7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2020
at 10:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Bram, Thanks! Murky brown colour, beige foam. Nose of dried fruit (plums, raisins), whisky, booze. Taste is boozy, medium sweet, light bitter finish with whisky notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2020
at 06:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle as a gift from Bram. Thanks! Murky amber/brownish colour, beige foam. Nose of sweet malts, candied fruit, some light roastiness and whisky. Taste is medium sweet, also some nice bitterness, whisky finish. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2020
at 07:33
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
14/06/2020 - draught glass @Chalet 't Zakske.
Cloudy blonde, nice creamy white head. Nose is malts, bit spicy yeast, hops. Taste is nice fresh hops, bitter, refreshing blonde.
Cloudy blonde, nice creamy white head. Nose is malts, bit spicy yeast, hops. Taste is nice fresh hops, bitter, refreshing blonde.
Tried
from Draft
at
Chalet 't Zakske
on 14 Jun 2020
at 10:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tripel by De Meester, depicting a dominatrix on its front label, hence also the name - one wonders why this theme was chosen... Very thick and rocky, egg-white, cobweb-lacing, stable head on an initially clear, warm 'metallic' old gold coloured beer with visible sparkling; turns hazy and deeper peachy-gold with sediment. Aroma of banana, coriander seed, white bread slices, raw turnip, freshly cut green apples, white pepper, honey, plaster, pear, withering grass, young 'jenever'. Sweetish onset, strong banana ester with hints of apple, pear and peach, lively carbonated with sourish effect but nowhere harshly numbing; slick but full white-bready pale malt sweetish core with some residual, honeyish sugariness on top, but nowhere cloying. Coriander seed spiciness in the finish, though not in an exaggerated manner, along with floral hops that actually match the coriander quite well; more bitterness, however, comes from hot, astringent, 'white' gin-like alcohol, becoming very prevalent in the end. Too prevalent, in fact: even in a near-10% ABV tripel, the alcohol ought to be better masked than this. Otherwise correct, ticking all the boxes of the style without actually adding anything to it; a clean, straightforward and stereotypical tripel. I am left wondering why on earth this beer needed to be created, all the more so because De Meester actually already has a standard tripel... 'Unnecessary' is an understatement in this case.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2020
at 12:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Brown colour with lasting head and some chunks. Aroma and flavour have a nice mix of sweet malts and rounded, floral, bitter hop,
Tried
on 30 May 2020
at 15:33
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Belgian Brewed. Dark murky brown colour, thin beige foam. Nose of dried fruit: plums, apricot. Sweet malty with caramel notes. Some vanilla and a light bitter finish. Very well balanced for this high ABV. The barrel isn't overpowering but gives a smoothness to the beer. Rather thick and syrupy. Again a nice beer from Brambrass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2020
at 17:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden blond colour, white foam. Some fruitiness, banana, yeasty, a bit sweet, some harsh notes, a bit alcoholic.
Tried
on 24 May 2020
at 10:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear mahogany brown colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have sweet brown sugar and cakey notes. Typical Belgian yeast. Dried fruits. Sweet sherry.
Tried
on 17 May 2020
at 20:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark amber colour, white foam. Sweet, alcoholic, notes of peach, sweet malts, rather alcoholic finish.
Tried
on 15 May 2020
at 21:31