Subsidiaries
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Colour of old gold, clear; very fine lacy white head, stable. Nose is slightly spicey and sweetish - some madeirisation? - though not old. Very little aroma, really. taste of orange rind, high percentage of unfermented sugar; sweet surrounded by bitterness. Very rounded, full-bodied. Alcohol prominent. In the aftertaste, the non-hop bitterness becomes obstructive. Again one of Van Steenberge's labelbeers for a community in its neighbourhood. Served in one of the village better restaurants as 'apéritif'.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2003
at 00:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Nose of grains, malt, cocos, a sweet smell that is characteristic for the brewery; later some citrusfruit notes too, and other yeasty aromas. Colour is dull (yeast somewhat in suspension) orange. Very fine, slightly irregular white head, quite stable. Sweet taste, with typical fruity, orangey-bitter surrounding. Like it or loathe it - I could do with a little less sweetness. It is not cloying. Retronasal gets notes from orange-filled chocolate. Definitely alcohol in the mouthfeel, reasonably full-bodied. The taste keeps evolving, in the aftertaste, the flavours turn to some kind of fruit-liqueur, quite pleasing. To be honest, this brewery gives me the creeps for its unending label-story. Pierlala is a labelbeer for the town of Ursel, probably Augustijn. But, as the hands are shown, there isn't much wrong with the beer itself. You could get much worse...
Tried
on 14 Feb 2003
at 12:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Ruby coloured. Impressive head, doesn't last long, though. Somewhat yeasty aroma. Somewhat fruity flavour. Alcohol is well hidden. Warming finish. Pretty much a Standard-Belgian-Strong-Ale.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2003
at 12:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Big frothy head from this beer with a malt and strongly fortified aroma. The flavour mainly resembles that of a spirit with no complexity. Overall a difficult to drink beer owing to the sharpness of the alcohol content.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2003
at 14:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden color. Nice malt aroma; hint of apple. Powerful, dry taste; spicy when warmer. Smoother and less dry than a Duvel, but similar, less aggressive.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2003
at 15:46
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Esterz maryipan and aprocot aromas. Cloudy golden, too much gunk floating around - the bottle has been upright for weeks, head rather weak too. Comparantly mild, I still get applejuice, apricot and almonds in the taste and a little bit glue. Creamy full mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2003
at 12:03
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
In the beginning there were just sparkles of the typical tripel-taste. But after a while the flavour and especiallyt the palate became very good.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2003
at 12:08
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 5
Malt nose. Full bodied with lots of malt and medium alcohol heat, but mine had some odd type of ''off'' flavor
Tried
on 11 Jan 2003
at 11:40
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Slightly fruity bitter aroma. Red amber, creamy head.Full mouthfeel. Some estery notes and fruit (peaches) which dwindles too quickly.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2003
at 13:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[Keg] Red amber color, with a thin persistent collar. Good and easy to drink, because of some dryness and astringency (and a light oak note), but not impressive.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2003
at 15:59