant enough refreshing Blonde unlike some of the more cloying, heavy versions around.
1.1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 2/20
Light and fizzy blonde, some visible sediment. Tastes along the lines of a watered down Leffe blonde, although with an unattractive rubbery/balloon taste & aroma! Not worth trying IMO, for a far superior blonde from Waitrose, try the Tripel Karmeliet.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
33cl bottle. Straw coloured with a loose off-white head and quite heavy carbonation; typical yeasty aroma of Begian ales; soft in the mouth with a clean orangey taste; and a dry spicy finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Waitrose, brewed by Du Bocq. Pale amber in colour with a residual head. Aroma is of citrus and orange peel. The taste follows with orange peel with spices and a little yeast. Fizzy on the palate. A decent enough beer.
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