Contreras Valeir Divers

Brewed by Contreras
Style: Abbey Tripel
Gavere, Belgium

I’m not usually disposed towards dry golden beers of the Belgian variety, but Valeir Divers knocked my socks off... When I was asked to describe the taste, the first term that came was "aristocratic." It is dry without being weak or unduly bitter, having almost a savoriness to the flavor instead. This is what Duvel would like to be when it grows up.

Bottle 33 cl. Dark golden color with a medium, lacy head. Fruity aroma with yeast, malt and honey hints. Medium-bodied, good palate. This is the best of theValeir triologie. Very nice "tripel" beer.

Golden with a large white head. Yeast and fruit aroma, a curious but attractive mixture of mustiness and freshness. Alcohol prominent in the taste, along with sweet, soapy fruitiness, citrus, melon and mixed spice to the fore. Some dryness at the finish. Very good.

Bottle. Pale golden color, hazy. Grassy citric hops in the aroma, with a hint of nutmeg added. Malty flavor with vanilla, citrus and flowery hops. A firm bitterness with vanilla in the aftertaste. Hint of yoghurt. A slight touch of alcohol. Excellent and very well balanced.

Bottle from Dranken Geers. Clear gold if you don’t pour the yeast in. Thick white head. Strong blond beer in the Duvel style. Decent hops. Bit more yeast character than Duvel. Good stuff.

Pours a transparent deep golden brass color with a large rocky pillowy white head that leaves a bunch of clumpy lacing behind as it subsides. Aroma of sweet doughy Belgian yeast and light fruity esters with a touch of clove spice. Body starts with good fullness and finely dissolved carbonation with lots of good biscuity malty sweetness and a light balance of grassy bittering hops before a semi-sweet finish. Nice complexity and drinkability and very true to style.

Bottle. High white and fluffy but long lasting head. Hazy light yellow body. Banana lemon aroma plus a touch of honey. Flavor not sweet as expected. Actually it is quite spicy and hoppy with notes of alcohol although this is not too dominant. Long hoppy aftertaste.

Bottle. Pours a nice ligth copper-golden with a ncie fluffy white head. Aroma is citry and lemons with a nice doughy bready pils malt and somewhat straight forward yeast with light phenolics- slight peppery spice with earth. Light herbal and grass like flavor, good hoppiness, some slight lmeony citrus and a very slight tart finish and mostly dry. Good Tripel.