Keyte Ostêns Belegeringsbier

Brewed by Brouwerij Strubbe
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ichtegem, Belgium

(Bottle 33 cl) Hazy golden with a dense, off-white head leaving quite some lacework. Lightly tart, leathery nose. Medium body with lightly sweet, pale malts, brett-like accents and fusty horseblanket. There’s some Orval notes there with a dry and lightly astringent finist. Wauw, quite exciting - I really dig this one. 180807

(Bottle) Pours a clear yellow body with a large frothy white head with good retention. Aroma of mustiness, floral, lemon wafers, and coriander. Malty backbone with flavors of buttered biscuits, lemon, and apple.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow to orange with a white creamy head. Hoppy and slight spiced nose, slight apple/citric into a vague sourish note. Yeasty, sweet malty and slight applefruity. Dry malty and fruity finish. Nice actually.6-3-6-4-12=3.1

Gold blond coloured beer with some average carbonation and an average white head. Herby malty and hoppy grainy aroma. Full palate. Finish is light, sweet bitter, easy drinkable but misses some character.. Short finish.

Bottled, alc. 7.7 % (BB 10/2008)
Hazy pale yellow color, big foamy white head. Orange peels, citrusy hops and a bit of yeast in the nose. Crisp, carbonated mouthfeel. Quite light palate. Citrusy (or something between citrus and orange), some candy sugar sweetness. Light bitterness together with sweetness in the aftertaste. Refreshing, no off-flavors, but just a bit too simple.

Bottle, from Kolding Vinhandel. Pours hazy golden yellow with a big, foamy dirty white head. It fizzes away slowly. Aroma has honey, a slight fruity tartness to it, lots of oranges. Flavour is malty, quite tart, and with a clear spicy presence. There is a touch of coriander, som vanilla and a good dose of ginger. The finish is warmingly vinious, quite hoppy and with the same honey-like presence as in the aroma.

(Bottled) Hazy golden with a large, foamy and lasting head, and small, floating yeast particles. Slightly acidic and honey-sweet aroma with some orange fruitiness. Honeyish, pale-malty, fruity, slightly spicy and sweet, yet very balanced flavor. Hides the ABV well. Medium-bodied, slightly acidic and foamy, but reasonably balanced palate. A straightforward, but enjoyable and very well-balanced tripel. Deserves a honorary mention on the extensive back label data (the only thing one could still miss is the IBU).

Bottle. Quite a smooth and approachable Belgian, but perhaps a little simple. Some light caramel, some light sweet caramel, and some smooth carbonation. Soft yeasty finish.