De Proef Knock Out (K-O)

Pours a very hazy orange color with a nice compact head and very artistic lace. The aroma is yeasty, Coriander, and malty. The flavor is Coriander, white pepper, sour fruit, quite yeasty, and vanilla. The palate is rich, but also very cleansing.

Bottle. Pours a orangish golden color. Aroma is fruity, sweet malts, slightly yeasty. Taste is sweet, malty fruity, slight peppery spice. Nice fuller mouthfeel. Pretty good

750ml from A Southern Season, Chapel Hill. I actually felt this one was more like a strong golden than a tripel. There are certainly some of the sweet, malty characteristics of a tripel - a rich honied flavor along with some piquant fruits - but there’s enough hop presence and enough of a dry finish that it straddles categories. Either way, another enjoyable brew from De Proef.

Bottled. Pours a deep vibrant orange with small sediment pieces floating around and a white head. Aroma is a light sour apricot with other light fruit aromas mixed in. Flavor is light butteriness, with sweet fruits, and a somewhat syrupy feel to it. Reminds of a JW Lee BW with its sweetness. Smooth and creamy perhaps even silky mouth feel. The body is well malted with a syrupy feel.

The bottle poured slightly hazy, bright honey color with 3 fingers of dense egg shell colored foam, somewhat sustained. It smells fruity, like apricot. The flavor is sweet with an anesthetic quality, almost peppery, with sourdough bready notes.