(Bottle, 0.375 l, at Tuulensuu, 20120811) The beer poured golden and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, grass, hops and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, grass, malts, Belgian style yeast and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy, fruity and bitter. A very tasty hoppy and clearly Belgian style beer.

Brown 75cl bottle: best before 21 May 2013, brewed 21 May 2011 and opened 01 July 2012 and poured into three glasses in one go, to try and keep the sediment at bay. Even so the beer was a misty/cloudy looking brew of old gold: on top of each glass a thin wispy head that wasn’t intending to stay around for long and didn’t. Spices in the nose along with the sweeter citrus fruits (oranges/tangerines etc. etc), add some yeast esters and a tablespoon full of sugar and you’ve got the aroma. The taste is very simular to the smells and there is very little hop presence to give any balance or bitterness. Corinader is mentioned on the label and I tried to find the flavour within the beer but failed. Not a great example of a Belgian Tripel but a different slant on the style maybe and not what I was expecting.

75 cl bottle @ Gastropub Tuulensuu, bottled 25.02.2012, BBE 25.02.2014
Aroma is sweet and stale with some brown sugar, licorice and hints of sourness. Flavour is sweetish with licorice, some brown sugar, dark fruits and hints of nuts. Coffee starts to add up towards the end of the glass. Your typical (dark) Belgian strong.

Zythos Bierfestival 2012, Leuven, Belgium. It pours clear deep gold with near white head. The aroma offers up sugar sweet mango sweetness that is lightened by some spicy like hops. The taste is smooth and has a mix of smooth sweet malts, grainy malts, citrus hops and some mango like notes. Around the edges I get notes of spicy hops helping this get into the finish. Pretty nice crisp session beer with nice fairly rich flavor yet extremely drinkable.

75 cl. bottle sampled @ ZBF 2012 // clear yellow with a white head // smell is quite fruity & touch sweet, peaches, exotic fruits, tangerines // taste is sweet upfront, fruity, exotic fruits, hops, followed by herbs, grains, yeast, bitter lemon & spices // body is a touch light (too light // too many averaging ‘hop’ beers coming out in Belgium these days

15cl sample @ ZBF’12. Dorée, col blanc fin. Citronné houblonné qui reste bien en avant sur le palais, le tout est sec avec un semblant de houblon donnant un léger côté épicé en bouche, herbacé et ce profile malt typique.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Maenhout Hoppa Hontas Sorachi Ace (by Brouwerij Maenhout):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

28/IV/2012 - 75cl @ ZBF 2012 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2012-421)

Clear orange beer, big aery white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, pineapple, lychees, passion fruits, mandarins, little cheesy. MF: a bit too much carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very cheesy, yeast character, lemon, little fruity, bit soapy bitterness. Aftertaste: citrus peel, some spices, bitter herbal ending. Pretty good, simply LOVE the label!

Bottle. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, sugar, spices, yeast, hop, malt. Flavour is sweet, sugar, fruit, orange, dried fruits, alcohol, spices, yeast, hop, malt. Nice/OK beer.

Bottle 750ml @ yngwie
Pours cloudy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt and dried fruits. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent, Belgie, 12th November 2011 consumed at home 25th November 2011. Pours puddle brown, little powdery, even a tad gritty. Fruity, spicy with a light sourness and good tanginess. Malty its not bad. I think that I had this at Hasselt but forgot to rate it. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov13 3.1