St feuillien - regarded as a decent brewery in Belgium - making a beer for Aldi... thats kinda ironic since we have a nickname (fromthealdi) you can place after just about anything, to point out it's inferior quality. Probably more funny to me than others, but hey, here we go for a beer 'fromthealdi' . Pours clear blinde, frothy white head and much visual carbonation. Vast stability of the head, much lacing too. Smell is clearly Belgian style yeast (banana esters, mostly, but also some spicyness) Taste is medium sweet, bit bitter, kinda rough on the sweetness, as the Sugar (?) seems to be colliding with the maltose here, giving a very harsh sideflavor, that reminds one of metallic/tannines. overly carbonated. Def has a metallic ending. Not overly bad, but certainly less than average.

75cl Bottle, thanks Harmen! Almost clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of light swamp, grain, yeast, alcohol, pear. Flavour is sweet, grainy, malty, light swampy, light spicy, fruity, unrefined bitterness. Medium bodied. Nah, expected more, even from St. Feuillien.

F: huge, snow-white, good retention. C: blonde to very pale gold, hint of haziness. A: malty, cooked vegetables, fruity esters, bit orange, yeasty. T: very malty, banana, peach, bubble gum, bit spicy but generally quite sweet, lack some bitterness, coriander, only 2,99€ per big bottle and from ALDI so you can´t expected too much, medium to full body, medium carbonation, partially enjoyed, 75cl bottle from ALDI, Chaussée de Louvain, Brussels.

Special Saint-Feuillien tripel made exclusively for a promotional action at the Aldi supermarket chain in December last year. From a shared 75 cl bottle at GBV’s New Year’s Reception. Frothy, creamy, snow white, lacing head over a yellowish hazy straw blonde beer. Aroma of banana, breakfast cereals, red apple, white pepper, pear, bubblegum, soap, iron, potato mash, coriander, gooseberry, butter, camomile and an unmistakable whiff of DMS (overcooked cauliflower). Lots of bubblegummy banana ester in the onset, hints of pineapple, apricot and gooseberry hiding underneath it, strongish carbo, minerally; smooth and somewhat creamy mouthfeel, bit buttery even, ending with grassy and floral hop notes (but less expressively so than expected), still that lingering isoamylacetate sweetness, soapy coriander and a lot of warming, even slightly astringent, ’jenever’-like alcohol. Very close to Saint-Feuillien Grand Cru at least from what I remember; I’d be surprised if this is not simply an alias of the Grand Cru, with the same ABV, style and general flavor profile, but determining this would require a detailed side by side tasting. In any case not my favorite type of tripel.

Imported from my RateBeer account as St-Feuillien Cuvée Réserve (by Brasserie St-Feuillien / Friart):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

28/I/17 - 75cl bottle from Aldi @ nieuwjaarsreceptie Gentse Biervereniging - BB: 13/X/18 (2017-80) Thanks to Jerôme for sharing the bottle!

Little hazy blond beer, creamy irregular off-white head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: yeasty, lots of ripe fruits, spicy touch, some coriander. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very yeasty start, herbal, bitter hops, coriander, spicy, slightly sourish. Aftertaste: grassy, bitter hops, some marijuana, more yeast.