Cazeau Tournay Blond/Dorée

Brewed by Brasserie de Cazeau
Style: Abbey Tripel
Templeuve, Belgium

Brown bottle, 75 cl, lot no 06, best before 12 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on April 5 2009; eye: golden, hazy, average effervescence, voluminous white head that falls and turns into a sheet at the centre of which lies an island of melting ice cream, quite a lot of lacing; nose: yeast, spices, fruity, perfumy; mouth: yeast, spices, fruity, malt, light caramel, finale in yeast with a good presence of malt and fruitiness and a hint of alcohol, foamy texture, medium body, lightly bitter, slightly sweet, rather carbonated, slight astringency; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 75 cl, lot no 06, meilleure avant 12 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 5 avril 2009; œil : dorée, voilée, effervescence moyenne, mousse blanche abondante qui tombe et se transforme en une couverture au centre duquel se trouve un îlot ressemblant à de la crème glacée fondant, pas mal de dentelle; nez : levure, épices, fruitée, parfumée; bouche : levure, épices, fruitée, malt, parfumé, léger caramel, finale en levure avec une bonne présence de malt et de fruité et une pointe d’alcool, texture mousseuse, corps moyen, légèrement amère, très légèrement sucrée, plutôt carbonatée, très légère astringence; en résumé : bien

Bottle@Home. Spices and light medicinal aroma. Yellow colour, off-white head, good lace. Light sweet, bitter, spicy, yeasty, herbal, light medicinal. Strange flavours that I did not like much.

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden body with a white head. Dusty apples, some chewy caramel light cane sugar and hints of citrus. Very sweet with a light etoh warming. okay.

Draught at ZBF09. Weak dusty aroma. Cloudy dark golden colour. Very small white head. Good malty flavour. Hint of spice, but quite weak.

Hazy, lemony colour with large foamy head. Aroma is very fresh and mineraly. Flavour has a degree of sharpness at first leading to some soft, fresh hops and a pleasant, dry finish.

750, labeled as "Tournay" - pours a cloudy gold, with a fizzy head that rapidly shrinks to a soapy lace - fairly yeasty nose, with strong sugary sweetness, and potent floral notes - the flavor has a clean, cane sugar sweetness throughout - over the top of that, some hop bitterness makes way for strong flavors of wildflowers, then a wee bit of citrusy tartness - a tiny bit of acidity in the background - that sweetness never really fades though, and it’s awfully strong for a beer of this gravity - if this were more dry, with a more crisp bitterness, it would be great - too sweet.

A little hazy yellow/gold colored beer, with a thick foamy white head. The aroma of fruits like citrus, flowery with hops. The taste of some nice bitter hops, with fruits, some sweet. The aftertaste is long bitter with a little sweet.

Bottle, bought @ YNWA, Kolding.
Pours muddy yellow with a big, frothy, white head. Fine duration. Aroma is dry and yeasty. Light hoppiness, some biscuity, crisp mallts. A little apples and apricot. Medium carbonation, good, creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is initially a bit weak, but it sure gets better as the beer warms up. Fair maltiness, lightly grainy. Good fruitiness, some apples and clear yeast. Very nicely hoppy.