7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tasted under the name of "Veller"Golden beer, with a slight orange shine, well-carbonated under a huge, off-white head, collapsing. End of bottle full of UFO’s. A bit astringent, slightly sweet, pale malt, and a little, if unmistakable, spicy-peppery-alcohol smell. Sharp, bitterish-spicy tripel with typical high attenuation. Strange spicyness, that is difficult to describe; peppery, but also ginger, horseradish and some exotic spice. Yeast makes it more creamy, slightly sweeter, fuller and less sharp. Very dry and astringent MF, a tad aggressive. Well-attenuated but not thin. Again a typical Den Hopperd product, obviously pretty close to the Kameleon Tripel.Earlier Rating: 8/8/2004 Total Score: 3.3Very thick, collapsing off-white head, irregular; hazy orange with greenish shine. Very fruity nose, this time completely orange zeste. Orange peel again in the taste, markedly short bitterish taste, a bit artificial even. Short finish. After some time, there’s a sourish tinge coming up, of the best effect, as it manages to make the whole more balanced at last. Dry beer, dry-out effect. Clearly better than the amber. Unfortunately there’s again a taint that has a medicinal artificial taste. Biological, yes, but what about biological cleanness?
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2007
at 14:08