Tripel from this young microbrewery in the Périgord region, named after the year Belgium, where the genre was invented, officially became an independent state. Egg-white, membrane-lacing, large-bubbled, medium sized head on an initially clear ‘metallic’ golden blonde beer, misty deeper ‘old golden’ with sediment. Aroma of soggy cereals, honey, peanuts, apple peel, a whiff of caramel, blonde sugar, ripe pear, banana. Sweet onset, residual sugars over impressions of peach, candied pineapple and banana, softish in carb, slick mouthfeel; white candi syrup-fuelled middle, cereally with a layer of honeyish and somewhat caramelly sweetness on top, made more smooth by the oatmeal used. Some very light oxidation is already noticeable, probably accentuating the overall sweetness here, while in spite of a light floral note, hop bitterness remains very faint. Some warming, brandy-like alcohol appears in the end. Sweet, simplistic triple for the masses – sorry to say as I am not normally a chauvinist, but the Belgians usually do this style better…