Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Bartlehiemer from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Hazy brown - amber; little or no head. Woody, dark malts, underlying chocolate aroma. Taste: Strawberry??! Where does that come from? Wood (perfumed wood, like sandalwood), and vanilla, woody again. Medium bodied; slick, peachy, velvety texture. Probably one of the best by Du Bocq. now that’s not that difficult, but this is really good.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Triple Moine from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pale orange; fluffy white head, leaving shards of lace. Dryish nose: both white candi-sugar and some garden herb. Rest is citrus. Some dry tripel taste at first, bits of citrus. Then sugary sweetness seeps in, leaving very little dryness left. Sugar-preserved oranges? Faint bitterish taste, not hoppy. The dryness left, just a sugar-filled medium bodied beer with a bit of alcohol. No real stamina, just a less-than-average tripel. Swee-eet.Earlier Rating: 5/13/2004 Total Score: 3.4Very pale yellow; thick white head, not stable. Bit lactic, white candi sugar, dry, spicey nose. Taste is dry, with a rather fruity character. Definitely sugar added, then well attenuated. Very true-to-style, but unremarkable. Dry-bitterish, spicey aftertaste. Very standard, but fruity. Original concept for Flanders, Antwerpen province especially. Triple Moine, St. Benoit - where’s the difference now? That is why I changed this to Abbey Tripel. Oh, and it says so on the bottle...
TBone (30139) reviewed Gauloise Christmas from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled (75cl) (BB 04/2006)
Clear deep red, huge cloudy brown head. Strong aroma of malts and leather. Smooth, carbonated palate. Loads of licorice, malts and salt. Balanced, warming palate, salty aftertaste.
diabel (1874) reviewed Gauloise Christmas from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle Fizzy, light brown, fully diminishing head. Clear, brown body. Grapefruit aroma. Heavily bitter initial flavour and finish (long-lasting). Medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Aged sample, BBd 09/95 Messing/brass coloured beer; virtually no head. End of bottle completely cloudy.Nose is oxydised mix of walnuts, biscuit, cookies and gingerbread. Instead of green apples, I’m thinking of overyear rimpled harvest apples. Nutty, caramelised and oxydised taste. Retronasal quite some bitterness, the peel of the walnuts? A tad fruity, and I suspect a lot of candi sugar. Despite its age, there’s a certain fizziness to it, oversaturated. Deceptive light body-feel. Not very remarkable triple. Decent, but too fizzy.
caesar (10848) reviewed Gauloise Ambrée from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cloudy orange brown color, medium off-white head. Aroma is yeasty, spicy, amber malty. Sweet and spicy taste, caramel and amber malts. Lasting palate.
caesar (10848) reviewed Cuvee Li Crochon Blonde from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy golden color, medium white head. Aroma is yeasty, hoppy and a bit grainy. Dry and bitter taste.
diabel (1874) reviewed Triple Moine from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled Yellow, sparkling body. Mostly diminishing, white, rocky head. Fair lace. Flowers in the nose. Lighty sweet, moderately bitter initial flavour. Lightly bitter finish (long-lasting). Well-balanced flavour. Light to medium bodied. Lively carbonation.
Earlier Rating: 1/17/2003 Total Score: 2.6
Slightly malt aroma with sparkles of the Duvel-taste. Sweet but quite flat flavour. Also honey in the flavour.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Triple Moine from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Orangey-gold colour. Loads of fruit - banana, melon, some phenols. Very sweet, candyish flavour, maybe some mapley notes. Almost flat (1992 vintage).
TBone (30139) reviewed St. Benoît Blonde / Blond from Brasserie du Bocq 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled (BB 02/2005)
Hazy yellow, cloudy white head, lots of lace and carbonation. Citrus, fruity nose. Light, malty and soapy mouthfeel. Finishing a bit bitter. Hides alcohol well. Decent blonde but a bit boring. (5/3/6/3/12 2.9)
Re-rate, bottled (BB 02/2005)
Hazy pale yellow color, good white lacey head. Lively carbonation. Fruity, a bit yeasty nose. Carbonated mouthfeel. Malts and lemon flavors with a bite of alcohol. Quite light bodied. A bit like a light version of Orval. Light and plain Belgian ale. (6/2/6/3/11 2.8)