Bush Triple / Blonde
Brasserie Dubuisson in Pipaix, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.76
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In 1998, Hugues Dubuisson introduced a new Bush aimed at lovers of blonde beer. The launch commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Bush Caractère, introduced to the market all those years ago by his grandfather, Alfred.
And thus the Bush Triple was born. This filtered, top-fermented beer fits into the ranks alongside the Bush Caractère and the Bush de Noël. The Bush Triple is the fruit of the same expertise and the same house yeast. However, this blonde has her own unique personality.
The use of traditional malt varieties and the well-known Saaz hops gives the beer its clear blonde colour. We see the development of a subtle, but at the same time very well- balanced, palette of aromas and tastes. The lengthy fermentation process increases the alcohol volume to 10.5%, but at the same time produces a beer that is very easy to digest.
And thus the Bush Triple was born. This filtered, top-fermented beer fits into the ranks alongside the Bush Caractère and the Bush de Noël. The Bush Triple is the fruit of the same expertise and the same house yeast. However, this blonde has her own unique personality.
The use of traditional malt varieties and the well-known Saaz hops gives the beer its clear blonde colour. We see the development of a subtle, but at the same time very well- balanced, palette of aromas and tastes. The lengthy fermentation process increases the alcohol volume to 10.5%, but at the same time produces a beer that is very easy to digest.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home, done from memory, rating is just for my own. I will edit if I drink it again,
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2013
at 11:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sharp, bitterness on this one, very spice tangy hops. Pours almost clear gold with short creamy head. Aroma reaches up to the nose, flowers, hay, meadow. Taste is immediate, malt hops, butter. Mouthfeel is velvety smooth with overall tingling on the palate. No tangible alcohol warmth despite the high ABV, some alcohol burn on the way down.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2013
at 15:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle 330ml @ home
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, dried fruits and alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a warm, alcohol and fruits. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, dried fruits and alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a warm, alcohol and fruits. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2013
at 14:58
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
bleek gouden, helder, schuimig witte kraag aroma: bloemen, zoet, citrus, hooi, stro, vanille, fruitig smaken: zwaar zoet, medium bitter, citrus, abrikoos, perzik, peper, vanille, graan, stevig alcoholisch, gras, graan volle body, romig, afdronk, lang zoet,kruidig
Tried
on 22 Mar 2013
at 07:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Clear golden colour with some chunks floating around, small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Minimally grainy, pale malty aroma, cautious unspecific fruity backgound. Taste is moderately sweet grainy, sticky, slightly alcoholic. Little convincing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2013
at 14:47
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Hogerdijk, Culemborg. Hazy golden with a big white head. Very fruity aroma, with hints of vanilla and spices. Yeasty taste with some very present alcohol. Medium bitter aftertaste and lively carbonation. Too overpowered blonde in terms of alcohol content. Maybe if the ABV was lowered to 8% the result wouldn’t be so harsh and boozy
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2013
at 13:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 10.5%. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, fruit and spices. Flavour is malt, yeast, fruit, hop, little bitter, little sweet, little over carbonated with notes of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2012
at 03:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33 cl. bottle @ De Groote Witte Arend. Served at a somewhat warmer temperature in a rather interesting Bush glass. Shape is very beautiful the glass itself has the appearance of broken glass, bit like those bathroom window through which you cannot see. It is not really my thing but it is quite lovely & nice to see – great stuff. So far the BA offerings & winter beers of this brewery have been quite nice & interesting whilst the others have been not particularly my thing & seemingly more intend on being boozy rather than much else. The fact that at least one of their beers has erroneously proclaimed by themselves as the strongest beer in the world & is actively marked as such only reinforces this notion although their work is not per se as much bad as outside of my personal preferences. The beer pours a beautiful radiant, hazy golden like golden fields in the sun with a white head. This along with the presentation makes the beer quite appealing. Taste is that of sweet Belgian yeast, white bread & quite a bit of white sugar, hay and sweetness combined with cereal and some summer fruits it quickly runs over into a finish which is somewhat phenolic with clear alcohol. The alcohol presence appears to be intended & the beer displays it proudly the finish is also coupled with plenty of spices and some grass bitterness. I am also picking up some Belgian hops. Body is a tad fuller, lightly creamy with lower carbonation. The obvious nature & rather overly simple nature of this which merely appears to aim for sweetness & booziness make this somewhat less appealing. It is not entirely not enjoyable & I can certainly find quite a bit good & interesting things here. Overall it was a bit like what I would expect Bush to make in the not necessary most flattering way but I cannot say that I didn’t entirely not enjoy this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2012
at 15:44
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
At a tasting, thanks, smallish head, very hazy light yellow colour, light aroma of citrus and stone fruits with some soapiness in the back, bready aroma with some herbs, sticky and alcoholic. Not too good.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2012
at 02:36
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle shared at a tasting at kerenmk’s place. Thanks Hansen & Zita for this bottle! Hazy golden. Aroma has a bit of graininess, fruits and alcohol. Sweet fruity flavor, very alcoholic. Medium-bodied. Too sweet and alcoholic for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2012
at 03:40