Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours somewhat cloudy yellow-orange with a medium off-white head. Crackers and grapes in the aroma. Flavor is very yeasty with tangy, over-the-top sweetness, crackers, white grapes, pineapple juice, and alcohol. Earthy hops round out the rather cloying body. Unique but ultimately not satisfying.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
This ale pours a beep red with a nice frothy head. Strong sugary yeast scents to this one. Almost a strong baked beans scent from the yeast. Alcohol, toffee notes are strong to the nose. First taste was sweet, maple/brown sugar sweet with good carbonation and a alcohol warming effect. The taste almost reminded me of a ripe fig with a tiny bit of chocolate. The finish had a very strong yeast flavour to it. Definitely a thick beer. The palate had a lingering alcohol warmth to it with a sugary malt taste. I guess I'm just not a huge "yeasty" beer guy but this was not undrinkable.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Brussels Kriek from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bright red color. Very nice cherry aroma. Poor body, thin, too much bitter.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Brussels Framboos from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Hazy red color. Real raspberry aroma; pleasant taste, but less fruity.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Brussels Perzik from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cloudy blond color. Quite nice fruitness, not cloying, not artificial… Simple but pleasant.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Brussels Perzik from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A hazy orange beer with a small disappearing head. The aroma is sweet and dominated by peach. The flavor is very sweet and a combination of wheat and peach runs thru the mouth. Definatly the best of the three Brussel's fruit beers I've tried.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
A very red unclear beer with a pink disapearing head. The aroma is a very sweet raspberry aroma - too sweet for my liking. The flavor is artificial raspberries - and too powerful of raspberries. Not a good interpretaion of a Framboise - even though the idea was Pierre Celis'.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Brussels Kriek from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
A beer the same red as a Danish mailbox with no head. The aroma is nice; a sweet cherry aroma. The flavor is way too sweet - with a powerful artificial cherry note, while the body is thin. Not a recommendable beer - the cherry sirup makes it too artificial.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Augustijn Grand Cru from Brouwerij Van Steenberge 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Blonde, with soft visible carbo. Slight haze, though served just a hair below cellar temp. Voluminous white head. Aroma is slightly bready, slightly plasticy (I've long felt this brewery's yeast is just plain dirty). Hints of mint & fennel have slightly interfered with what I've expected in this brew. Palate is heavy-sitting with oil and alcohol, sour rambutans, odd herbs. Slight lime note is a distraction (so much so that I swear my mind's palate drifted from lime to lyme). Finishes sweet. As van Steenberge goes, this is relatively complex but overall there are too many odd things here and I'm still not a fan.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
This fits the profile of a Triple nicely with it's cloudy orange color, white head that laces the sides of the glass appropriatly and aromas of spice and citrus. Good body and balance support the flavors of yeast and citrusy malt which remain through to the sweet hop finish. Decent Triple.