Brett, medicine, dried herbs, salt. Dry, crisp and easy drinking. 3.8

Dried fruit, rum and rum spices, caramel, oak. 3.9

Gusher. Really cloudy amber out of a sedated bottle, huge frothy head. The aroma is quite bright and fruity - fresh and dried plums and apricots, fermented fruit tartness, gentle Țuica notes (could be taken for plum marmalade by an uninitiated drinker), some toasted caramel rounds things up. Light woody/basement notes. All in all - a pretty round and mellow aroma. Tastes even better - a dry alcoholic start without the ethanol burn, subtle fruity tartness, followed by stale dried fruit subdued sweetness. The right (high and massaging) carbonation, the right (dangerously easy drinking) body. Haven't had a tripel this good in a while.

Almost opaque dark ruby with faint clear highlights, beige head with some lacing. The aroma is sticky dark sugars, maple syrups and oak vanilla. Surprisingly, almost no alcohol in the nose. On the other hand, you get light acetic notes (from the barrel?) and some wood too. No vinegar in the taste, there's a light note of something more resembling a wine barrel, which does rather good here, crating complexity and balancing out the sugars. And the sugars are still stronger, yet they don't feel sticky or plain. The alcohol is barely there - I'd prefer more heat. And of course, the barrel vanilla / maple syrup notes are here too, though not as strong as in the Jack Daniel's version - and maybe that's even better. Just the right mouthfeel, carbonation and all the other secondary metrics. One thing it's missing is a spicier Belgian yeast character. Overall, a really well done, complex and enjoyable strongie. Excellent.