7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (BB 12/2007)
Hazy orange-yellow color, with small steady beige head. Aroma is yeasty, slightly citrusy-fruity with hints of spices and cardboard. Crisp carbonated mouthfeel. Very citrusy and acidy flavor. Long citrusy aftertaste with yeasty notes. This is really acidy tripel.
Hazy orange-yellow color, with small steady beige head. Aroma is yeasty, slightly citrusy-fruity with hints of spices and cardboard. Crisp carbonated mouthfeel. Very citrusy and acidy flavor. Long citrusy aftertaste with yeasty notes. This is really acidy tripel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2005
at 05:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (BBE 2004)
Hazy honey-orange color, good off-white color. Lots of floating yeast particles. Aroma starts metallic, then fruity- apricot, yeast, smoke, chestnut and anise - when it warms licorice.. Sweetish fruity: pear, typical St. Bernardus yeasty licorice flavor. Bitterish long aftertaste. Complex and rich abbey triplel.
Hazy honey-orange color, good off-white color. Lots of floating yeast particles. Aroma starts metallic, then fruity- apricot, yeast, smoke, chestnut and anise - when it warms licorice.. Sweetish fruity: pear, typical St. Bernardus yeasty licorice flavor. Bitterish long aftertaste. Complex and rich abbey triplel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2005
at 09:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (BB 11/2007)
Chestnut brown, a bit hazy, good off-white head. Aroma has roasted malts, soy sauce and cheese plus hints of "Bernardus" licorice. Medium-bodied. Bun yeasty flavor, cloves and raisins, late light alcoholic bitterness. Some licorice also in the flavor. Quite easy to drink Belgium. Well-balanced "low-alcohol" abbey ale.
Chestnut brown, a bit hazy, good off-white head. Aroma has roasted malts, soy sauce and cheese plus hints of "Bernardus" licorice. Medium-bodied. Bun yeasty flavor, cloves and raisins, late light alcoholic bitterness. Some licorice also in the flavor. Quite easy to drink Belgium. Well-balanced "low-alcohol" abbey ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2005
at 14:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (BB 11/2009)
Good beer to enjoy just the after election of new Pope :)
hazy nut brown, decent foamy off-white head. Much lighter nose than in Abt 12, licorice and anise dominates the aroma. Flavor is quite similar to Abt 12 but lacking the alcoholic burn: licore, raisins, alcohol picks up in the finish.
Good beer to enjoy just the after election of new Pope :)
hazy nut brown, decent foamy off-white head. Much lighter nose than in Abt 12, licorice and anise dominates the aroma. Flavor is quite similar to Abt 12 but lacking the alcoholic burn: licore, raisins, alcohol picks up in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2005
at 12:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (BB 10/2009)
My 1000th rating, also nice to reach place 50 in "the most ratings from Belgium RB TOP50 list" with this beer.
Dark hazy nut brown, tight brown head. Aroma of licorice, grapefruit, Pernod, sweet plums and apricot. Flavor has raisins, licorice, roasted malts and lots of alcohol - palate is more rude than in Westy12. Funny beer: same time creamy smooth mouthfeel and whiskey-like alcoholic burn. Very long alcoholic bitter aftertaste. Complex beer and worth of its fame but not par with Westy12.
My 1000th rating, also nice to reach place 50 in "the most ratings from Belgium RB TOP50 list" with this beer.
Dark hazy nut brown, tight brown head. Aroma of licorice, grapefruit, Pernod, sweet plums and apricot. Flavor has raisins, licorice, roasted malts and lots of alcohol - palate is more rude than in Westy12. Funny beer: same time creamy smooth mouthfeel and whiskey-like alcoholic burn. Very long alcoholic bitter aftertaste. Complex beer and worth of its fame but not par with Westy12.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2005
at 10:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Blonde ale with a white thin bubbled head. Oxidized spicey malt aroma with gin alcohol. Light sweet malt, dryish, with light coriander and oxidation traces. Creamy mouthfeel and medium bodied.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2005
at 21:47
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
From the tap. Huge malty aroma with light fruit. This beer looks great. There is a huge brown head that lasts almost too long as you wait to drink it. It slowly dies down to a rocky head, and finally leaves a thick lace on the glass. Flavor of medium-sweet malt. There is fruit and minor spice qualities. After taste is also light fruit. Very heavy palate. Definitely a sipper; it is a beer to take your time with.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2005
at 13:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
2004 bottle at the downtown liquors Trippel tasting, 3/24/05. Lightly cloudy, soft, golden-yelow body with a medium sized white head and only minimal retention. Aroma has notes of meaty, bordering on vegetal, yeastiness and heavily boiled, old hops. Faint notes of coriander are the only bitter aspect I find in the aroma, which is mainly a lightly astringent, dusty, meaty yeast, with some light caramelized sugar or caravienne malt. Very odd aroma, all told, no perfuminess, or citrus fruits. Upon first taste, it’s way too carbonated and the body seems weak and broken apart. Spicy yeast, slight malt sweetness on the end and a high alcohol apparency, which is strange, as this is the lowest abv we tried of all the trippels present. Finishes too dry from the alcohol and has a strange, almost cardboard-like flavor. Seems old and tired. A sample an hour later, after it had breathed, proved to be much more entertaining. Gone was the horribly interuptive carbonation, and in its place was a chewy, fairly substantial caramel malt, with light cream notes and more lemon and coriander on the end. A bit of dough and not as much of the off-flavors of veggies and cardboard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2005
at 09:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This beer is a dark mahogany color with a thick beige head that never goes away. Thin, sticky lacing. The aroma consists of yeast, spices and some banana. Medium-bodied with flavors of fruit (cherry mostly), yeast, spices and a bit of alcohol. The flavor falls off a bit and it would have been a lot better with more malt flavor. The finish is vinous and somewhat bitter. All in all a pretty good Dubbel.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2005
at 13:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
"Bomber" bottle. I got to sample this from close to the bottom of the bottle, so it was cloudy and particulate with conditioning yeast. Smell of apricot and peach, with some spiciness. somehow it’s both slightly dry, yet distincly fruity in taste, and a bit grassy. Finish is slightly "juicy fruity."
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2005
at 11:07