Sweet fruity fusel, cookie dough. A bit flat. Not sure what this intended to be.

Light pink coloured body with a glowing bronze and copper coloured body, all with a nice, relatively small, single centimetre tall head, just off-white. Aroma of alcohol, very astringent ginger, lemongrass, curacao and heavy yeast with a lot of wheat, grain, floral and fruity components, but the medicinal, very alcoholic and deeply bitter scents remain strong. Medium-bodied; Super assertive medicinal and astringent flavours dominate the flavour with alcohol, curacao, lemongrass, ginger and some tea notes show through, with a lot of wheat, yeast, pungent citrus and yes - more alcohol in the flavour. Aftertaste shows the deeply bittering malt, some strong grain and quite a bit of citrus to battle it out with the alcohol, medicine and bitter finishes. Overall, a very strong and pungent beer that does NOT show the benefits of adding berries or anything else to an already working American example of a Belgian Tripel - this was way too astringent, pungent and bittering, even after two years in the bottle! I can't imagine how strong this was if you sampled it fresh, but this is not a good option, sadly. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 09-March-2018 for US$2,09 sampled at home in Washington, just over two years later, on 10-March-2020.