Bottle at home. Dark brown color, full sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, dark candi sugar, a bit sweet, brown malts, light iron. Medium body and carbonation.

Golden colour with thin head. Full bodied and malty. Sweet from the malts but not much of the typical Tripel banana and spice.

As Dikke Jan Winterbier Oak Aged. Gusher. Cloudy brown colour with thin head. Aroma is woody. Flavour has initial woody dry notes and a little red wine astringency. Flavour is otherwise quite flat though. Some oxidisation.

kerstbierfestival essen 2019

Bottle from Carrefour. Pours hazy ochre with a huge, lasting, foamy, off-white head; decent lacing. Aroma of yeast, banana, pineapple, pear, spices, old bread, vague glue/solvent. Taste has sweet pineapple, banana, bready & yeasty feel with a spicy accent, something weirdly plastic-like too. Dry, grassy hoppy finish, yeasty, dash of jenever-like alcohol. Medium body, creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. Cliché with some flaws, too bad.

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

Bottle from a Carrefour. Pours hazy dark brown with a slowly thinning, foamy, tan head. Aroma of raisin, fig, caramelised popcorn, salted peanut, pear, candi sugar, brioche, molasses. Taste is medium malty sweet, lots of dark fruits (fig, raisin), some pear, caramelly & nutty edges, dough-like; light herbal bitter middle with toast, green tea, metallic note too. Dryish, herbal hoppy finish, lingering dough, caramel, dark fruits, bit bittering metallic. Medium body, slick-oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Could have been better...

sample shared @ Bruges Beer Festival 2019 day 1. with 77ships and tderoeck. F: medium, tan, quick gone. C: brown, hazy. A: caramel malty, chocolate, bit cocoa, dried fruits, dates. T: malty base, chocolate, dark dried fruits, woody touch, medium body and carbonation, good if not so complex, enjoyed.

sample shared @ Bruges Beer Festival 2019 day 1. with 77ships and tderoeck. F: thin, off-pink, quick gone. C: deep red, hazy. A: sweet cherries, red fruits, bit woody. T: light red fruits, sour fruity, bit cherries, dry on the palate, light body and medium carbonation, for me ok, refreshing.