6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
The blonde version of an alleged recreation of a ‘historic’ beer already brewed in the early twentieth century by the current owner’s great-grandfather if I am correctly informed – with that ‘original’ one being a dubbel and this ‘golden’ one being a present-day addition to the range. Snow white, large-bubbled, rather loosely knit, opening and irregular head on an initially clear, deep and pure yellow golden beer, turning misty and a tad peachy with sediment. Aroma of red apple, green pear, white bread, grass, dry cereals, old potatoes and vague background DMS (overcooked white cabbage). Sweet onset, ripe pear, red apple, light banana, quite sharply carbonated; smooth cereally pale malt sweetishness with honeyish residual sugars on top, balanced by a gentle grassy hop bitter tail. The sweetness dominates, though, and given the lack of inspiration or creativity here we can put this one away as just another pointless addition to the already vast ocean of interchangeable Belgian blondes and tripels, most of them justifying their existence by acting as ‘streekbieren’. Another entrepreneur cashing in on the beer hype by emphasizing story and package (label and name), rather than the beer itself.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2022
at 13:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ Zythos Beer Festival 2022. A clear yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of sweet honey, wax. Taste of sweet pale malt, honey.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2022
at 19:14
6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Roodbruin bier met mooie schuimkraag. Smaak is bitter en licht fris zuur met iets van karamel, wat druiven en bramen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2022
at 18:20
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Donkergeel bier met mooie schuimkraag. Smaak is ietwat zuur en fruitig met iets van ananas, wat pruimen en wat sinaasappel. Ik ken betere tripels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2021
at 20:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Huge, dense, just off-white head over hazy orange beer. Citrus, malts, bit toasted, herbs. Sweet-bitterish with a slight burning-toasted flavour and feel. Sweetish citrus, but als a tad pharmaceutical. Creamy feel from the head, though medium carbonation. Medium bodied. Not an improvement, compared to the first Tipsy. Still far removed from being stellar... Thanks to Stef!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2021
at 06:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear dark brown colour with mahogany hue. Aroma and are malty and slightly woody, oaky. Subtle dryness and vinous red fruit tartness. Full bodied. Interesting and nice.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2021
at 13:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Thick, quite stable, whipped eggwhite-like cream coloured head over dark cola-coloured beer. Woody nose, hardboard, cardboard, brown candi sugar, liquorice, melanoidins, smelling sweetish but suggesting dryness at the same time. Sourish-sweetish flavour, not unlike Oud Bruin, if a little more watery and a bit more liquorice-intoned. But the fresh, sourish flavour is a very alleviating factor. Fruity hints. Medium bodied, ever so slightly thin, medium carbonaion. Quite nice, great to see such an old Antwerpen beer reborn. Thanks to Stef!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2020
at 17:54