Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 33 cl) Slightly cloudy golden beer with a creamy, white head leaving some lacework. Marked yeasty aroma and some coriander up there too. Soft and lightly malty with a weak perfumy touch from the coriander. Only the slightest hint of hops in the finish. A very accessible and pleasant "Blonde" that hardly can offend anyone. On the other hand it’s not really very thrilling. 270905
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Drunk under the name of Blanche Trois-Ponts Huge dense white head; greenish tinted muddy yellow. Coriander, laurel, and another perfumed aroma - liquorice and wheat? Honey flavour, but without sweetness, much rather wheaty milk-acidity, little citrus, with a spicey, near-bitter background, and on the whole a very flowery character. A very good wheat AAMOF. Root spices, citrus and only some orange-like sweetness retronasal. Light to medium bodied, quite refreshing. A quite good witbier, which is a rare find.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Orange-amber beer, hazy; with a very creamy, off-white head, leaving lace. Very perfumed and leafy nose, smells of roasted malts, nutty as roasted peanuts. Again quite roasted, toast-like taste. Remarkably little bitterness (isn’t ginseng supposed to be bitter?). Retronasal some citrus, orange-like. Quite burning MF. Rather well bodied, and sweet aftertaste. I am under the impression that the original Vervifontaine beers were more spiced, characterised by the ginseng. This is rather sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled. Hazy light brown colour, beige mediumsized head. Aroma of malt and fruit. Sweet caramellish flavour with raspberry in aftertaste. Also some strange sweetness all the way through (=ginseng?).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottled. Dark amber coloured, beigeish brown head. Strong aroma and flavour of toothpaste (anise, fluor etc). Also some hints of soap and licorace. Strange sweetness present all the time (most likely from the ginseng).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled. Hazy yellowish (brown notes) colour, huge foamy head. Fruity aroma with some dishwatery hints. Sweet flavour of fruit along with yeast and soap or "skincare" notes. Weird sweetness in all three La Swaf!s most likely the ginseng.
TBone (30139) reviewed Triple from Brasserie de l'Abbaye du Val-Dieu 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled (BB 06/2007)
Hazy orange, floating yeast particles, beautiful creamy white head, lace. Sweet, yeasty and fruity banana nose. Medium to full bodied. Citrusy, yeasty, fruity with a bit cardboard. Finishing spicey bitter with some fruity sweetness. Another very tasty Val-Dieu.
TBone (30139) reviewed Brune from Brasserie de l'Abbaye du Val-Dieu 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled (BB 01/2006, so is propably a bit old bottle, what is good of course :))
Clear ruby color, big foamy head, lace. Aroma has leather, hints of horse planket, oak, dry hay and strawberry. Foamy, carbonated mouthfeel. Dry, slightly metallic, some grassy hops. A bit alcohol burn in the finish, more warming alcohol in the aftertaste. Quite hard dubbel, not sweet at all. Aroma is more complex than straightforward flavor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottled (BBE 10/2007)
Hazy pale yellow, big foany head. Aroma has not much juniper but artifical lemon - Two Dogs type. Light, citrus crisp mouthfeel. Soda pop lemon in the flavor too, very faint flavor of juniper. Dissapointing lame brew from normal high-standard Val-Dieu.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Slightly hazy, golden brew with a ful and frothy, white head. Very aromatic almost flowery nose. Refined, perfumy flavours with a dry and bitter palate and lots of warming alcohol. 040901