 acrdz (4364), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Jun 14, 2008 Updated: Jun 17, 2008
Bottle shared by Urbain at Struise farm. Incredibly huge nose of oak wine barrels, red grapes and black cherries... huge tannic nose, dry oak, deep, rich, extremely complex wine character on top of an equally impressive Belgian golden/trippel... but honestly the transformation of this beer from base version to reserva is a miracle... vinous, wondrous, smooth and rich, with a huge, tannic oak wine barrel dryness... amazingly deep and complex, a truly stellar beer.
Rciesla (830), Brick City, New Jersey, USA
Oct 6, 2008 Belgian Beer Festival on draft. Pours a cloudy orange body with a 2 finger head. Yeasty, woody, citrus fruit with etoh to punch. A dam good beer.
Doppelganger (1198), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Oct 4, 2008 Bottle with Craig, Stella, Fin, Loz and Traci, at the "What’s This Label Supposed To Be Anyway?" tasting. Thanks Craig for bring this one all the way from The Struise Farm! (And thanks Stella for sharing as I understand Urbain sent this bottle for you.)
Bright gold pour, nice cream white layer of foam. Warm biscuit, floral/daisy aroma, birch wood. Clean light grainy malt, a bit of husky lager malt. Dry coconut husk, a nice subtle buttery finish. This feels like a much more finished expression of Tsjeeses. Nice!
fonefan (4850), Ulfborg, Denmark
Oct 1, 2008 Bottle 75cl. @ the Horse school WSF-08 afterparty in Opstal.
[ My Belgium Beer # 1000 ]. Light unclear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, moderate to heavy yeasty, ripe fruit, alcohol notes, woody. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. ;o)) (240508)
miketd (372), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Sep 29, 2008 Had the pleasure to share two bottles. Pour is a hazy gold with a big white head. Aroma is fruit, yeast and oak. I remember the regular version smelling better. Flavor was of a good tripel...fruity sweet, lively carbonation with dry finish. A little alcohol warmth. Full bodied and easy to drink. This isn’t my favorite style, so it was better than expected.
Fin (2348), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
Sep 28, 2008 Tasting with Casey, Traci, Craig, Stella and Loz 27-09-08 this bottle brought along by Craig Pours mid amber with a wonderful clarity and a lovely white lacy head. light and spicy nose with good yeasty notes. Bit tingly on the tongue and also tart, some light vanilla and then there is also a nice lemony citrus push, lovely.
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