9.1

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

8.9

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Excellent beer! I really recommand. Not too strong, smoothy, fruity. Very easy to drink and to enjoy among friends. For all the "adult" family...

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Commissioned Belgian strong blonde with a dash of New World hopping, a good example of how traditional Belgian brewing has been unable to withstand the global craft beer movement and got 'infused' by those postmodern elements here and there; steinie bottle from the Delhaize Zwijnaarde. Snow white, cobweb-lacing, irregular, moussy, slowly opening but generally very well-retaining head on an initially clear, warm orange- to almost amberish-tinged 'old golden' robe with lively sparkling, misty and deeper orange with sediment but visibly well-brewed. Strong aroma of orange zest and even orange cake (orange aromas apparently having been added - an insane idea when dry-hopping with Cascade, among others, can lead to similar effects), sweet red apple, moist biscuit, honey smeared on brioche bread, banana, strawberry-flavoured candy somewhere, hints of soap, caramel, dry straw, bubblegum, lavender, pear drops, old bread crust. Spritzy, fruity onset, banana, strawberry, pear and peach, tad bubblegummy but not exaggeratedly so, minerally and somewhat stingy carbonation, slick but full, bit resinous mouthfeel; smooth caramelly and cereally malt sweet middle with a layer of residual honeyish sweetness on top and a slight metallic 'zing' around the edges, additionally flavoured with indeed orange, in a zesty and fairly credible, but still somewhat 'perfumey' way. The hops provide additional citrus peel effects (though a bit muffled and 'dry') as well as hints of dried lemonbalm and bitterroot, effectuating an adequate, lingering, bit rooty bitterness which more or less matches the orange effect, if bitter orange peel is brought to mind. Some phenolic clove-like effects too, lingering residual sweetness and warming, brandy-ish alcohol, the latter becoming a tad (too) wry in the very end. All things considered, not the most unpleasant Belgian 'tripel-oid' strong ale, but the added aromas are absolutely uncalled for as far as I am concerned - why is it that so many Walloon breweries seem to resort to that kind of thing lately?

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Hazy orange amber colour, white foam. Nose of citrus, spices, some ripe fruit. Sweet, light tart, a bit citrussy, spicy.

6.2

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

33cl bottle from Match supermarket in Woluwe Shopping Center, Brussels. F: huge, egg-white, good retention. C: amber, hazy. A: sweet malty, mellow fruity, yeasty and bready touch. T: medium to full malty base, bit cherries, bit vinous, artificial fruity, banana, but where is cascade hop?, citrus touch, medium carbonation, nothing very special, partially enjoyed.