Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:37 am
11.2 oz / 330 ml brown, stubbie Belgian bottle. No freshness date seen, but at 8% ABV, none is really needed. Very fresh, because it had a loud ppfffttt when opened. Poured out a hazy, golden yellow color with a huge white head at first. The head slid back to a thin matting of lace on top of the beer itself. Aromas are of candi sugar right away, with a lemony citrusy thing going on in the middle. In the background is the malts and the yeast bringing up the rear. Tastes are of fresh malts, slight lemon-citrus, and malts. No hop aromas or flavors that I can detect. No alcohols in the aromas or flavors, but it’s damn warming upon impact to the gut. Two sips and I’m already feeling warm and fuzzy. A small sip provides a warm biscuit taste, while a large sip provides the candi sugar flavors. Strange for a beer to have two different flavors, but that’s part of the Belgian mystique. This has got to be one of the better triples I’ve had so far. Sweet malts coat the tongue along with a certain earthiness as well. A complex beer if ever there was one. Finishes sweet, but not cloying. Very drinkable, deceptively so. Watch out for this one, because it will sneak up on you.
