Blonde

Lots of hops on the nose, an okay foggy white-yellow colour. Flavour is all hops and coriander, no complexity. But okay drinking. A decent wheat-style beer, just okay.

Draught @ Kafe Belgie. Unclear golden colour, white head. Aroma is yeasty, metallic, sour fruits. Flavour is yeasty, light fruity and metallic. Not good.

Rerate tap @ Kafe Belgie. Lot better this time. Nose is spices and candy. Flavour is spices, light hopped. + 1.0

Brown bottle, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), best before 2012, savoured on July 10 2010; eye: golden with a whitish hue, hazy, good effervescence, suspended matter, white head that turns into a tiny sheet, light lacing; nose: yeast, floral hops, spices including pepper, light citrus; mouth: yeast, floral hops, spices including pepper, pine, light citrusy, finale in spices with presence of malt, medium body, good carbonation, slightly bitter, fizzy texture; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), meilleure avant 2012, savourée le 10 juillet 2010; œil : dorée avec une teinte blanchâtre, trouble, bonne effervescence, matière en suspension, mousse blanche qui se transforme en une mince couverture, légère dentelle; nez : levure, houblon floral, épices dont poivre, léger citrique; bouche : levure, houblon floral, épices dont poivre, pin, léger citrique, finale en épices avec présence de malt, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement amère, texture pétillante; en résumé : bien aimé

75cl Bottle from Bert’s Bierhuis, to cleanse our palate after the Nectar of the Gods tasting. Bottle says Lupulus Ardens Tripel Bier, 8.5% ABV. Hazy pale yellow colour, dense white head. Aroma of bready malts, hops, very flowery, a bit dusty, not unlike XX Bitter. Flavour is malty, hoppy, perfume and flowers, malty and hoppy bitter finish. Medium to fullbodied. Nice beer.

Bottle 750ml. @ home.Clear medium to dark yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers, herbs, grass, citrus - orange notes, moderate yeasty, light coriander. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity, orange. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100324]

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lupulus (by Lupulus):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5

75cl Cloudy yellow-white beer. Very fine and firm white head. Smells like citrus and koriander. Fresh acidic start, bitter beneath. Bitter-acidic aftertaste that doesn't bore you.

Bottle. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with some hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Bottle from Amstein, Vevey, Switzerland
Hazy blond color, quite pale; high carbonation and very big head, some big bubbles, but indeed quite compact later. Delicate aroma, mixing some spices and a Belgian yeast touch, and traces of rosemary. Good mouthfeel, spiced malt flavor, with a pleasant subtle sweetness and a touch of oranges, both sweet and bitter. Correct bitterness, with hints of hops. Well balanced. Can easily be described as Tripel. Deeply pleasant.

I don’t know the story behind the interesting label, but in Latin Wolf=Lupus and Hop=Humulus Lupulus.

Bottle: Golden, a bit unclear, medium-sized lacy white head; solid herbal hoppy nose with a sweetish-grassy background, a tinge of knotgrass is detectable; solid sweet-bitter flavour, creamy MF, medium bodied; lingering sweet-herbal finish. O.K., but not too glorious..............