Pours a fairly clear dark brown with an inch of foam with great lacing.

Smells sweet with some spice, I get cinnamon, but lots of caramel and some candi sugar.

Very sweet malty without going overboard, not much if any bitterness. Some light bread.

Near perfect mouthfeel.

Such a smooth drinking Dubbel. It may not be the highest rated Dubbel but I enjoyed every drop.

Pours a hazy orange / gold with an inch of foam that leaves some good lacing behind.

Smells yeasty, hoppy, fruity.

The taste is yeasty, hoppy bitter, earthy when it comes to the malt.

Medium body and carbonation.

It is pretty good example of the style but I don’t think I would buy it again.

Bottle from belgiuminabox.com. Gusher Pours rather unclear blonde. Big white head. Smell is peat, sour, sweet. Taste is sweet, brett, tart peat. Higher side of carbo. Not my thing

23/05/2015 33cl bottle @home from trade with tderoeck. Golden colour with huge lasting white head. Lively carbonation. First only bitterness, on warming up more fruity, floral and spices.

Bottle @ home. Hazy golden colour, white foam. Lively carbonation. Grassy with notes of grapefruit and peach. Easy drinkable. Ok tripel.

New Boelens beer, bought at Fontana in Sint-Niklaas. Surprised it hasn’t been added yet, especially since it is already present at Untappd... Commissioned tripel, made for a software company in Sint-Niklaas (SDP, hence the name). Clear orange blonde colour, almost amber, with quiet sparkling and turning misty with deposit, under a moussy, creamy, snow white head. Initially quite strong but straightforward aroma of fruity esters and malt, I get impressions of red apple, persimmon, mango, walnuts, biscuit, rosewater, cigarette tobacco, chicken broth, tomato, powder sugar, grapefruit peel, a sharp but subtle sulphuric odour of burning rubber or an old-fashioned burning match refusing to go away and in that sense becoming a bit tiring in the end, and something ’animalistic’ (I’d say the sweet smell of menure on a farm, but that probably sounds a lot worse than it is); the dreaded infections which often plagued Boelens’ beers, are nowhere to be seen, fortunately. I have the impression this brewery is not only rapidly expanding its range, but improving its quality as well. Rounded fruity taste, sweetish, a bit honeyish, unripe peach, some pineapple, some sour redcurrant, fairly strong carbo but not too much, nutty maltiness, smooth and bittersweet, caramel touch, evolving into a relatively satisfying finish of lingering biscuity malts, a leafy and pleasantly spicy hop bitterness, some yeastiness (especially as the bottle progresses) and warming, somewhat whisky-like alcohol, fairly well hidden but still apparent on the tongue even before you get to the end. In all: one of the better Boelens beers I’ve had so far actually, quite a pleasant surprise, but more a ’generic’ Belgian strong ’ambrée’ than a true tripel in the strict sense of the word; respecting the brewer’s intention as is custom here, I did classify it as a tripel, of course. I do wonder if it even matters, though: I have no proof, but this seems like an alias of Klok Tripel... It has the same ABV, the same looks, the same smell and the same taste. The guy who commissions this at Boelens claims that the yeast and hops are different, but I remain to be convinced. Only a side by side tasting could reveal the truth, I suppose...

Imported from my RateBeer account as Boelens Xpère Grote Cru (by Boelens):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

14/IV/15 - 75cl bottle from Limburgs Bierweekend (Hasselt) @ home - BB: 13/III/16 (2015-439)

Little cloudy purple brown beer, creamy white to off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very soapy, sugary, sweet, floral. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity, floral, very soapy, caramel, bit sugary, more soap. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, soapy, floral, bit sourish, dried fruits, some caramel, little spicy, some chocolate. Complex enough, but not really convincing.

Gushing to huge, light-yellow head leaving shards of lace over hazy orange-yellow beer with lots of UFO’s. Spicy, grassy nose, bit of hay and garden weeds. Bitterish, dry. Again herbal/weeds/grass. Bit mineral, shrimp. Light body if quite slick, very carbonated. Really?

Pours unclear blonde, ok fluffy white head. Smell is buttery malts. Taste is mildly bitter. Some malts. Slightly bitter aftertaste. OK .