Obuz Tripel
Waterfields Brewery (Obuz) in Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
6.43
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Obuz Tripel from Waterfields Brewery (Obuz) 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
The tripel version in this new series, brewed by what is apparently an actual new microbrewery in Passendale, known for its World War I history and its cheese. Thanks to Think Cool Bontinck in Zele for buying in this one after I requested it - after all, this beer shop is listed as one of Obuz's official distributors on the Waterfields website... Thickly moussy, egg-white, pillowy, membrane-like lacing, largely even-bubbled, stable head on an initially crystal clear, pure golden blonde robe with vague apricot tinge and hardly any visible sparkling (if some), turning misty with sediment. Aroma of banana, chewing gum, plaster, honey, cooked pear, breakfast cereals, rubber, granulated sugar, bitter garden weeds, 'perzikjenever', candy apple, wodka, hints of chamomile, still warm brioche bread, freshly cut grass and cooked bitter roots. Sweet onset, lots of isoamylacetate (banana ester, in a bubblegummy way), hints of ripe pear and pineapple but generally quite 'dull' in its esters, with an unexpectedly 'painful' sting of 'hidden' carbonation, adding a souring effect and minerality in a coarse kind of way; sweet pear and pineapple accents travel along with the much more dominant banana over a slick cereally pale malt sweet middle with an unpleasant rubbery effect to it. Some 4-vinyl-guaiacol (soup meat in this case) briefly appears retronasally, adding insult to injury; clove-like effects from the same source are also present, as well as a whiff of floral hops, adding an 'end' bitterness too feeble to withstand either the sweetness or the ensuing onslaught of crude, 'jenever'-like alcohol which had made its presence clear earlier on. Ends unpleasantly boozy, sweet, unrefined and even a bit 'thin'. Granted, the hops eventually become a tad rooty and their bitterness lingers on - but too little and too late. This beer totally lacks depth, finesse and yeastiness - I have the impression it is trying to compete with Duvel, Omer, Hapkin and other 'edelbieren' instead of aiming at 'true' tripel, but even then it greatly falls short in comparison with the established brands. The raters preceding me have been very benevolent, but I had enough crap like this: this is utterly redundant, too boozy, too sweet and badly structured, a 'Belgian strong blonde' the bad way and almost approaching the 'drain pour limit' for me, sorry...
Lameth (4926) reviewed Obuz Tripel from Waterfields Brewery (Obuz) 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thx to @JefV for this bottle. Clear golden color and a white head. Herbal and banana nose, taste is also yeasty, faint herbal and rather sweet. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33cl bottle. A clear yellow golden beer with a white lacing. Aroma of honey, sweet pale malt. Taste of honey, sweet pale malt, mild bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Süßlicher, mild herber Beginn. Mild würzig, die Süße bleibt konstant, helles Malz, leichter Hopfen. Süffig, rund, ok. 9/8/9/8/8/8
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Obuz Tripel from Waterfields Brewery (Obuz) 3 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
22/XI/22 - 33cl bottle @ HoReCa expo (Gent), BB: 19/III/24 (2022-1677) Thanks to Erwin, Peter and others for sharing today’s beers.
Clear deep blond beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of banana, very yeasty, grains, more banana, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of orange peel, pretty bitter, a bit grassy, dry, lots of coriander. Aftertaste: spicy, dry, bitter, yeasty, orange peel, and banana, meh. Rather mediocre standard Belgian style tripel.
Icedwarf (4896) reviewed Obuz Tripel from Waterfields Brewery (Obuz) 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Helder goudkleurig bier met schuim. Smaak is bitterzoet met iets van banaan, wat citrus en vanille. Heel goed.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Light hazy blond colour, white foam. Rather sweet tripel, but very well balanced.Banana, citrus, light bitter finish. Good.