Vélo
Brouwerij de Bie in Wakken, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
5.47
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De Bie Vélo’ is a blonde triple. “The beer has a special flavour”, says beer expert Robbie Defraeye. “There is a good sweet-bitter balance. The beer tastes fruity and has a malty aftertaste. The spicy notes of star anise, coriander and sage are the finishing touch. Both men and women will love this beer. It is a very tasty and hearty alcohol in percentage terms, but still has good drinkability. "
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6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Prik & Tik in Zele. Light gusher. Very thick, papery, coarse, off-white, thickly cobweb-lacing head over a peach blonde beer with ochre hue, cloudy from the start (usually a bad sign). Aroma of soapy star aniseed (though no spices are mentioned on the label), cherry tomato, melon, pear, clove-like phenols, gingerbread, honey, apricot and banana- to even slightly bubblegum-like isoamylacetate. Sweet, fruity and estery onset, a lot of banana and peach as well as residual white candi sugar, medium carbo, smooth and supple body, lightly caramelly malt sweetness, resinous and soapy-sweet spiciness with retronasal star aniseed effect along with lingering white candi sugar sweetness; the spiciness has a light bittering effect as well, more so than the hops, which remain near silent. Sweetness prevails. Sweet spiced tripel like there are too many around already in this country and technically a bit flawed, I’d say below De Bie standards even, but still quaffable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2016
at 11:46
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle shared. Hazy amber with a medium off white head. Aroma of aniseed, malts, spice, light fruits and caramel. Flavour is over moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2016
at 16:02
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
33cl bottle shared with Kermis. Thin creamy Cloudy blond pour. Aniseed aroma. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2016
at 15:58
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
27/02/2016 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with tderoeck. Hazy orange with small sticky head. Nose is watery, some fruits, overspiced. Taste is malty, yeast, accents of fruity hops overpowered by spices, sweetness. What a pity. With more fruitiness, less spices this couldve been a nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2016
at 10:19
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle @ home. Hazy amber, white foam. Sweet nose of peach with spices. Light bitter finish. Ordinary, not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2015
at 13:58
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent, Belgie. Consumed at home, on our birthday weekend Sunday 15th November 2015. Pours light amber with a sticky white head. Mmhhh...initial thoughts are far from positive I am getting some minty mouthwash, both on nose and in the mouth. Far too sweet, artificially so, this is a shocker, I looked at the label and assumed naively that I had picked up something from Brussels Beer Project or Brasserie de la Senne, got that wrong didn’t I. Threw it, it’s shit A3 A4 T3 P1 Ov6 1.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2015
at 10:23
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle 330ml. @ [ PBF X ] Petalax Beer Festival 2015 by oh6gdx, Petalax, Finland. [ As de Bie Vélo ].Clear medium amber yellow color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate yeasty, sour yeast, yeast, sour grass, sweaty socks. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light acidic and light moderate bitter with a average duration, sour grass, sour yeast, yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150725]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2015
at 16:09
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Bottled@PBF X. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is floral, some earth, grains, mild rubber and also some herbal notes. Flavour is earth, mild floral notes as well as some grains and salt. Horror de luxe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2015
at 09:17
1.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 0.5
33cl bottle @PBF X. Sweaty notes, really stinky, gets to you. Flavor has sweat. Please look at Per’s rating for more exact description.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2015
at 17:55
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle at PBFX. Clear orange color, small steady white head. Plastic, unclean, stuffy, fruity aroma. Medium-bodied. Unclean, dough, sweet, harsh and alcoholic. No. (4/2/4/2/8 2.0)
Re-rated, bottle @Le Trappist, Caen. ABV 7.5%. Clear amber color, big cloudy white head. Nose has strong aroma of licorice root, cumin - herbal aroma, same with taste. Medium-bodied. Taste has also some fruityness and uncleanish yeastyness. Kind of interesting. (7/3/6/2/11 2.9)
Re-rated, bottle @Le Trappist, Caen. ABV 7.5%. Clear amber color, big cloudy white head. Nose has strong aroma of licorice root, cumin - herbal aroma, same with taste. Medium-bodied. Taste has also some fruityness and uncleanish yeastyness. Kind of interesting. (7/3/6/2/11 2.9)
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2015
at 17:55