Blond Extra 9,5
(has 2 batches)
De Achelse Kluis in Hamont-Achel, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
7.61
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Dit bier wordt tijdens de lange lagering dry-hopped. Er is een zeer sterke CO2 pareling met een overvloedige witte schuimkraag tot gevolg. De neus wordt beheerst door hop, gevolgd door een kruidigheid (onder andere lichte munttoetsen), eveneens te wijten aan de gebruikte hopsoorten. De alcohol zit goed verborgen en valt nauwelijks op, hopbitter en mouttoetsen zijn mooi in evenwicht.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Double test between two versions of the same beer, courtesy of the monk responsible for the brewery, and a friend of the brewer. Points above for version B, points below (in brackets) for version A. Tasted with Jacob Lövenlund & MartinKubert Fully hazy orange, orange tinted head, version A fast gone, version B very stable, like whipped cream. Nose: version A very orangezest-smelling beer, little else (7/10); version B much more hopped, hoparomas overlying the citrus. Taste: version A is sweet, liquorice, some citrus and a bit adstringent. The alcohol is much more prominent than: version B, which has also citrus, sweetness, but is also slightly hoppy-flavoured, and especially much better balanced beer (both 7/10). Again very much citrus retronasal. Obviously version B is better balanced, version A showing the alcohol more, more aggressive (3/5). Overall, I’d give version A (15/20). What is best about it, and typical for Achel Trappist brewery, is that they are trying to improve ALL the time. Couldn’t ask more from a brewer.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2004
at 14:59