Chapeau Abricot

Het is een helder oranje achtig bier met een dun schuim. Het heeft een zoete kunstmatige abrikozengeur. De smaak is kunstmatig, abrikozen en syroop.

375 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours fairly crystal clear golden amber color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of juicy and lightly tart/tangy apricots, peach, pear, pineapple, mango, melon, red apple, honey, candi sugar, wheat, and bread; with light notes of hay, straw, grass, oak, funk, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/light funky yeast, apricots, and pale malt/sugar sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of big juicy and lightly tart/tangy apricots, peach, pear, pineapple, mango, melon, red apple, honey, candi sugar, wheat, and bread; with light notes of hay, straw, grass, oak, funk, and yeast earthiness. Light fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of apricots, peach, pear, pineapple, mango, melon, red apple, honey, candi sugar, wheat, bread, hay, straw, grass, light funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/light funky yeast, apricots, and pale malt/sugar sweetness; with a good malt/tartness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing tart/tangy fruit dryness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy, and lightly slick/syrupy/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 3.5%. Overall this is a very good sweetened fruit lambic style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/light funky yeast, apricots, and pale malt/sugar sweetness; very smooth and refreshing to drink, with the mildly tart/tangy/drying finish. Big juicy fruit flavors and balanced sweetness; with a good mix of fruity yeast complexity, and a touch of funk. A very enjoyable offering. Met my expectations.

Hazy orange-to-amber ale with small head. Aroma: sticky apricot jam, wheat, yeast. Light to medium body. Sweet taste. Too sweet. No tartness. Just that massive apricot marmelade.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Chapeau Abricot (by Brouwerij De Troch):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

24/XII/16 - 25cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 23/XII/15 (exactly one day too late to be exactly one year too late) (2016-1482)

Clear orange beer, practically no head. Aroma: fruity, bit funky, sweet, marzipan and almonds, MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sweet start, pretty acidic, lemony touch, peach / apricot candy. Aftertaste: acidic, bit funky, sugary, sweet finish, lemon juice, fruity. Not the worse.

2016 Boise stone fruit bottle share on 8/27. Not everyone liked this, but I thought it was pretty darn tasty, Full apricot aromas and flavors, almost tasted like a can of apricot nectar. Very juicy, sweet.