Lucie (Lizzie) Antwerpse Tripel

hazy grey-ish pale golden colour, large, dense and long lasting ecru-ish white head; aroma of grainy, peppery, apple peel, earthy-yeasty, floral honey and slight canned pear notes; typical tripel taste with apple and peppery notes; dry mouthfeel; great tripel - considerably underrated

Bottle from Delhaize. Hazy golden with a thick, foamy, white head. Aroma of apple peel, pear, white tea, apricot, jasmin, orange blossom, some leek. Taste has sweet estery apple & pear over a honey-bready and cake dough-like malt base with perfumey-flowery notes. Herbal hoppy, bit bitter finish, more perfumey tea & yellow fruit, some warming jenever-like alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Enjoyable. (Edited: 3/02/2026.)

Lizzie First version Fulminating yellowish head, towering over clear, finely carbonated pale yellowish golden beer. Spicy, old clothes, dried herbs, dusty shelves. More of the same in the taste. Oxydation obvious (fresh product!). Initially dry finish, seemingly outfermented white candi sugar, but warming up, it gets sweet and even sugary. Light feel, maybe because of attenuation, alcohol obvious, close to overcarbonation. This is not the kind of craftbeer that will wean the unwary punters away from their safe Leffe! 8/4.5/5/3/4.5 > 4.9/10
Lucie Very huge, fine, if irregular off-white head, very stable over clear golden beer, still. Spiced, jasmin tea, green tea, wormwood, lavender, white candi sugar. Bitterish - spiced, again lavender or wormwood but with a lot of sugar, even speculoos, behind. Every new sip is bitter-spiced, only to peter down into sugary sweetness. Sugared green tea. Bit slick, light body. Starts carbonated upon suipping, but finish feels almost dead. Hmmpf. Definitely tinkered with, but not everything is that much better.