Mild hefiger Beginn. Weich herber Beginn, eher trocken, mild würzig. Wenig herber Mittelteil, milder Nachhall. 8/8/7/8//8

Bottled. Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, some yeasty notes, mild herbs, grains and some slight acidicness. Flavour is bitter, with some fruits, mild yeast and slight crisp maltiness.

Live rating. 33cl bottle: BBD May 2018. Obtained from De Bierboom, Brugge: cheers as always Rudy for stocking such rarities. Poured slowly into a Westmalle chalice at home on 28th March 2017. I tried to keep the sediment out, but some must have seeped through: slight hazy golden body, full, smooth white blanket of foam on top. I’ll add the remainder of the bottle and sediment towards the end of my tasting. Yeasty nose with a mild fruity/citrusy ester alongside a light maltiness. Highly carbonated, almost ’fizzy’ to be honest, might be better mouthfeel wise with a little more age: had a ’young, green’ feel. Good, hop bitter bite, which would mellow I suspect as the young, greenness fell away. OK, time to add the dregs from the bottle: obviously changed the colour of the beer in my glass to a darker, old gold, murky looking brew, the white blanket on top unmoved by the new addition. More yeastier than the first pour, less citrus, more grainy, more oomph. Liked it clean and liked it with the sediment added later. Another good beer from Rudy at Bierboom.

At Bruges Beer Fest 2017. Pours dark blonde with a minimal white head. The aroma contains hops, caramel, yeast and alcohol. It tastes light sweet and medium to heavy bitter. Short finish, the bitterness tones down, alcohol kicks in. Fizzy carbonation and oily texture. Not in balance.

Beer paired with it’s music ! Pours unclear yellow, good white head. Smell is weak, bit sweet, some coriander. taste is sharp bitter, I still seem to taste coriander, but far less than the scent. Bit dry. Mild maltyness. Very overcarbonated, otherwise a nice beer , but not the greatest by far. At least way way better than the tripel.

Pours rather unclear, warm blonde. Ok white head. Smell is doughy, bit malts. Taste is bit sweet, some funky grains. This is weird. It has an apple-like funkyness i previously only had in lambics, yet its pretty far from what a lambic is. Bit yeasty, but not a very typical yeastyness. Ok, bit dry ending . Ends a bit... ’off’ . I’d almost say plastic ,but it’s not completely what i mean. It had elements i liked, but the more the beer warmed up, the more ’off’ it became. Maybe a flaw, maybe a taste i do not know yet , but the more i drink the less i enjoy this...

Imported from my RateBeer account as Bryggja Mysticum Cosmic Tripel (by Bryggja):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5

24/XII/16 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: VII/2016 (2016-1490)

Clear orange beer, creamy off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, some banana, peaches, sweet malts, caramel, pretty floral, soapy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very soapy start, bitter, floral, somewhat sweet, sugary, lavender. Aftertaste: bitter, soapy, floral, some banana, hoppy finish.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Bryggja Mysticum Cosmic Ale (by Bryggja):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

24/XII/16 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: VII/2016 (2016-1489)

Clear pale blond beer, big creamy solid white head, pretty stable, adhesive. Aroma: grains, very malty, fruity touch, some citrus, bit soapy. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty soapy, herbal, citrus, fruity notes, some grapefruit, bit grassy. Aftertaste: little bitter, sourish, lemony, grapefruit, bit soapy.

One of two beers made for and named after a Norwegian black metal band - it seems every rock or metal band needs their own beer these days... This one is the tripel version. Bottle from Wijnegemse Drankenhal (the first place in Belgium which officially sells it). Firm, thick, regularly shaped and surprisingly stable, moussy, snow white head leaving some lacing and sitting atop a hazy peach blonde beer with deeper, bronze-ish orange glow, perturbed by strings of vivid sparkling; obviously turning an equal, cloudy deep and ’dirty’ orange with sediment. Aroma of dried orange peel, (way too) strong phenols reminiscent of band aid and chlorine (swimming pool even), old dry ginger, toast, apricot, green olive, chicken spices, fermenting tree leaves, tamarillo, green banana, dust, iron, old biscuit, whisky, hay, persimmon, moist cigarette tobacco, fried potatoes, white pepper. Fruity onset, sourish redcurrant mixed with sweetish banana, orange and apricot, some vague olive-like umami behind it; mouthfeel is slick and supple, with lower carbonation than expected (and even a bit lower than average for a tripel). Caramelly and bready malt sweetness in the middle, something metallic alongside, carrying the fruity esters onwards to a dry, bittering finish in which the malt sweetness is superseded by a long, resinous, tonic water- and wormwood-like, earthy hop bitterness. The band aid phenols return retronasally - unpleasantly so - and all the way at the back, a wodka-like alcohol effect comes through, establishing a wry effect and some heat on the root of the tongue, along with lingering yeast bitterness. This alcohol should be better hidden, but I have more problems with the highly phenolic character of this beer: Belgian ale styles should show a subtle degree of phenols so that a gentle spicy effect is added, but if they are too abundant as is the case here, very unpleasant chemical and medicinal effects appear. Apart from that, which in my view is this beer’s biggest issue, this is a big, malty and hoppy tripel, one on the bitter side of the spectrum, but too rough on the edges for my personal liking. Reminds me of Van Steenberge’s Piraat 10.5 and its aliases, in looks (amberish), in its metallic side effect and in its rather unsophisticated, alcoholic and phenolic flavor. Drinkable, but far from refined.

Bottle kindly donated by Benzai, many thanks. Golden color with medium white head. Citrus hops, light malt in aroma. Taste, perfumed malt, citrus hops. Drinkable, bit boring.