Muddied, hazy brown coloured body with a deep brass and ruby coloured body and absolutely no head or movement at all. Aroma of honey, yeast ,bread, alcohol, raisins, figs, earth, clay and a good amount of scotch - nice and complex in the smell. Medium-bodied; Assertrive prune and raisin sweetness up front with a little earthy bite at the end of malt and a thinnish, metallic twang at the end. Aftertaste is surprisingly simple and one-dimensional with just a deep earthy bitterness noticeable and some very light caramelised sugar flavours - no complexity, no sweetness and no depth. Overall, sort of an enigma where a beer with not a great look leads to an amazing smell, but is followed up by a mildish flavour and then a finish with no character at all - wierd; Decent at best and disappointing for sure. I’m glad I actually purchased this in the USA and didn’t bring it back from Belgium! I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 25-April-2014 for US$3,80 sampled at home in Washington on 14-July-2014 a few days before returning to New York.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Achilles Serafijn Blond (by Microbrouwerij Achilles):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

24/VI/14 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk) @ home - BB: n/a (2014-665)

Clear dark blond to beige beer, big creamy white head, very stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing. Aroma: pretty spicy, candi sugar, coriander, bit dusty, orange peel, floral notes, banana and yeast. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: grains, sweet malts, citrus, hay, bit spicy, coriander, pretty bitter, floral. Aftertaste: chocolate bitterness, some banana, alcohol, yeast, spicy, dry, bit grassy, alcohol burn, which is weird for this beer, almonds and marzipan on warming up.

Bouteille: Golden, hazy, minimalistic fluffy head, visible carbonation; moderate nose of honey and toasted malt; pretty sweet flavour, medium to full bodied; drier, hoppier and more alcoholic in the slightly lingering finish. O.K., but not too exciting…

Thx! 33 cl. bottle sampled @ Gollem. Dark brown with a huger creamy brown head. Smells very sweet with cocoa, sugar and mocha. Tastes like coca-cola, very sweet with molasses, brown sugar, caramel, sweet spices, dark fruits. Sweet & sticky body. Another sweet Belgian and this one is quite soda-like but enjoyable at least, agreeable, I can live with this, substantial.

Spicy and herbal darkish beer. With a malty and slightly fruity body and a bit of hops.

Tasty Belgian tripel. Spicy and malty body, with a nice hoppy note, very balanced.

Decent Belgian blond beer. Body of grainy malt and yeast, with some fruits and aroma hop.

Tasty dark Belgian beer. Malty body, with lots of added spices and dominant yeast.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Achilles Serafijn Heksemiebier (by Microbrouwerij Achilles):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

6/IV/14 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk) @ Akke's place, Ronde van Vlaanderen marathon - BB: 25/X/14 (2014-344)

Clear golden blond beer, huge off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very spicy, quite some orange peel, bit sweet, honey, floral and grassy notes, some hay, fruity touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: malty touch, some citrus, bit of alcohol, sourish, floral touch, spicy, coriander. Aftertaste: orange peel, spicy, coriander, bit floral, some alcohol, bit of a metallic bitterness. Way better than expected!

Imported from my RateBeer account as Achilles Serafijn Kerstlicht (by Microbrouwerij Achilles):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

3/IV/14 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk) @ home - BB: 16/VIII/14 (2014-331)

Clear orange beer, creamy solid off-white head, stable, adhesive. Aroma: lots of caramel, vanilla, very sugary, sweet malts. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: some banana, sweet, malty, bit sourish, sugary, little bitter, some orange peel. Aftertaste: lots of banana, banana peel, unpleasant bitterness, some overripe fruits.