Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

The tripel in the Vorst van Oss series developed by Thissen's in Lith in North Brabant, a series apparently comprising other beers as well - so I was a bit surprised that none of them has made it to this site yet at the time of entering this one. Thanks to Niek, a local of this area of the Netherlands, for this apparently still unknown beer! Cream white, densely moussy, frothy, slowly opening but otherwise stable head, initially clear orange blonde robe with amberish tinge, misty further on. Aroma of overcooked broccoli (DMS) and even stronger sulfur or burnt rubber (DMTS), sadly overpowering more flattering impressions of clove, cold canned tomato soup, green celery, rusk, apple peel, bread pulp, grilled carrots. Sweetish onset yet nowhere too sweet and relatively low in esters, some dried apricot and tomato peel, medium carbonation with rounded body; odd spicy and herbal notes of clove, celery and paprika hover over a bread-crusty, rusk-like, cereally and slightly caramelly maltiness, but then the DMS and DMTS return retronasally, along with what seem to be actually applied herbs, mild floral hops and lingering yeasty spiciness. The alcohol remains totally hidden. Old school 'triple ambrée' almost in Walloon style, with a confident amount of real spicing and very well hidden alcohol; get rid of those off-flavours and you will have a perfectly enjoyable, even somewhat original tripel.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

22/XII/23 - 33cl bottle @ home, BB: XII/2023 (2023-1188) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!

Clear orange beer, small irregular off-white head, a bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, sweet impression, grains, hay, cow fodder, oxidized, banana, bubble gum, caramel, a hint of vanilla. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sweet, very malty, caramel, a little spicy, some cloves, bubble gum. Aftertaste: sourish touch, very sweet, malty, caramel, grains, some green apples, sugary, a little chemical, bleh.

#tripel

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Fles 33cl bij Proeflokaal de Buuren in Dedemsvaart. Volle smaak, zoeten, geel fruit, koriander, wat kruidig, honingtonen. (1-2018).

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Sampled @ NL Speciaalbier Festival Den Bosch 2017. Unclear orange color, average sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, lightly hops, mainly bitter hops and malt bitter. Medium body, decent carbonation. Ok.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at home, dark brown beer, small head. Aroma is malt, sweet, juniper, herbs. Taste is the same, ok i guess, not much fan of a dubbel anyway

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Nsf16. Clear ber colour with a small off-white head. Smells sweet, juniper berry, herbs. Tastes juniper berry, sweet, malts, overly sweetish, herbs. Medium body, soft carbo.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Sampled @ Nederlands Speciaalbier Festival, Den Bosch 2016. Quite clear sort of orangy color, average sized white head. Smell and taste malts, quite grainy, wort, something weird. Meh, don’t really like it. -- Rerate @ Nederlands Speciaalbier Festival, Den Bosch 2017. Yellow color, average sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly bitter, lightly hayish, straw and a bit grainy. Average body and carbonation. 6-3-6-3-12=3.0 At least some improvement compared to last year.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Nsf16. Clear yellow, small white head. Smells sweet, malts, sweaty. Tastes sweet, malts, old. Medium bodu, soft carbo.