Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Shared by Badgerben. A new gueuze is always a treat. Sour barnyard and horseblanket aroma. The aroma is quite good. Flavor is definitely sour, but there is a little sugar, and it just isn’t sour enough. This is a good beer and approachable for the style.
Fin (18365) reviewed St. Louis Gueuze from Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle picked up from Beers of Europe late April. Poured light amber in colour with a small white head, slightly acidic aroma but tempered somewhat, almost like when you are sweating off some cooking apples in a pan with a bit of dark sugar. Taste is a bit sweet for a gueuze, but pleasant enough some tangy appleness comes through again with an oakiness, enjoyable but nowhere near the best of this style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
(Bottle 25 cl) Pours a clear, dark amber I came to think of sherry - with an off-white head. Lightly tart, fuity nose with some Brett. Light and watery in body with fruity notes - not peach in particular - with both sweet and acidic notes. Almost Faro-like. Quite refreshing. 010507
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A dark orange brown lambic with a thin off white head. Light aroma of chemical peach, inoffensive. In mouth, an ultra sweet lambic, with concentrated peach extract, which is saved by a good tartness. Medium bodied. Bieropholie import, BB Jan 2007.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Amber orange color with a small fizzy fair lacing mostly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is light hoppy and yeasty, moderate to heavy pear, sugar (sweet). Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to flat. BBF 11/2005. Very nice ;o))
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brown bottle, 25 cl, best before 12-2007, savoured on April 11 2007; eye: amber with a red hue, beige head that falls rapidly to leave a ring around the glass, lightly hazy, slight effervescence, no lacing; nose: sweet, 7-UP, horse, apple; mouth: quite sweet, syrupy, malt structure but no taste of it, maraschino cherry, long sweet finale with a hint of horse, medium body, sticky texture, quite carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 25 cl, meilleure avant 12-2007, savourée le 11 avril 2007; œil : ambrée avec une teinte rougeâtre, petite mousse beige qui tombe rapidement pour laisser un petit anneau autour du verre, légèrement voilée, très légère effervescence, pas de dentelle; nez : sucre, 7-UP, cheval, pomme en rétro-olfaction; bouche : très sucré, sirupeux, structure du malt mais pas vraiment le goût, cerise au marasquin, longue finale sucrée avec une pointe de cheval, corps moyen, texture collante, assez carbonatée; en résumé : correct
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 0.5
375ml bottle. Dark pink body with bright pink head. Aroma is synthetic cherry – lots of it. Flavor is very sweet artificial cherry and almond. Not drinkable. This is an insult to a real kriek.
Marko (22181) reviewed Kasteel Tripel from Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the Hopdevil in Zagreb, as Kasteel Triple 11° Poured a nice murky golden colour with a tiny head that went away fast (too cold ?). The nose is initially nice, bubblegum, cloves, yeast, hints of banana, but ruined a bit by a noticable presence of alcohol. The taste is damn sweet, weak banana, lemon, grapefruit, yeast... parfumey, with a strong, warming alcohol assault, that carries into the bitterish aftertaste. It isn’t bad, and doesn’t feel as big as trainwreck as its dark brother did. This could really benefit by, say, losing two or three alc.% or just hiding it and gaining just a tad more carbonation.... that’d be a winner in my opinion. RIght now, it’s far from a great beer. Ah, well...
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Kasteel Tripel from Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
a light blonde coloured beer, light spicy hop. bitter toungue edges lingering strong blonde not best in style but ok
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Special thanks to jjpm74 for hooking me up with this hard to find style. Poured a darkish copper color, with a big foaming head. Aroma was like sweet and sour sauce, with just a touch of leathery funk. Flavor started out with a lot of candy sweetness and sour, with a big sourdough yeastiness, leading into a balanced finish. Medium body and very drinkable.