20/09/2019 - small draught glass @GIST. Cloudy amber, medium white head. Nose is malts, fruits, alcohol. Taste sweet malts, ripe fruits, dry, boozy, but in a nice way. Interesting.

@ BXL Beer fest 2019. Hazy dark amber brownish colour, no foam. Sweet, boozy, light tart, lots of booze and alcohol along with some vinous notes. A bit unbalanced.

Cloudy brown with no head. Aroma and flavour are super woody and dry. Background red fruits from the wine.

Tripel aged on Marc de Bourgogne barrels, a kind of brandy akin to Italy’s grappa, effectively turning it into a kind of barleywine. At BXL Beerfest. Medium thick, pale yellowish beige head lacing in shreds over a murky brownish-tinged pale bronze beer. Aroma of strong grappa indeed, nougat, ground pecan nuts, dry cookies, strong green pear and even ‘Poire William’ effects, cognac, honey liqueur, glue, dried figs, touch wet wood, very old brown sugar. Sweet and even sugary onset, honeyish with notes of figs and dates, softish carbonation, full and fluffy mouthfeel, light sourish undercurrent; deeply sweet pecan- or peanutty and caramelly malt body, bready effects, a bit ‘dirty’ in the end even but ‘burned’ away by quite intense and indeed outspoken grappa- or eau de vie-like booziness, heating the finish over a lingering, powdery sugariness and malt sweetness, while woody effects remain relatively subtle. A bit crude and too boozy at this ABV at least for me personally, reminiscent of the same brewery’s ‘sea monster series’ but more desserty and a bit less demanding; could do with a bit of cleaning up and somewhat less alcoholic heat, but there is no denying that this is a daring, intense and interesting beer especially in a Belgian context.

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