6.5

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

Belgian strong blonde, an 'edelbier' to use old OBP terms, by this local Pajottenland brewer; sample from the 50 cl bottles typical for this brewer, at Pajot Ale Land festival. Creamy, thick, frothy, snow white, cobweb-lacing head, hazy apricot-golden hue. Aroma of unripe banana, white bread, cooked apples, cloves, dried 'herbes de Provençe', soap. Restrained sweet fruitiness in the onset, banana and apple, medium carbonated with slick, cereally malt body, honeyish residual sugars on top, spicy-phenolic accents, grassy and floral hop bitterish finish, alcohol remaining well hidden; malt and estery sweetness keep prevailing. Easygoing and very thoroughly 'Belgian' in style, a sweet tripel like there are too many around already, but technically decent enough.