7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Foamy white head left a frothy cover on an unclear gold body. Yeast & herbal aroma. Medium bodied, feels great on the tongue with a soft feel & a tingle on the back. Yeast, sweet orange, citrus, herbaceous & peppery tastes. What a great Tripel!
Tried
on 18 Jul 2020
at 20:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hobby brew from Wevelgem gone commercial several years ago, commercial batches brewed at Gulden Spoor. I’ve known about this beer’s existence for three years now – so thanks tderoeck for sharing a bottle and thus finally offering me a chance to taste it. Regularly shaped, mousy, egg-white head lacing in shreds over an initially clear, warm orange-tinged peach blonde beer, misty with sediment. Aroma of dry banana peel, old herb cheese or even fenugreek seed, bread crust, coriander, old potatoes, dried wormwood, unripe peach, hint of iron in the background. Restrainedly fruity onset, apple peel, dried peach and slight banana, subdued in sweetness, sharply carbonated with very minerally effect; smooth bread-crusty malt base, cereally with a very light peanutty touch, leading to a spicy, even very lightly astringent finish with grassy and floral hop bitter notes and lingering soft bready maltiness. Not too sweet – unlike many other Belgian blondes with mass-marketing ambitions – and technically correct, so in its (overexposed) class, this is far from the worst. Clear example of Gulden Spoor’s technical mastery of traditional Belgian ale styles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2020
at 14:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
11/VII/20 - 33cl bottle from a trade, shared @ home, BB: 24/IX/21 (2020-617) Thanks to Jerre for the trade!
Clear orange blond beer, small creamy white head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, cow fodder, spicy touch, some phenols, sweet impression, MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: yeasty, some banana peel, very malty, grains, little sweet. Aftertaste: very malty, grains, caramel, nice stuff, good bitterness, slightly spicy, yeast, good.
Clear orange blond beer, small creamy white head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, cow fodder, spicy touch, some phenols, sweet impression, MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: yeasty, some banana peel, very malty, grains, little sweet. Aftertaste: very malty, grains, caramel, nice stuff, good bitterness, slightly spicy, yeast, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2020
at 15:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dumpy 33cl bottle: BB 24th Sep 2021. Drank in the afternoon sun at home on 7th Apr 2020. Really enjoyed this easy drinking Blonde. Slight haze to the golden/amber body, white crown on top. Malty and yeasty nose, taste followed along the same lines; some fruity hints too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2020
at 06:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of fruit, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, malt, and fruits, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2020
at 19:21
7/10
33cl bottle. A clear reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of strong caramelized and reddish malt, raisins. Taste of raisins, caramel, strong reddish brown malt, caramelized finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2020
at 20:48
6/10
Bottle from FinestBelgianBeers Pours a hazy mahogany colour with a tint of orange and a very thin beige head. Aromas of dry dark fruits, stone fruits, marzipan, butterscotch, rum and spices. Taste is more of the same notes as in the aroma. Very low carbonation, medium to full bodied with a slick oily mouthfeel. Alcohol is quite well hidden for 10% ABV. A ripe fruity acidic aftertaste that lingers on the palate is fairly pleasant. Not too bitter or too sweet it is well balanced. A bit unusual for a quad but all in all it’s quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2020
at 22:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gulden Spoor’s Winterbuk (seasonal variant of Netebuk) aged on whisky barrels for no less than seven years – I had to blink my eyes and read this twice before being convinced… Thanks to tderoeck for sharing. Ecru-beige, dense, mousy, membrane-lacing, eventually breaking head on a dark chestnut brown beer with ‘rusty’ burgundy hue. Aroma of blackberries, old wet wood, toffee, glue, faint ‘oaky’ vanilla, candied figs, very old tawny port, plum wine, hint balsamic vinegar but low in whisky. Fruity onset, estery with sour cherry and blackberry notes as well as something balsamico-like, clearly soured by all those years in the barrel; medium fizz, smooth caramelly and chocolatey malt base with a nutty edge; the sour streak stretches till the end, eventually even becoming a tad astringent, but there are lovely tannic woody aspects and an old madera-like oxidation adorning the finishing stage as well. Ends considerably boozy, indeed whisky-ish but in a rather ‘dim’ kind of way, not too harshly so, with nutty, earthy and woody impressions lingering about for quite a long time. An interesting case: so many years in a barrel has effectively turned a Scotch-like beer into something of a strong ‘oud bruin’, with the oxidation being limited to elegant maderisation rather than obnoxious ‘rustiness’. Gulden Spoor beers tend to be classic, but they are usually very well executed and sometimes, as is the case here, genuinely fascinating.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2020
at 16:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
11/I/20 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared @ home, BB: n/a, bottled: II/2018 (2020-35)
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty oxidized, dried fruits, some alcohol, some solvents. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sourish, very oxidized, dusty, madeira, super acidic, probably infected in the barrel. Aftertaste: lemon juice, dusty, acidic, some caramel, spicy, bit peppery, dark fruitsy, dusty bit weird, interesting at least.
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty oxidized, dried fruits, some alcohol, some solvents. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sourish, very oxidized, dusty, madeira, super acidic, probably infected in the barrel. Aftertaste: lemon juice, dusty, acidic, some caramel, spicy, bit peppery, dark fruitsy, dusty bit weird, interesting at least.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bierhalle Deconinck
on 11 Jan 2020
at 22:00
5/10
33cl bottle. A slightly hazy dark golden beer with a off white head. Aroma of sweet pale malt, honey, grains. Taste of moderate sweet grainy malt honey, caramel, mild bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2020
at 19:14