Wittoen

(Bottle 33 cl) Hazy, amber golden with some impurities and a tall, bubbly and lively, off-white head. Medium body with fairly sweet malts and fruit. Rather discreet bitterness. A very mellow Tripel - and somewhat unspectacular. 271207

BB 12/07: Orange amber with a fine egg white lasting fluffy head. Very speciel fruity, yeasty, earthy & slight spicy aroma. I like it. Taste is earthy and quite "old" or matured as well. This one would probobly been better a year ago. Sligth metallic.. malty, yeasty & fruity Medium soft body. Aroma was promising - taste disappointing!

Bottle: Poured a murky light brown with a creamy off white head. Sweet fruit and metallic spice aroma. Sweet caramel and metallic taste, the finish was a dry rusty flavor.

A golden beer with a huge white head. The aroma is very sweet and quite spicy as well as a bit of dust from the hops. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of fruit, peaches, and oranges, as well as spices. OK without being exceptional.

Bottled. A golden, slightly hazy beer with a small, white head. Weak aroma with sweetness and hops. The flavor has candi-sugar, some dried fruits, yeast and hops. Too much carbonation masks the alcohol, which is not present until the very end. Rating: 6-4-6-3-14-3.3. (060328)

Bottle at the Belgian Embassy in Oslo. (8% ABV) Pours a dark golden, clear body with a lively carbonation and a creamy, off-white head. Hoppy, herbal nose with malty sweetness and a fruityness. Quite bitter flavor, with sweetness and malt to balance it. Full-bodied beer with a long, bitter and fruity finish. The beer proves it is possible to brew nice beers without the use of hops, and still get a good bitterness. (080410)

The beer carries the catkin of the bog myrtle. It is quite unclear whether this was effectively used. Good fluffy, dirty white head, fast receding; murky peach to amber beer. Bit of caramel, white candi sugar, a touch of coriander and... dammit. Somethin used in haute cuisine , like a herb for flavouring salmon smoked à la minute. More coriander warming up, and cocos. Dry taste, coriander to the fore, lending it a fake citrus touch. Oh my, Marc had gone coriandering too. Belgium’s brewers imitating their imitators. It’s not too overpowering, rather chafing instead of irritating. Aromatic-soapy flavours. End bitterness, and getting a touch of cocos. Medium bodied. Not much going on. Remarkable how many want to make a tripel, remarkable how few achieve the looked-upon Westmalle Tripel quality...