10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
I really enjoy visiting Achel Abbey, so when last year, on a rainy but sunny summer day, the bartender let us know they had changed the recipe of their two patersbieren and pumped them up to 7%, I was really eager to try them. I must say the beers have got better with the change and, also, the blond one is now superb; magnificent! Among the ranks of the greatest ever. So go there, try it and judge. Here's my tasting: It pours hazy golden with an ephemerous white head ("ephemerous", pedantic for short lived). Aroma is lemon, coriander, pineapple, lawn, ginger... varied, fragrant, and intense. Taste is dry and powerful, perfectly assembled, lively and displaying a surprisingly (for a Trappist ale) bitter finish. I'll definetely try to drink it again.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2018
at 20:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Cambrinus, Bruges, 21/01/18. Rich chestnut brown with a decent light beige cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is malt forward, light spice, caramel, sticky toffee pudding, brown sugar melt. Taste comprises sweet malts, caramel, bread pudding, dates, fruit loaf, dried fruits, slight tangy edge. Medium plus body, fine to prickly carbonation, semi drying close. Decent Belgo strong ... holds the ABV well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2018
at 05:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
11.2 ounce bottle, best before August 17th, 2018.
Pours a fairly clear gold, initially large head of foam, shrinking slowly, not much lacing.
Smells spicy, hoppy, notes of coriander, pepper, light grass, picking up some fruit, sweet malt
Spicy taste up front, from the hops and yeast. Coriander and very much the pepper. Malt is semi sweet, earthy, adding much delicious flavour. A spicier Tripel than say, the Chimay but equally acceptable and enjoyable.
Pours a fairly clear gold, initially large head of foam, shrinking slowly, not much lacing.
Smells spicy, hoppy, notes of coriander, pepper, light grass, picking up some fruit, sweet malt
Spicy taste up front, from the hops and yeast. Coriander and very much the pepper. Malt is semi sweet, earthy, adding much delicious flavour. A spicier Tripel than say, the Chimay but equally acceptable and enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2018
at 17:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0,33 l bottle. Pours golden yellow with a finger of quickly dissipating white head until only a veil remains. Aroma of bread, yeast, light honey, some citrus and herbal hop aroma. Taste is medium sweet, light to medium bitter. Body is full, texture creamy and carbonation lively. Finish is long, initial sweetness is slowly overrun by earthy, herbal, spicy bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2017
at 12:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Fles gedeeld met LiekevdV. Het is een lichtbruin bier met weinig schuim. Het aroma is een beetje moutig. De smaak is moutig en licht gebrand.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2017
at 10:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het heeft een helder oranjeachtige kleur met medium schuimkraag. De geur is moutig en karamelachtig. De smaak is wat zoet, Karamel en licht fruitig.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2017
at 10:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(bottle, 75cl) Hazy, pale golden colour with a big and blond foamy head. Yeasty, malty aroma with notes of cereals, bread, honey and flowery hops. Moderately sweet flavour, full bodied with a modest carbonation. Grainy malt character with Belgian yeasty spice, white bread, a touch of honey and flowery hops towards the finish, getting slightly grassy at the very end. Decent. 26.XII.17
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2017
at 18:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
mørk brun farge med mye beige skum. Lukter malt, krydder. godt karbonert. God.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2017
at 12:52
7/10
Mørk brun klar med fingerhøyt beige skum. Lukter nøtter, lett brent karamell og noe papir og pepper. Middels fylde. Søt maltig, noe kaffe, lett bitter brent karamell og rosiner.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2017
at 12:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bouteille: Golden, hazy, big and stable beaten-egg-white-like head, solid nose of grains, honey and yeast with shy herbal hops in the background; solid sweet flavour with a delicate bitterness, full bodied and astonishingly soft; slightly lingering - a bit boozy - sweet malty finish with a delicate hoppy note. Good, but not great...
Tried
on 26 Dec 2017
at 02:33