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Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

6.2

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

Bottle from LDW. Clear blond colour, white foam. Lively carbonation. Some sweet malts, medium bitter finish. Body is ok.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

330ml bottel [as Santa Bee]. Opalescent, chestnut colour with ruby glimmer and huge, firm, frothy, moderately to mostly lasting, moderately lacing, beige head. Sweet-ish, caramel malty aroma, rather waxy, hoppy overtones with a grassy and floral touch. Taste is minimally sweet, caramel malty and grassy, herbal hoppy, slightly fruity, slightly sugary, notes of caramel, rock sugar, a touch of brown sugar, hints of dark berries, plum, sweet cherry, a touch of port, dry hoppy counterpart. Sadly quite overcarbonated in such an amount, that the prickly effect on the tongue prevents a more intense sensation of flavours.

6.2

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

Caramel, some plums, grapes. Light tart, sweet, a bit messy and not very nice.

6.5

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

Pours à bit unclear, blonde. Small, stable white head. Smell is bit malty. Rather weak. Taste is full, sharp bitter. Recognizable Boelens, honey, unfresh maltyness. OK at best. No real hoparoma. Belgian yeast. Rather thin bodied, médium high to high Carbo.

6.6

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

One of several 'Grimaldie' beers - the original blonde one, in fact, a tripel infused with Italian white wine. Thick, mousy, bit irregularly edged but very stable, frothy head on a misty apricot blonde beer with vague ochre-ish tinge. Aroma of ripe banana, cooked apple, white wine indeed but in an old and somewhat 'stale' kind of way, damp cotton cloth, stewed parsnip, sugared bread, 'honingwafels', fresh camomile. Sweet fruity onset, residual white candi syrup sweetness mingling with banana ester and hints of stewed pear and peach; subtle, featherlight tart white wine undertone growing a tad stronger towards the end. Sweet white grape aspects even unfold on top of a supple, bready malt sweetish base, harshened by sharp, very minerally carbonation; phenolic spicy effects in the end, even a bit solventy, with again that white wine element persisting in a rather 'muffled' way, but unmistakably present. Floral hop bitterish accent in the end accentuated by warming, vinous, somewhat 'jenever'-like alcohol, while the fruity and malty sweetness lingers along with the more basic sweetishness of the white wine. This is what it is: a sweet Boelens tripel with some or other white wine poured in. Dolle did something similar (though much more outspoken) with their Zannekin many years ago, but the result here is considerably more 'down to earth' and straightforward. I don't get the idea of pouring white wine in a sweet tripel but this version is admittedly much better than the 'red' one I had before. I am not, however, very motivated to go out and hunt for the amber version...

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

33cl bottle from Beerwulf webshop. F: medium, egg-white, average retention. C: gold, hazy. A: malty, mellow fruity, floral, honey herbal touch, bit spicy. T: medium to full malty base, fruity, spicy, peach, bit honey, decent long lasting bitterness, almost dry on the palate, soft carbonation, good honey beer, enjoyed.

5.8

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

Dusty honeyaroma. Honey flavor with plum, orange and some fruity sourness. Orange brown color, no head. Prickly mouthfeel. The beer looks rather ugly, but the flavor is OK. The used honey fits with this beer and doesn't annoy.