On tap at Hops, Crewe – therefore a 7.5% rather than 8%. Pours a cloudy golden peach with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. There’s a slightly strange aroma of bacon, biscuits, Belgian hops and yeast. In the mouth it has a slightly sweet coating with underlying sharpness. Flavours are Belgian yeast, coriander, spice and hints of banana and vanilla later on. Finish is somewhat dry. This is a decent solid tripel.

Tap at Gallows Bird, Tapola. Colour is Cloudy yellow with Large white head
Aromas and flavours: Sweetness, Wheat, Fruits, grain...

33 cl bottle. Hazy golden colour with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma with citrus, bread, pale malts, grasses, and fruits. The taste is light bitter. Medium body, rather rich for a Helles. Drying finish with lingering pale malts. Interesting mixture of styles and brewing traditions. A very peculiar Helles.

Blonde in colour, some haziness but maybe a bit more clear than usual for a belgian blonde. A quite big, pillowy and quite frothy white head that shows good retention and very nice lacing. Good enough intensity in the aroma, with a malty base of puff pastry and lighter hay, followed by fruity notes (peach, lighter pear and lemonish notes), grassy freshness and perhaps a hint of spiciness (can't detect something specific). Taste notes follow the aroma, a bit of earthiness shows up in finish/aftertaste but the beer feels overall cleaner/more nitid than most belgian blondes. There's a decent amount of sweetness, well balanced by moderate bitterness (with a hint of earthiness to it) and by a hint of refreshing lemonish sourness. Light body, average to high, fizzy carbonation; feels pleasantly lively in the mouth but still very slick and easy. A very good example of the style.

Belgian yeast and caramel aroma. Hazy dark brown color, long head. Moderately sweet , low bitterness, some crispy note. Not very smooth texture, a bit thin body.