The tripel in this Lelie series, bottle from a Prik & Tik in Zele. Like the Pater, this one intends to recreate an old Belgian tripel from a bygone era - a blast from the past, so to speak. Slow gusher but manageable. Medium thick, moussy, off-white head slowly dissolving from the middle, peach blonde colour with golden hue, lightly hazy, with a suspension of dead yeast and proteins throughout, lending it an almost ’bouillon’-like appearance. Rather weak aroma of old apple, wet and old cardboard (even very old books), soft paprika, onsetting oxidation, peach, bread crust, dry jute cloth, fried egg, diluted yellow tea, dried banana, young ’jenever’, dry earth, hay, old cheese, dried apricot, ripe gooseberry, dried ginger, barbecued chicken, very old white pepper. Fruity onset, hints of peach, banana and unripe pear, only very subduedly sweetish and softly sourish with a soft bittering edge from the start, spritzy carbo with further souring and minerally effects, vaguely bready and somewhat grainy malt middle, offering not much of a background for the rest and suffering a bit from the sharp carbonation while a certain fruitiness continues and yeasty spice notes (cloves, pepper, dried ginger) appear towards the end; finishes dryish but much in the same way as it began, i.e. lacking sweetness and rotundity, yet gaining a hayish and softly spicy hop bitterishness - which offers some balance against the malt and fruit character. Ends in wryness of ’jenever’-like alcohol adding further drought but not in a very enjoyable way; luckily some yeasty ’breadiness’ and powderiness soften this effect, especially after adding the yeast sediment. Dusty, messy, almost coming across as amateuristic: this is disappointing, even if the bottle is probably too old already (despite the label saying best before December 2016) or has been kept in anything but favorable circumstances. The proteins yield an unpleasant fried chicken-like aroma, there is onsetting but undeniable oxidation which does not make things any better, and the suspension of dead things does not make it look attractive, but still I can imagine this being quite alright (yet doubtlessly a bit boring) when young, though it would certainly have been way too alcoholic back then as well. The intentions are good, but this to me is not very pleasant and not suitable for ageing even before it hits its own BBD. Somewhat disappointed, actually.

33cl bottle shared with Kermis. Thin white head. Very hazy light amber pour. Not bad.

Bottle shared. Hazy dark golden with a small cream head. Aroma of yeast, herbs, light fruit, light malt, caramel and fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. [13-07-2016]

Cloudy deep brown colour, small but stable frothy light tan head, thin yeasty layer remains, fair lacing. Sweet malty aroma, roasted, brown sugar, chocolate, caramel, cinnamon. Taste heavy to medium sweet, light bitter, roasted. Medium body, oily texture, bit sharp mouthfeel, soft carbonation, aftertaste medium bittersweet, spicy touch. All in all a nice dubbel.

----Best before december 2014 . Drank 31st december 2014 . BAM !!! -------- From bottle . Pours hazy blonde , with small , completely unseperateable floaters . Small white head. Smell is hoppy bitterness , sharp grains . Pretty average tripel scent . Taste is also a one-of-a-dozen tripel . Banana-yeastyness, malty backbone, sugary dryness, tad sweet , some bitter aspects .

Resurrection of an old-fashioned dubbel that had been ’extinct’ for a long time. Light beige, creamy but thin head, deep brownish burgundy colour, very dark but still transparent and clear. Sweet and malty aroma, chocolate, port wine, pear, cinnamon, walnuts, grass, black pepper. Sweet candied fruits in the mouth, pretty sharp carbo for this style, caramelly, nutty and chocolatey malts, light spicy hints, pleasant and well-balanced with a gentle herbal and lightly peppery hop bitterishness in the finish. Stereotypical but tasty and well made.

at beerweekend de lambiekstoempers 2014 . Pours clear brown , small white head (almost none ) Smell is sweet, chocolate . Taste is sweet , sugar , bit of chocolate . Way to sweet and simple . Thin mouthfeel , ok carbo . 3,1/5 Rerate / Bottle at home . Pretty damn spot on woth the previous entry ( text-wise ) , but not feeling OK with the previous score . Would give 3,5 now. Pulling the medium to 3,3

gouden/geel met minimale witte kraag, waarbij de sinaasappelschilletjes en het gist vrolijk in het glas rond dansen. aroma komt floraal over tezamen met sinaasappel/mandarijntjes, koriander. smaken zijn matig zoet, matig bitter, normale sterkte, redelijk fruitig van sinaasappel, citrus, met een koriander kruidigheid, gist en wat exotische fruiten. medium body, glad van textuur, lage co2, afdronk is een beetje droog. --- Beer merged from original tick of De Lelie Paus on 23 May 2018 at 15:29 - Score: 7

Slightly hazy light amber golden colour, white head. Aroma of banana, malts, yeast, spices and candy sugar. Sweet flavour, malts, spices. Quite alcoholic. Sweet finish, banana yeast, light cloves. It?s a Belgian blonde alright. (draught @ Café Onder de Lindekens, Vosselaar)

Bottle, 8.5% about 450 yen from Sugaya. This Belgian Strong Ale pours a cloudy dark gold with potent fruity belgian yeasty aroma with biscuit, cream, plum notes. Nice flavor! Light but very effervescent carbonation, sweet malts, vanilla, hints of candied fruits. The finish has a touch of a grainy malt sweetness though. Overall a pretty good beer. Drunk from a St-Feuillien chalice type glass...