Alier Tripel
Hobbybrouwerij 't Atelier in Maldegem, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.60
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tderoeck (22679) reviewed Alier Tripel from Hobbybrouwerij 't Atelier 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Atelier Alier Tripel (by Hobbybrouwerij 't Atelier):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
19/VII/19 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ home, BB: VII/2020 - (2019-1057)
Little cloudy orange beer, small creamy white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty oxidized, quite some orange peel, caramel malts, fruity, some citrus, spicy touch, not bad! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sweet, malty, hay, grains, little chemical, soft bitterness, lots of phenols. Aftertaste: pretty dry, spicy, little chemical, dirty touch, meh. Pairs well with a brie and smoked salmon sandwich.
Alengrin (11561) reviewed Alier Tripel from Hobbybrouwerij 't Atelier 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Atelier's first commercial beer, a classically conceived tripel; tasted in 'avant-première' at Chimipalooza last year (thanks to the brewer) but now that it is an 'officially' commercial beer, officially rating it from a steinie bottle bought at Hopduvel. Thick and frothy, fluffy, densely mousy, egg-white, stable head on a misty peach blonde beer with warm orange hue; refined yet fierce sparkling rages through this 'mist', a pretty sight, even so when the sediment is added and the beer acquires a clouded, bit 'dirty' orangey peach robe. Aroma of sharp carbonation initially (like opening a bottle of artificially carbonated sparkling water), receding quickly though and making room for impressions of old bread crust, fried carrots, cooked sweet potato, dried peach, spicy (but not so much soapy) coriander seed, roasted pumpkin, hints of tomato purée, soggy rusk, cold chervil soup, straw, red apple, strong phenols bordering on the stereotypical 'band aid', musty old button mushrooms, white rum, honey, vague iron pipes, brandy, very vague green olive and manure. Fruity onset, touch of banana but not in the dominant banana ester way, equally strong side notes of sweet pumpkin flesh, peach, apricot and even pan-fried cherry tomato (adding a light note of umami); fizzy carbonation but refined the way it looks, so not numbing too much. Full, fluffy body, dried by an astringent effect of spicing and alcohol; soft bready core with soggy-peanutty edges, soaked in spicy coriander adding some of the expected 'coriander soapiness' but more 'dry spiciness', accentuated when a floral, mildly leafy hop bitterness comes in, remaining altogether softish and proving itself less capable of adding appropriate dryness in the finish than the alcohol does. This alcoholic element impairs drinkability a bit - even for a tripel - and comes on a bit too strong, making it a bit harsh and 'jenever'-like in the end; interestingly though, this fried tomato-like umami effect seems to survive until the very end, making for a finish that bears a very, very vague resemblance to a Bloody Mary. Bready and phenolic (again, very slight band aid) notes are maintained and even strenghtened in the finish. That umami-ish aspect, likely linked to proteins, is subtle but still convincing enough to set this tripel apart from many others; too bad that there are just too many - albeit minor - flaws to generally lift up this beer to a high level even within the overexposed tripel style: too phenolic, too boozy, and, as the previous ratings sing in unison, not too well balanced. Needs further technical perfection, that much is clear, but then this was Mathias' first atttempt to go commercial and the later creations he has presented, show much more clearly his potential as a skilled craft beer brewer. Concentrate on those beautiful porters and stouts you made, Mathias, and forget about this tripel, is my advice... I somehow liked the unofficial 'hobby' version better too, but there can be loads of reasons for that, so I won't take that into account here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Nice to see finaly a starting brewer in Maldegem. @ Filosoof, Maldegem. Hazy golden beer, white foam. Fruity nose, notes of citrus, peach. Light spices. Bit unbalanced but refreshing.