6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy blonde colored brew with an lightly sweet bitter taste with hints of apricot, coriander, pepper and an Saison-like earthness.

6

Botella @Le bistro De L'Abbaye Villers, 30/04/2022. Color amarillo corona de espuma blanca, aromas levadura, sabor cereal, levadura, cuerpo medio.

7

Botella @Le bistro De L'Abbaye Villers, 30/04/2022. Color amarillo corona de espuma blanca, aromas levadura cítricos, sabor cítrico, cereal, levadura, cuerpo medio.

5.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

20/09/2018 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with jerre. GUSHER! Cloudy golden, yeast chunks, small white head, leaving a lacing. Nose is grains, mould, honey. Taste is malt, honey, dry soft bitter ending.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

05/2018 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with jerre. Dark brown, small head. Nose is dark malts, caramel. Taste is dark malts, bit fruits, bit spices, caramel.

5.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Another micro brewery set up within the walls of an old non-trappist abbey - after Val-Dieu, Aulne and Brogne, apparently a kind of a trend driven by an Abbey Beer society seeking to revive brewing activities in monasteries. Nothing wrong with that of course, up till the French domination in what is now Belgium (late 18th century) most abbeys in these regions were actively brewing - and to be honest, I have more respect for this kind of genuine initiatives than for the macro breweries simply and bluntly claiming that the abbey beers they produce, have been brewed for many centuries to the same recipe, an obvious lie and the names of the brands in question are well known. Anyway: very violent gusher, with about 1/3 of the bottle streaming out of the bottle neck upon opening - very annoying and never a good start. Medium thick, frothy, beige-ish off-white, regular head, almost completely closed in the middle for a relatively long time, leaving little lacing; misty dark orange-hued brownish amber colour, not as dark as usual for a dubbel and made even less appealing visually by a suspension of protein flocks everywhere from the beginning onwards. Aroma of banana mush sweetened with melting brown sugar, medlar, a lot of very agressive nail polish remover-like solvents, rotting tree leaves, very strong clove- and even liquorice-like phenols, damp earth, tea, warm caramel sauce, coriander, melting butter, dough, overripe apricots, pear, soap, wet dog, rosemary and even - though fortunately very volatile - a whiff of off-putting 'slurry pit' or even baby diaper. Very estery onset, mushy overripe banana mixed with ripe peach, juicy pear and a dash of medlar, sweet with residual brown sugariness but not too cloying and balanced by an underlying sourishness, which in itself is further enhanced by sharpish carbonation, adding crisp minerally effects. Bit rough, yet still very soapy mouthfeel; very caramelly malt sweetness, rounded but immediately roughened by the overcarbonation though this seems to soften after a while; sweetish 'brown bready' aspects too, partially due to the yeastiness, which establishes not only overripe fruit-like esters but a whole bunch of spicy phenols as well, releasing clove- and liquorice-like aromas retronasally. Soapiness lingers and blends with this spiciness - clearly the works of our good old 'Belgian' friend, coriander seed, which has been applied generously here. Ends very earthy, with both the sweetness and the sourness lingering but with that awful solvent quality from the nose rising up again too; herbal hoppy aspects provide a fair amount of soft, 'deep' and late bitterness so that the whole thing does not become too sticky; the coriander establishes a certain amount of spicy, ethereal astringency. Some warming alcohol notes too, but it is the bready yeastiness as well as that sweet, smooth, rounded caramel maltiness that linger about after swallowing, accentuated by a lot of soapy coriander. Clearly another iteration of the old Belgian dubbel standard, but even if you choose to regurgitate worn-out 20th-century clichés including the coriander, at least make them technically flawless; there is not a whole lot that can still be added to the dubbel style so conceptually this was never going to be very exciting to begin with, but this amount of gushing, solvent aspects, unrefined coriander overdose and yeasty phenols do not do this beer any good. A lot of work is afoot here and until I read unambiguously positive comments about this and their other beers, I will have to refrain from seeking out any of these new Villers beers again. Interesting historically (the brewery as a whole, I mean), but that is where it ends for me, I'm afraid.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Pours unclear caramelly brown. Small white head fades within seconds. Smell is very weak. Hidden notes of Caramel. Taste is sharp by the carbo. There's a lot, of very big bubbles, instantly vaporizing carbonation, not refined at all. It goes from serious overcarbonation to a totally flat mouthfeel in about 2 seconds. you can actually feel and hear the carbonation being set of in your mouth, like those lollipops you used to dip in a powdery thing that popped in your mouth ( if that used to be an INT thing,at least ) this is no doubt the coolest feature of the beer, as the underlining taste is just a weak, mild phenolic, decent amount of esthers, caramelly boring brown ale. No noticable off flavors, which is always nice, Just to boring of a taste. At least I can play around with the rest of the beer, and it's popping carbonation. 5/5 on palate simply because of the uniqueness, as this score is usually perserved for ultra-thick impy's !

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Poured from a 33cl bottle. Aroma is decent. Light grain notes with hints of light candi sugar. Moderately strong floral and fruit esters with a light phenolic note. Hints of grassy and herbal hops. Pours a pale, yellow gold, hazy with some clumps of yeast and a large, white head that only slowly recedes. Medium light lacing and faint legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with some light grain notes. Medium light candi sugar character. Light bitterness. Light grassy and slightly spicy hop notes. Medium esters with flowers and pear and stone fruit. A light phenolic note. Mouthfeel has a medium body with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall,a decent triple but nothing special. Esters , faint phenolics and hops with a light grain character. Alcohol is well hidden.