Trappist Ale

330ml bottle. Cloudy, orangey, deep golden colour with average, fluffy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, off-white head. Yeasty, wheaty, fruity aroma, notes of peach, pear and (dried) apricot, lots of clove, a minimally peppery yeasty touch as well. Taste is again wheaty fruity and peppery yeasty spicy, with pronounced accentuation on the spicy aspects, diluted hints of peach and apricot, explicit notes of clove, slightly bready malty background. Full-bodied, lasting finish, well carbonated. Solid Trappist Ale without potential to become iconic.

Bottle @ DØE. Pours slightly hazy golden with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, yeast, sweet fruit, apples, pear, also get some light smoked notes. Flavor is malt, light sweet, yeast, fruity, pear, peach. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light sweet finish. 181115

0.33 l bottle from Saveur Bière, bottled in July 2015 (best before ’AG 211’, the weirdest bottle code I’ve ever seen). Gusher! Clear, golden yellow with a huge, foamy, slowly diminishing, white head. Fruity, yeasty-spicy aroma of banana, clove, peach, vanilla and honeydew. Sweetish, fruity-spicy taste of banana, clove, peach, vanilla and honeydew, followed by a slightly bitter, spicy finish with mainly cloves. Medium body, slightly creamy and effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Tasty and pleasant brew, quite simple and not that deep though. Overall a nice Belgian Ale, apart from this heavily annoying gushing!

500th rating. Pours a nice rich toffee color from the tap. Classic Belgian ale fruitiness, some candi sugar, dries out nicely. Good beer.

Lichte geur en smaak van vitabis-koeken en banaan. Drinkt gemakkelijk door, sprankelend, lichte bitter en alcohol in nasmaak

Thanks to Kurt! Happy to try this one. Starting to feel a bit like it would never happen. 330 ml. bottle split by four. Hazy sparkling orange, big creamy off-white head. Nose is big on fish guts (almost something DE in that fashion) mixed with more BE notes, big banana & sugary sweetness. Big sweetness, big fish guts & very simple. Taste is the same, fish guts mixed with banana, vanilla, sugar, odd yeast, sugar, very sweet, big fish guts. Yeasty & fizzy body. Very simple not a big fan of this combo. Technically nothing wrong with this one but the profile etc. is really not appealing here. The very high score here,… A mediocre to average Belgian Ale at best in my opinion but it is the first USA Trappist beer so people go nuts.

Crisp and hazy bronze and copper coloured body with an orange tint and a very fast-dying tan head, only a half centimetre thick. Bottle exploded upon opening then the head/foam died town fairly quickly. Seemingly not good for aging this one, so I’m glad I didn’t. Aroma of alcohol, grain, yeast, bread, light spice, dry herbs and grass and a lot of honey and banana sweetness. Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence with a large dry grain and wheat flavour with some coriander seed and herbs in the mix. Aftertaste is fairly straight forward with some dry notes, a hint of earthy malt and a light saison-y like finish with big yeast, herbs, grass and a very dry finish. Overall, a decent beer at best - I finally was able to taste this and it left me very underwhelmed - I’m happy that there is an American Trappist, but this one doesn’t do justice. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 12-July-2015 for US$4,29 sampled at home in Washington on 13-October-2015.

A big thanks to Bob for acquiring this and sharing. Gold color. Well carbonated in the Belgian style. Lots of yeast. Lightly sweet, earthy, and malt flavors. Hops are in there too. Great, light palate but also good flavor. One of the better Belgian ales to be found in the United States.

Some random liquor store in Boston: pours orange with a white head. Aroma is yeast and bread. Taste is sweet with underlying light Belgian hops. Tastes like a Belgian beer. Nice stuff. Hefty aftertaste.