Very good hop aroma, especially for a Belgian ale. Flavor is sweet and yeasty, some spices, light coriander. Yeast is definitely Belgian. The best tripel I have had in a long time.

An interesting take on the style. I do prefer something a little more traditional, but this was a success. Sour and spicy aroma. A cloudy yellow beer, not brown or red. Very sour flavor. Some hop presence. I did get grape, before I knew it was made with grapes. Oak as well. I do like that this is exceptionally sour, but there was a grainy character that i just didn’t care for. Quite good anyway.

RBSG 2007 Grand Tasting. Cloudy white body with a small white head. Sour wheat and fruit aroma. Sour grapefruit flavor with some light lemon in the ending.

Thanks Andrew (hophead75) for getting this for me from the brewery. 750ml bottle with a mangled label. Pours lemon juice yellow, such a light colored beer with absolutely no clarity in it. Full of yellow light but cannot see through it at all. Aroma was strong of bretty lemon juice for me. Smelled like lemon musk. Taste was cazy acidic and full of lemon brett. Think lemon juice, add white grapes with a mix of brett. It should have been called lemonade brett. Light and refreshing overall. Spritzy, spiky mouthfeel, tickling my cheeks. Very dry and acidic finish.

Update: was able to sample again, bottle at Blind Tiger. Despite my state at the tijme of the above rating, my notes were actually spot on. I wanted to add that when you get your snooze in there and really take it in there is also a cherry aroma that comes off of fresh brett. Also definite grapefruit juice flavors. A killer brew from a really good brewer.

Batch 2 - this batch is much more balanced, refined, and subtle than the first - the aroma is quite sour up front, but deeper whiffs reveal the muscat grapes in all their glory, with lovely, soft oak behind it, and subtle herbs - the flavor progresses in much the some way - quite tart and acidic up fron, but once this washes away, the oak comes through strong, but not overpowering, smoothing out the other elements of the beer and pulling them together - this oak quality works really well with the muscat grape flavor that swells up behind it, adding a wonderful, tannic, white wine dimension - but wait, there’s more - there are some herbs coming up from underneath that - thyme, saffron, jasmine - man, now THIS is what I was hoping the first batch would be like! - (batch 1 rating, 3.5)[had this a second time at Blind Tiger, again, thanks to Eugene - I must say after having more of this I really don’t get the super-high ratings - there is a huge lemon presence, at times making the beer taste very much like lemonade - the sourness seems to lack the earthy complexities usually associated with wild yeast - quite acidic on the back end - I know all the locals will crucify me for this, but I have to go against the grain on this one] Thanks to beastiefan2k for sharing - very cloudy yellow pour, with fizzy head/carbonation, and a few flecks of chunky sediment floating around - huge lemon, brett, and bacteria aroma, with a very lactic, berliner weisse-like presence (as dickinsonbeer points out), peppery notes - very dry, but with a refreshing tartness - pear, apple and grape skins take a back seat to the sourness and well-developed brett funk (which will probably be huge with a little aging) - mild white pepper spice, pineapple and lemon verbena round things out - while I can’t call this beer an earth-shattering drinking experience, I do love what this brewer is doing.

Deep golden colour. Lots of sparkle but the head doesn’t hold. Fruity, diverse aroma (plum, pear, pomegranate, guava, pineapple and on it goes). Bready malts, light alcohol in there as well. Great concept - the "American-style" ramped-up hops add so much complexity to that fruitiness in the aroma and to a lesser extent on the palate. Nice bitterness - after the number of cloying American (and Canadian) tripels this is really nice to see. Grapefruit, lots of bready malt and a kiss of late alcohol. Just enough yeastiness that you don’t forget it’s a tripel. Cool shit.