6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Spicy yeasty aroma. Sweet malty fruity flavor with some spicy hints and a little yeasty. Spicy warming aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2006
at 15:43
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cloudy light amber color; thick head. The aroma is classic for a Tripel, malty and spicy (coriander); and milk chocolate. Same for the taste: good malt and very strong spicy character (coriander), dry. With a strong bitterness in the late taste and final. Solid.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2006
at 02:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Hazy pilsener golden with a tall and frothy - but collapsing - head. Aroma of citrus, coriander and yeast. Very soft, almost creamy mouthfeel. Light-bodied with fruity esters and marked notes of citrus and coriander. A very lovely and unusually strong Belgian wit. 111105
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2005
at 12:41
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Very hazy orange beer with ochre "shine"; dense, white-rosy head, irregular. Spicey-sweet nose, fruity, artificial strawberry-like, touch of ginger. Rather oppressive spicey taste, sweetish with a spicey bitterness overlying. Dull. Some alcohol obvious, reasonably well-bodied. For crying out loud. IMO, as a microbrewer you’re vying for your place in the world by taste against the big ’unes. This might be one of theirs - and they’d get it more consistent anyway. Or where the supporters not to be shocked?
Tried
on 06 Nov 2005
at 05:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fully opaque brown; disappearing yellowish-brown head. Liquorice, dark malts, dark leaves, stale coffee in the nose. Liquorice, gingerbread, carbonised, burnt grain. This might be an attempt at stout. Retronasal some specific herbs, impressions of lavender, cypress, thyme,... some dry spice too, difficult to say which. Slick, bit oily, well bodied. Resiny-harsh palate. I’m sorry, but I’m underawed.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2005
at 04:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
GBBF 2005. Cloudy banana flesh colour. Medicinal hop aroma with bugglegumy banana. Good weiss one of my favourites from this festival. Re-rate. Sorry why did I say that this was a weiss? This is an excellent tripel. I’ve enjoyed the 3 de graal beers. they have that something special. This has some tangy tangerine/orange zest with yeast and hops on nose. Syrupy orange zest in mouth before attack of hops. Good beer
Tried
on 07 Aug 2005
at 09:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cloudy orange golden color, short but lasting head. Aroma of sweet spices, some fruits like orange, wheat and grain. Taste is full bodied, spicy, some cookie, wheat, peppery. Nice beer.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2005
at 08:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle33 cl) Not really brown, more like a deep amber with an extremely large sediment. Sweet, but not nauseating. Bitter, but not in a harsh way. Apparently with spices, but no sugar. It doesn’t say which spices. Distinct, fruity ale-touch, but I find it hard to define exactly which flavor. Splendid. 301203
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2005
at 05:20
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle 33 cl) I believe this was De Graal’s first beer. And -atypically- it’s a ginger beer. Very beautiful, amber colour, hazy with a large amount of yeast-sediment. But it’s the completely massive head that leaves the biggest impression. It stands an inch high in the glass and never disappears completely. Unusually welldone. Ginger beer can be a mixed delight, but this might be the best I’ve ever had. The ginger adds a piquant edge to an already good ale. High carbonation. 010203
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2005
at 01:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 33 cl) Small and reasonably new Belgian brewery. I got this "Blond" from "Belgisk Bryg" in Emdrup. But it wasn’t for sale because of the large flaky sediments of yeast that lies at the bottom and creates doubt whether this beer is "off". As soon as the cap is off this beer fizzes extremely and floats out of the bottle. As far as flavour goes, this is still a delicious, soft blond ale with distinct sweetness and a hint of sourness. But something is definitely wrong.. 210103
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2005
at 12:29