La Trappe Isid’or

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Belgian Ale
Tilburg, Netherlands

750ml bottle $10.49, I feel cheated. Hazy orange color, the head sucks, ha! It smells like funky fruits, belgian yeast, interesting. the taste is more of the same, weird fruits but not sour, maybe a bit of apple in the aftertaste, odd. This was an odd trappist beer, I would have rather had the dubbel. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 12-21-2009 02:34:18

Bottle at home. Cloudy amber coloured with a medium sized off white head. Sweet aroma of bananas, caramel and dried fruits. Sweet and fruity flavour of bananas, caramel and dried fruits. Sweet finish. Too sweet.

bottle, pours carmel red with a tall light tan head. Nice sweet carmel aroma. Toasted nutty malt base with candy sugar and light white pepper notes in the finish. I like this and it’s a great session brew.

This beer reminds a lot of Orval, without the dry finish. You could say it’s a wet Orval, only flatter in taste, like a watered-down version. Appearance isn’t all that well, very sparkly and an uneven foamy head. Not really tasty, but very lively.

Bottle from Utobeer market stall. Amber pour with a white head that soon dissipates. Aromas of barley sugars, raspberries, toffee, vanilla. Flavours of caramel, citrus, malts, summer fruits. Finishes sweet, dry and fruity. Nice.

Aroma: roasty, resin, cough drop Appearance: orange, hazy, minimal head, white foam Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour Palate: medium body, oily feel, fizzy, astringent A stout-like taste with to much sweet, as with most beers from La Trappe.

Oddio..questo favoloso luppolo coltivato autonomamente dai monaci di Koningshoeven io non vorrei neanche vederlo in cartolina, dato che la sua presenza è davvero da seduta spiritica in questa birra dolciona e quasi respingente. Tuttavia, se devo stare fedele al mio metro, è la migliore Trappe che ho assaggiato dopo la pur deludente quadrupel; 125 anni di produzione e tanta furbizia, sicuramente Frate Isidoro sarebbe contento di vedere come la sua piccola impresa sia divenuta uno dei più celebri avvelenatori di birromani pseudoconsapevoli. Questo prodotto non fa che confermare la mia scarsa stima per il marchio La Trappe, però al momento mi riscalda anche un pochino e scende in qualche modo. Sapete che devo correggere 30 pagine di tesi? Mi viene il latte alle ginocchia; inoltre con sto font greco sto diventando pazzo. Frate Isidoro, aiutami tu.

Brown pour with ruby highlights. A flew flecks of lace. The aroma was yeast, light spices and some citrus. The flavor was a fairly standard Belgian ale, led by the expected yeast profile and some malt. A bit of lively citrus made it slightly more interesting. Nice, medium bodied mouthfeel.