Bottled (BB 06/2006)
Hazy nut brown, good creamy head. Dry aroma of wheat and barley - a bit spicey too. Acidic starting mouthfeel then turning sweeter. Licorice, leather, yeast and malt in the flavor. Dry yeasty aftertaste.

Bottle. Nice aroma, yeasty, sweet and fruity. Clear golden colour. The head is white and semi-stable. Looks fine and creamy. Flavour is also quite yeasty. The bitterness is uncompromising, but without getting too harsh for me. The flavour is very clean compared to other tripels, which suits me fine. Carbonation is below average and gives the beer a creamy feel. In my opinion, this is one of the better examples of a tripel.

1998 vintage at Kulminator, May 2005. Dark brown ale with burgundy hue and a light moka head. Light caramelized sugar in mouth, with milk chocoalte notes. Lightly sour notes. Beer as maderized nicely, bringing out woody notes in this sour brown ale.

Undated bottle from Julio’s, consumed on 6/27/2005. From the condition of the label and cap, and the time I’ve seen this on the shelf, and more importantly, the flavor, I’d pin this at somewhere around 2 years of age, perhaps a bit less.
The carbonation has begun to recede, and the head, while lasting and lacing, is not as full and fluffy as it must have been when fresh; which is understandable. Anyways, it still has respectable retention, and the bottom of the bottle is just completely covered with dark sediment. Fine bubbles rise from the bottom of the glass when poured, with bits of sediment floaties. The beer is very hazy, obviously, and an amber-copper color, with straw-yellow colors on the edges. The head is white. Aroma smells of fluffy white bread with warm honey on it, quite doughy and yeasty. Light spice notes of pepper and with some definite fruit esters. Full and malty, the aroma promises good things. Flavor does begin with a good malt base, sweet bread and dough, light bits of yellow fruits (lemons and oranges), some red apples and then a good amount of bitterness, dry and not terribly flavorful for hops. I get a little bit of powdery sugar, unfortunately, which I can’t stand, adding a slightly artificial sweetness and powdery texture. Slightly fizzy mouthfeel, but after breathing, these issues are not as pronounced. Honey and graham crackers, dry grains, dry peppery hops bitterness. Finishes lightly sweet, with chewy yeast and moderate bitterness. Some metallic notes from the old yeast sitting at the bottom. I don’t find near as much tartness as everyone else.

Bottled. Clear amber, small head. Aroma of toffee and red berries. Dry and very minerally with hints of blue cheese. Medium bodied with clean, firm malt character and some orangey/grassy hops. Salty finish. Well balanced and very drinkable, but damn close to impossible to order unless you speak Flemish...

Bottled. Dark ruby. Roasty and lightly almondy. Clean mouthfeel. There’s notes of licorice and sugar, but the flavour is surprisingly neutral. Salty finish.

(Bottle 33 cl) Dark amber with a full and frothy head. Very dry, almost ashy flavours - far from the malty sweetness one would expect in a Dubbel. An odd sour finish almost reminiscent of Rodenbach although somehow not as quenching. An odd bird indeed. 301297 (Bottle 33 cl) As "Drongens Plezierke"Dark beer with a huge head. Soft and very malty notes in a nice balance with the hops. Very tasty and easy to drink - in spite of the alcohol. My kinda beer. 8/4/8/4/16= 4 130694

(Bottle 33 cl) Comes as "Witkap Pater Stimulo". Pale, cloudy golden with a neat, white head. Lovely flowery nose, and is that some wheaty, fruity esters I detect in there? Actually I do get a witbier-feel about this - could be the spicing. But this is fresh and quenching, and a very atypical abbey ale. 210697

(Bottle 33 cl) Dark brown with a decent, creamy head. Roasted, malty notes and even some hints of chocolate. Pleasantly dry though, making this a good experience. Short, hoppy finish. 130697

Very pale gold; virtually no head, just white rim. Typical grain/maltceiling nose. Grains, sweet malt taste, but with a fresh pinch of hops. Very light, watery texture. The bottom-fermenting beers from Slaghmuylder deserve to be unfiltered. Still they always feature this fresh character.