The tripel in a series of three beers - following the ultimate Belgian 'monastic' cliché of blond, dubbel and tripel - conceived by a hobby brewing project and commercially executed at Grain d'Orge, referring to forest animals - the bear in this case, but oddly the label depicts a giant panda (which admittedly is a kind of bear, but in any case no Ursus species...). Somewhat irregular but moussey and fluffy, snow white head lacing in shreds over a misty orangey peach blonde robe with amberish tinge and translucent dots of protein throughout. Aroma of dried peach, rusk, a truckload of coriander seed, bread crust, 'oude jenever', wet gravel, a touch of canned tomato soup and some wet brown paper both referring to onsetting oxidation but not too strongly so, honey, cooked sweet potato, apricot jam, raw celeriac, old biscuit, dried orange peel. Fruity onset, sweetish with notes of peach, red apple and apricot, sharply carbonated with supple mouthfeel; rusk- and slightly biscuit-like maltiness with bready core and honeyish residual sugars on top, leading to a spicy finish in which a confident leafy hop bitterness counters the sweetness successfully - but then a heap of coriander seed also sets in, along with notes of clove and dried orange peel, all warmed by Grand Marnier-like alcohol. Lots of yeasty breadiness lingers while the feared oxidation fortunately remains very much in the background, even if it does make itself noticed. Typically sweet, boozy, overcoriandered tripel, thirteen in a dozen, but technically well executed and enjoyable for what it is.

Minimal hazy amber beer with a off white head. Aroma of herbal and caramelized malt, yeast. Taste of belgian yeast, biscuit, herbal malt, moderate bitterness.

Herb-kräutriger Beginn, hefig, leichte Süße. Pappige Noten zum Mittelteil, gefolgt von ansteigender Süße. Herb, etwas alkoholisch, Standard. 9/8/8/8/8/8

17/II/21 - 33cl bottle as a gift, shared @ Thieu’s place, BB: 2nd Q/II/22 (2021-147)

Pretty clear orange blond beer, big solid creamy off-white irregular head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of CO2, quite some orange peel, alcohol, more CO2, yeasty, bit earthy, oxidized. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter start, fruity, some banana, very yeasty, bit hoppy, orange peel. Aftertaste: soapy, bit chemical, bitter touch, sweet, oxidized, orange peel.

Fles gedeelt door KoenL. Geprobeerd met Roelzie1986 en RikvI. Het is een wat troebel oranje geel bier met een volle witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een moutige geur. De smaak is moutig, bloemig en wat fruitig.