7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dull orange; thick, slightly irregular broken-white head, lacey. Leafy nose with candi-sugar, faint peppery, maybe touch of coriander? Herbal (artichoke), spicey flavours and a typical dry-candisugar taste. Spicey finish. Very dry, apt to the style. Alcoholburn slowly emerging. Despite the poppycock on the label (the beer isn't even brewed in Groningen yet), claiming rights on a local, historical abbeyrecipe, this beer is a (quite reasonable) textbook copy of Westmalle tripel, slightly more spicey, much less depth. Oh yes, and despite the name, the beer IS a tripel, not a dubbel - it even says so on the new label.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2004
at 08:04