Straffe Hendrik Brugs Tripel Bier Wild (2015)
(Batch of Straffe Hendrik Brugs Tripel Bier Wild)
Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.74
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Straffe Hendrik Wild is only bottled once a year.
The beer needs a longer maturing period in the bottle before it can be released and therefore first matures in the bottle for three months in the cellars of the brewery. The refermentation wilth wild yeast is only finished after three months and the young beer is palatable.
The beer will conitue developing in the subsequent years. The bitter hop aromas will become softer, whereas the wild Brettanomyces yeasts will conitue working and creating hints of fruit, flowers and wine.
EBC 15.
The beer needs a longer maturing period in the bottle before it can be released and therefore first matures in the bottle for three months in the cellars of the brewery. The refermentation wilth wild yeast is only finished after three months and the young beer is palatable.
The beer will conitue developing in the subsequent years. The bitter hop aromas will become softer, whereas the wild Brettanomyces yeasts will conitue working and creating hints of fruit, flowers and wine.
EBC 15.
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Tried
on 23 Dec 2022
at 14:42
7.5/10
Rated after 5 years aging (2020)
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2020
at 18:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle at home (17 V 2020), as Straffe Hendrik Wild 2015. Disclaimer: this brew has aged pretty good - UHT 9 III 2020 - but be aware of gushing effects. A beautiful hazy body of chesnut brown to dark orange coloured brew with off white frothy irregular head. The nose has some barn flavours, with malt and yeast and even caramel features. There is banana in there as well, adding to the sweet aromas. Spices are omnipresent, with many dashes of black pepper and some cinnamon for sure. The mouthfeel is very pleasing, with a fine malt-sugar balance and a brett bitter ending, leaving the tongue with green herbs, spices, oranges, leaves, rye, straw, yeast. For me, this is a strong blond version of Orval - a beautiful comparison. A personal brett-favorite too. The ABV of 9% is quite high, making up for a full and strong bodied experience... which perhaps is a that too boozy.
Previous rating (27 IV 2015): 10cl sample at the Zythos Beer Festival (Leuven, April 25th 2015). A beer very different from the normal Straffe Hendrik: Is it fair to say that this beer is an Orval Trappist challenger? It certainly has the same dry Orval taste - very dry even. The golden brew has some sweets, some bitters. Lovely, although in a duel... I definitely would prefer the Orval.
aroma:7/appearance:3/flavor:7/texture:4/total:14
Previous rating (27 IV 2015): 10cl sample at the Zythos Beer Festival (Leuven, April 25th 2015). A beer very different from the normal Straffe Hendrik: Is it fair to say that this beer is an Orval Trappist challenger? It certainly has the same dry Orval taste - very dry even. The golden brew has some sweets, some bitters. Lovely, although in a duel... I definitely would prefer the Orval.
aroma:7/appearance:3/flavor:7/texture:4/total:14
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2020
at 00:16
7/10
Light and dry
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2019
at 21:56
7/10
Tried
on 22 May 2016
at 12:39
8/10
Tried
on 03 Sep 2015
at 18:19
8/10
I dig the Brett character. Very tasty.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2015
at 09:00
6/10
Tried
on 22 Jul 2015
at 20:56
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2015
at 20:30
3/10
dusty attic. lots of stew notes. medicinal.
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 14:50