Vice Versa
Brouwerij De Krak in Zedelgem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
6.89
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Vice Versa from Brouwerij De Krak 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
The obligatory tripel in this new client brewer's range, executed here in (greater) Ghent by BeerSelect. Longneck bottle from Dranken Vanquathem, Rotsaert's competitor in Zedelgem, West Flanders. Thick, egg-white, frothy, foamy, membrane-like lacing, stable head on a near clear 'old golden' beer with apricot tinge and a suspension of proteins with 'misting' effect. Aroma of halfripe banana, brioche bread, red apple, ripe Conference pear, apricot, clove, rainwater, honey, dry cookies, hints of canned pineapple, rosewater, very vague mango, rosemary and raw carrot. Fruity onset, quite crisp yet sweet, with notes of ripe pear, red apple, light banana and even lighter pineapple with a dash of apricot, quite sharply and minerally carbonated; smooth, slick yet relatively full body. Brioche-bready, bit cake-like and very slightly biscuity maltiness with a thinnish layer of honey-like residual sugars on top, leading gently to an increasingly peppery finish in which clove- and white pepper-like phenols support - rather than disrupt - an elegant yet eventually firm floral and moderately spicy hop bitterness into a warming, gin-tinged boozy finish, in which not only the drying hop effect but also the ripe yellow fruit sweetness unabatedly continue. I had relatively high hopes for this one, after a very pleasant encounter with their Double Trouble (Belgian strong dark ale but actually almost stout-like) but somehow I knew that in the umpteenth tripel on the Belgian market, this was not going to happen; still I have to admit that technically this beer is impeccable, even in its BeerSelect form, with a good balance of sweetness and bitterness, alcohol kept well in place and enough sweet-bready maltiness to support the fruity esters. Nothing shocking here - 'shocking' or even 'surprising' are words I very rarely have to use in the tripel genre, alas - but doubtlessly a very well-executed, sweetish-fruity yet balanced and elegant tripel, even if we already have more than enough of those on the Belgian market. 'Solid' probably covers it best, but after Double Trouble, I guess I was hoping for something a tad more creative than just another sweet and commercial tripel, no matter how well it is technically executed ...
nathanvc (6963) reviewed Vice Versa from Brouwerij De Krak 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Beers@Moviefun.
A: hazy ochre, small, foamy, off-white head.
A: orange peel, grapefruit, thyme, moist pepper, baker's yeast.
T: sweetish apricot, orange, bitter honey, spices & yeast.
F: floral & peppery hops, spicy yeast, bitter orange peel, warming jenever-like alcohol.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Pretty decent, 'revised' Tripel.