 chris_o (4405), London, Greater London, England
May 8, 2008
Tap at De Garre, Brugge. Clear gold with a big fluffy head. Strongly spicy aroma. Nice clean, slightly tart mouthfeel. Citric flavour with peppery spice and a modest herbal bitterness. Nicely balanced and very drinkable. A good tripel - and from VanSteenberghe!
mabel (1633), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 10, 2008 [1189-20080304] Tap. Aroma evokes thoughts of elephants with a bit of alcohol and mildly smoked corn fields. Clear, medium orange brown body with a big long-lasting creamy off-white foam on top. Fruity cucumber vegetable flavour has a smoky corn kick to it. Medium-full body. Booze is definitely present and a little distracting. (On a side note, I took a picture of this beer when it first arrived at our table and consider it to be the best one so far in my on-going search of attractive ’mug’ shots...)
(@ de Garre; Brugges, BE)
acrdz (4285), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Jun 2, 2008 Draft at Staminee de Garre in Brugge pours hazy soft yellow/orange with a huge two-inch pure white head, soft and finely bubbled. Nose is somewhat dusty and dry and full of mineral smells, but also has some fruity and candy sugar sweetness. Full-bodied and rich and frothy, with sweet flavors of Belgian candy sugar, pears, and white grapes all around, drying minimally over the middle. Finishes sweet with a slight amount of noticeable yeast, drying somewhat.
mjs (499), Helsinki, Finland
May 19, 2008 (Draught at Staminee de Garre on 2008-05-18) Pale amber and clear. Big white head. A bit yeasty nose. Full-like and still watery palate. Alcohol. Malts and bitterness in taste. Didn’t lile.
Oakes (6853), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Mar 22, 2008 Bottle, private tasting
Hazy beige. Fruity (apple), spicy (rosemary, nutmeg) aroma. Firm alcoholic character. Spicy accent, baguette malts. Yeasty and rounded.
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