Corsendonk Agnus (Abbey Pale Ale)

Brewed by Du Bocq
Style: Abbey Tripel
Purnode-Yvoir, Belgium

Pours a glowing golden yellow with a large white head. Aroma is of soft fruits like pear and peach, some citrus, floral notes, hay, apple, coriander and a little spice. Tastes like soft fruit as well with peach, pear, papaya, apple all coming through. Corriander and wet hay are in the background with lemon in the finish. Mouth feel is very soft, nice soft bubbles on the palate the whole way through. Nice beer.

330 ml bottle kindly provided by Sigmund. A big dense lasting white head over a slightly hazed, deep golden colored body. A nice scent of Belgo-yeast up front. Then some sweetish fruits, sweetish toffee-ish malts and a touch of floral hops. Taste is quite mellow, with sweet malty tones and sweet fruity tones. Mildly spiced and mildly hopped. Healhty body. Soft malty finish. A nice one, a tad too far on the sweet side only.

0,33 LITER bottle from Beiropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. BB 29/11/09.

App.: Clear golden with a decent, very rocky white head. Aroma: Sweet hay, grass and honey, earthy coriander and lemon, a touch bitter and funky, yeast and a bit of alcohol. Palate: Medium-ish body, almost flat. Flav.: Much like the nose, more alcohol, still some sweet floral honey, less of the coriander/lemon, a bit of hops; sweet with a little bitterness and lingering alcohol/biscuit.

Meh.

(bottle) pours a clear golden colour with a very tall, fluffy white head. strong aroma of peppery hop spices, with notes of yeast, pale malts and light tropical fruits, flavour is the same with strong, grainy pale malts, more tropical fruits and light kidney beans. medium body with fizzy carbonation and a lightly bitter metallic finish.

Brown bottle, 0,33 l, best before 29/11/09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on January 22 2009; eye: golden, slightly hazy, average effervescence, voluminous champagne-style white head that turns into a sheet, a bit of lacing; nose: yeast, fruity, light floral hops, light spices; mouth: yeast, fruity, malt, light floral hops, light medicinal, light spices (coriander), orange, finale in yeast accompanied by a floral-medicinal mix, foamy texture, medium body, slightly bitter, mildly sweet, rather carbonated; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 0,33 l, meilleure avant 29/11/09 via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 22 janvier 2009; œil : dorée, très légèrement voilée, effervescence moyenne, mousse blanche abondante style champagne qui se transforme en une bonne couverture, un peu de dentelle; nez : levure, fruitée, léger houblon floral, léger épices; bouche : levure, fruitée, malt, léger houblon floral, léger médicinal, léger épices (coriandre), orange, finale en levure avec un mélange floral-médicinale, texture mousseuse, corps moyen, très légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé

355 mL. Pours a cloudy blonde with a two finger white cap that has great retention and leaves sheets of lacing. Aromas of almost pilsner malts overtaken by floral hops, cloves, green apple, Belgian yeast. Taste is certainly a tripel with fine carbonation up front and initial spiciness turning quickly to herbal hops with stark dryness and tartness. Medium-bodied with a good long, bitter, dry finish. Refreshing.

From 330ml bottle. Pours cloudy golden yellow. Thin white head. Good carbonation. complex aroma, wheat and citrus fruits. A very fresh scent. Flavor is strong and very citrus. Also has a strong yeast flavor. Good Triple.

Golden honey color with a thin puffy white head. Small bits of brown yeast, aroma is yeasty, perfume, florals, and a spice note. Taste is bready with a light spiciness and fruit candy like sweetness.