5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

33cl bottle from De Achelse Kluis bottle shop. F: deep pink, thin, average retention. C: dark red, hazy. A: a lot of cherries, bit cherries candy. T: light body, light cherries candy but not so sweet, bit lemon, I don’t remember non alc. Kriek even, soft carbonation, ok for lemonade.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

33cl bottle from De Achelse Kluis bottle shop. F: medium, egg-white, almost good retention. C: coppery, hazy. A: malty, herbal hoppy, bit caramel, banana, honey. T: almost medium body, prominent long lasting bitterness, bit banana, caramel, bready touch, soft carbonation, not bad for low alc. beer, partially enjoyed.

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', best before July 2022. Slightly hazy, amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, slightly bready and minimally fruity-floral aroma of grains, some honey and hints of peach. Quite sweet, malty, a bit fruity-floral taste of grains, some honey, light wort and hints of peach, followed by a short, slightly bitter, gently worty finish. Almost medium-bodied, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Drinkable, inoffensive, could be worse.

6.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', bottled in November 2020. Slightly hazy, deep ruby with a large, foamy, stable, pinkish white head. Intensely sweetish, very fruity aroma of cherry juice and sherbet powder. Rather sweet, a little sourish, very fruity taste of cherry juice, sherbet powder and light lemon, followed by a short, minimally tart finish. Thin to medium body, minimally astringent and quite effervescent mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Overly sweet but still drinkable, taste-wise pretty close to a sweetened Kriek with alcohol.

5.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', bottled in November 2020. Clear, dark ruby with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, slightly fruity aroma of caramel, raisins, prunes and brown sugar. Quite sweet, malty and slightly fruity taste of caramel, raisins, plums, cinnamon and brown sugar, followed by a short, sugary, minimally bitter finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very sweet but still drinkable.

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', best before June 2022. A bit hazy, dark amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, off-white head. Sweetish-malty, gently fruity-floral and a bit artificial aroma of banana juice, vanilla, honey and traces of sultanas. Quite sweet, malty, moderately bitter, gently fruity-floral and a little artificial taste of banana juice, caramel, vanilla, honey and hints of sultanas, followed by a short, slightly bitter, a little yeasty-spicy finish. Medium to full body, smooth, quite creamy and gently effervescent mouthfeel, average to lively carbonation. Hardly different from their Tripel, not overly hoppy, overall decent but also a tad too artificial.

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', bottled in December 2020. A little hazy, deep amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish, gently fruity and a little grassy-spicy aroma of artificial banana, vanilla, honey and light orange peel. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, slightly fruity taste of artificial banana, vanilla, honey and some orange peel, followed by a short, slightly bitter, minimally grassy finish. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Quite okay, a little artificial though.

6

N/A 0.4% - high carbonation, no pronounced flavor, light bitter taste. Luckily not too sweet comparing to most of the other N/A beers. Lacks a bit of personality. It is not really a blond beer, more lager like

4.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

One of the first products by a new company specializing in low alcohol beers - jumping on top of the hype, because low alcohol beers are a commercially very successful trend in Belgium (and other countries) these days. This one, apparently made with three grains (barley, wheat and oats) but also artificial aromas, spices and sucralose (an artificial sweetener low in calories), is supposed to mimick the flavour of the tripel genre, paradoxically so, as one of tripel's main features is of course a high alcohol content - and distinguishes it from an ordinary blonde... Thick and very frothy, very tightly cobweb-lacing, egg-white, pillowy head on an initially clear, deep and warm 'metallic' orange blonde beer with swirls of fierce sparkling throughout, turning misty with sediment. Sweet aroma of honey waffles, plaster, candied peach, soap, banana candy, sugar loaf, old apple cake, candyfloss, baking soda, pumice, whiffs of meringue, natural rubber, dry baker's yeast, cloves, children's medicine, effervescent tablets. Sweet onset with a slight sourish edge, filled with that sucralose I assume, but low in actual fruitiness, even if peach, sweet apple and dried banana aspects are more or less noticeable; medium carb, small-bubbled, soft and quite creamy mouthfeel (the oats, probably), but very soapy as well. Admittedly it does feel 'thicker' than expected from a beer at a mere 0.4% ABV, with a soft, fluffy middle; cereally, soapy-wheaty and a bit caramelly core, with light clove-like spiciness in the end but, more than anything, a dominating plaster- and rubber-like, 'chemical' wryness, reminiscent of aspartame but I guess this is the sucralose again. Some hop bitterness, too, but I cannot get past this unpleasant, almost medicinal wryness - plaster with low-calory sweetener is my last impression upon swallowing. I can understand why brewers make so many attempts at 'colouring' and diversifying the low ABV range in beer these days, there is still a growing market for them, and admittedly some of them are slowly getting better at it. But I'll have even a traditional 'tafelbier' over this one any time, thanks. Not my cup of tea at all, even in spite of the interesting idea; as for its 'tripel' ambitions, this tastes as much like a tripel as e.g. Halve Maan's Sportzot does, a similar product with a comparable flavour profile.