8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2025
at 09:53
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2025
at 08:55
7.5/10
Tried
on 11 Sep 2025
at 21:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Draft
at
The Unicorn Tavern
on 04 Sep 2025
at 04:00
8/10
Draft @ de Boterhal, Breda.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2025
at 18:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
75 CL corked bottle from my cellar. Pours dark reddish brown, slight fizz that disappears quickly. Smell is pretty light. Most of the dubbel style note has faded out, but it hasn't turned. Taste has similarly faded, or maybe I'm too used to the thick malty American versions of Dubbel styles. Very wine-y overtures, with a bit of malt sweetness. Mouthfeel is a bit light, but wine character keeps it worthwhile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2025
at 03:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Small fat green labeled bottle "Blonde Forte" "Strong Blond" also the 150 bottom right. bbf 2026. seems like the green label might becoming part of the standard ones they have, I see it all over these days.
aroma is Belgian yeasts, flowers, the yeasty notes are very smooth and bready, bit wild, but tempered, aroma in general is sweet malty and flowery with a good dose of dough like yeastiness. surprisingly good.
flavor has a lot of belgian yeastiness flavors, but tempered and rounded and really well integrated, also herbs, flowers, a hint of sweet exotic fruits, end is yeasty and with a bit of a bitter triple like hop kick.
very well rounded tripel, does not come off as industrial , more like a really well done trappist tripel. i am quite positively surprised.
aroma is Belgian yeasts, flowers, the yeasty notes are very smooth and bready, bit wild, but tempered, aroma in general is sweet malty and flowery with a good dose of dough like yeastiness. surprisingly good.
flavor has a lot of belgian yeastiness flavors, but tempered and rounded and really well integrated, also herbs, flowers, a hint of sweet exotic fruits, end is yeasty and with a bit of a bitter triple like hop kick.
very well rounded tripel, does not come off as industrial , more like a really well done trappist tripel. i am quite positively surprised.
Tried
from Bottle
from
El Corte Ingles Hipercor - Siete
on 26 Aug 2025
at 11:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 25 Aug 2025
at 15:24
7.6/10
Tried
on 23 Aug 2025
at 20:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
14/VIII/25 - on tap @ Loods 35 (Zele, BE), BB: n/a (2025-783)
Clear gold blond beer, creamy dense white head, stable, adhesive, falls down eventually, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: a bit malty, lots of banana, yeasty esters, fruity, some honey, a hint of vanilla. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: a little malty, slightly sweet, good bitterness, pretty refreshing, honey, malty, some banana, a bit herbal, green pears, yeasty touch. Aftertaste: slightly sweet, vanilla, honey, a little grassy, some alcohol, caramel, a touch of saffron, pleasant bitter finish, spicy, peppery touch, some bread dough.
Clear gold blond beer, creamy dense white head, stable, adhesive, falls down eventually, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: a bit malty, lots of banana, yeasty esters, fruity, some honey, a hint of vanilla. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: a little malty, slightly sweet, good bitterness, pretty refreshing, honey, malty, some banana, a bit herbal, green pears, yeasty touch. Aftertaste: slightly sweet, vanilla, honey, a little grassy, some alcohol, caramel, a touch of saffron, pleasant bitter finish, spicy, peppery touch, some bread dough.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2025
at 15:30