Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

10/VII/21 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ Anniek and Martijn’s place, BB: 27/XI/22, lot: Sn230 (2021-607)

Clear blond to gold beer, small creamy irregular white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, bit oxidized, almonds, sweet impression, bit malty, grains. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: pretty sweet, ripe banana, yeasty, bit spicy, soft bitterness, hint of whisky, some alcohol. Aftertaste: little bitter, whisky, more alcohol, rice and corn syrup, soft acidity, yeast, banana, some alcohol.

Good pairing with grilled steak, creamy mushroom sauce and fries.

Gusher, lost 25/33cl when opening the bottle... and the rest was not drinkable... shame for the money spend

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

New beer from this very small and quiet microbrewery in Beveren-Waas (my home region), a tripel trying to evoke whisky flavour; bottle from Dranken De Moor in nearby Haasdonk. Thin (and eventually completely dissolving), snow white, regular, open head with a disrupted, waferthin veil in the middle, misty apricot blonde robe with pale orangey tinge and visible minute yeast dots everywhere. Aroma of peach, soggy white bread, banana, freshly cut chervil or even chervil soup (weirdly), faint whiff of whisky indeed, old dried orange peel (probably curaçao), stewed parsley root, coriander seed but not too strong, fried pumpkin, moist ginger powder, vegetable 'bouillon', pond water, cooked parsnip, old apple peel. Sweet onset, some banana ester mingled with pineapple and sweet red apple, light sourish edge, softly tingling carb, smooth body; lightly caramelly, somewhat sweet cracker-like, sleek white-bready malt sweetish core with a very faint presence of whisky malt (hence the name, I assume). Herbal spicy notes in the end with lingering sweet fruitiness. Some curaçao 'frâicheur' and a faint touch of soapy coriander seed appear in the end, with a kind of light 'green' note (green plants), paired with a very mild floral hoppiness, providing a light 'dusty' bitter accent in the end - but very (too!) softly so, as more bitterness is added by a whisky-tinged alcohol warmth. Sweet tripel like there are too many around already, admittedly with a slight twist of herbs and whisky malt, but this twist remains altogether too subtle to make much difference. Easygoing beer, too easygoing in fact - this brewery needs more 'oomph', but I can imagine the average beer drinker in Beveren not being ready for something more outspoken than this kind of 'everyone's friends'.