Tripel
Force Majeure in Genk, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: BCBNon Alcoholic / Low Alcohol Regular
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Score
5.62
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Geïnspireerd door de beste Belgische tripels. Lichtzoet bij de aanzet, kruidig van karakter en rond in de afdronk door zijn combinatie van drie granen. Slechts 0.4% alcohol en niet meer dan 22Kcal per 100 ml.
The first Belgian alcohol free Tripel, with its own unique character, inspired by the best Belgian tripel beers. Initially it has a hint of sweetness to it, a spicy character and a balanced aftertaste thanks to its combination of three grains. Only 0.4% alcohol.
The first Belgian alcohol free Tripel, with its own unique character, inspired by the best Belgian tripel beers. Initially it has a hint of sweetness to it, a spicy character and a balanced aftertaste thanks to its combination of three grains. Only 0.4% alcohol.
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6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2020
at 20:40
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
One of the first products by a new company specializing in low alcohol beers - jumping on top of the hype, because low alcohol beers are a commercially very successful trend in Belgium (and other countries) these days. This one, apparently made with three grains (barley, wheat and oats) but also artificial aromas, spices and sucralose (an artificial sweetener low in calories), is supposed to mimick the flavour of the tripel genre, paradoxically so, as one of tripel's main features is of course a high alcohol content - and distinguishes it from an ordinary blonde... Thick and very frothy, very tightly cobweb-lacing, egg-white, pillowy head on an initially clear, deep and warm 'metallic' orange blonde beer with swirls of fierce sparkling throughout, turning misty with sediment. Sweet aroma of honey waffles, plaster, candied peach, soap, banana candy, sugar loaf, old apple cake, candyfloss, baking soda, pumice, whiffs of meringue, natural rubber, dry baker's yeast, cloves, children's medicine, effervescent tablets. Sweet onset with a slight sourish edge, filled with that sucralose I assume, but low in actual fruitiness, even if peach, sweet apple and dried banana aspects are more or less noticeable; medium carb, small-bubbled, soft and quite creamy mouthfeel (the oats, probably), but very soapy as well. Admittedly it does feel 'thicker' than expected from a beer at a mere 0.4% ABV, with a soft, fluffy middle; cereally, soapy-wheaty and a bit caramelly core, with light clove-like spiciness in the end but, more than anything, a dominating plaster- and rubber-like, 'chemical' wryness, reminiscent of aspartame but I guess this is the sucralose again. Some hop bitterness, too, but I cannot get past this unpleasant, almost medicinal wryness - plaster with low-calory sweetener is my last impression upon swallowing. I can understand why brewers make so many attempts at 'colouring' and diversifying the low ABV range in beer these days, there is still a growing market for them, and admittedly some of them are slowly getting better at it. But I'll have even a traditional 'tafelbier' over this one any time, thanks. Not my cup of tea at all, even in spite of the interesting idea; as for its 'tripel' ambitions, this tastes as much like a tripel as e.g. Halve Maan's Sportzot does, a similar product with a comparable flavour profile.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2020
at 18:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een licht troebel oranje geel bier met een volle witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een fruitige wat gistachtige geur. De smaak is fruitig en banaan achtig.
Tried
on 11 May 2020
at 15:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy yellow colour, white foam. Medium sweet, notes of banana, a bit fruity. Some bitterness. Quiet watery but very nice for a non alcoholic beer.
Tried
on 11 May 2020
at 12:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours mildly unclear blonde. Medium sized white head. Smell is malty, straight up and simple, but appears natural, not chemical. Sweet and bready. Taste is full, relatively. Malty, grainy, tad bitter. Not as estery as a real tripel. Sticky sweetness in the back, but appears natural (malty) rather than a chemical, sugery like sweetness. Medium carbonation.
A very decent NA beer, nothing more, nothing less. I only really wonder how they diversify a tripel VS a Belgian Blond (they have noth in NA) , whilst the biggest difference between those 2 is their alcohol content... Seems a bit of a marketing thing to me, or do they truly believe the tripel = 3 grains story ?
A very decent NA beer, nothing more, nothing less. I only really wonder how they diversify a tripel VS a Belgian Blond (they have noth in NA) , whilst the biggest difference between those 2 is their alcohol content... Seems a bit of a marketing thing to me, or do they truly believe the tripel = 3 grains story ?
Tried
on 07 Apr 2020
at 11:52