Brouwerij Het Anker - Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor

Pours a golden yellow with some haziness, extremely large white head, dissipates gradually, leaves beautiful lacing. Smell has a faint citrus aromas of lemon, grassiness, and the definite Belgian yeastiness, as it warms the strong aroma changes from the yeastiness to the citrus. Taste is again lemony with a cakey aftertaste. Feel is sharp and crisp, tight, with ample carbonation. Definitely enjoyable and drinkable, watch the ABV, though not extreme.

Rating: Better

ABV: 8.0%

Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV - Maredsous 6 Blonde

Poured from the bottle a golden copper color with some very slight haze. Capped by a 3 finger white head. Smell is yeasty, malty, with some floral notes. Taste some cakiness, nice light taste very balanced. Light feel nice carbonation. Very good and definitely a tasty beer, drinkability is high with moderate alcohol content and a light feel.

Rating: Best

ABV: 6.0%

Brasserie de Rochefort - Trappsites Rochefort 10

Poured a deep dark brown, with a slightly off-white quarter inch head that dissipated quickly and laced a little bit. Smell has notes of yeast and fruity notes of banana. Taste is sweet with malty notes and followed by the fruity flavors and the alcohol. Mouth feel is deep with some thickness, medium aftertaste. Overall a good drinking beer, with ample complexity and feel.

Rating: Better

ABV: 11.3%

Brouwerij Verhaeghe - Duchesse De Bourgogne

Poured a deep dark ruby with little if any haze, two fingers of slightly off white head that faded to a nice cap and laced slightly. Aroma is complex almost like a red wine vinegar but not as pungent, some fruityness. Nice taste of fruit followed by malts, relatively gentle taste compared to the smell. Gentle carbonation with light aftertaste. Overall very good, not too sweet, not too tart really pretty balanced but with some sourness, not too difficult to finish the 750.


Rating: Better

ABV: 6.2%

Brouwerij Huyghe - Delirium Tremens

Poured from the bottle into a snifter a cloudy, golden hue with substantial bright white head that took a good bit to dissipate. Aroma is complex, bready, with some fruity/floral notes. Taste starts with fruity notes, bready in the middle and finishes with the alcohol. Carbonation is good, feels nice, smooth, some dryness. I enjoyed the Tremens though I don't know that I would drink more than one of the 750ml bottles in an evening.

Rating: Best

ABV: 8.5%

St. Bernardus Pater 6 - Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV

Poured from the bottle into my snifter, with a dark garnet-brown color and a whitish-tan head that dissipated quickly and crowns with a scattering of bubbles in the top. Smell is dark fruits with some slight spiciness. Taste is very much the same with some more malt presence. Crisp carbonation that gives a great tingling feel throughout. Enjoyable but not quite my favorite representative of the dubbel.

ABV: 6.7%

Rating: Good

Duvel - Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV

Poured a clear and golden color with an ample bright white head into my snifter really very beautiful in appearance. Smell is appealing, fruity with some malty hints. Taste is fruity, hints of yeast and malts, enjoyable balance. Feel is very nice, carbonation tickles, light dryness. Easy to enjoy the 750ml, possibly even two, any more might be a stretch

ABV: 8.5%

Rating: Better

Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV - St. Bernardus Tripel

Poured into St. Bernardus goblet a cloudy deep golden color with two fingers of pillowy white head that retained well and laced nicely. Aroma is initially fruity lemon/orange and spicy with a yeastiness creeping in on the tail. Taste is fruity and spicy but less defined than the smell. Feel is light to medium bodied with a crisp carbonation. Good beer very enjoyable and an example of the style.

Rating: Better

ABV: 8.0%

Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV - St. Bernardus Abt 12

Poured from the bottle into standard pint glass very dark brown and murky, pours one finger of head that dissipates quickly. Medium size bubbles, no apparent lacing. Balanced smells, with just a hint of sweetness (berries?). Noticable sweetness to taste with hints of blackberries and chocolate. Alcohol not as noticable as expected given the ABV. Feel is very carbonated, some thickness. Drinkable but would probably be tough to drink more than the bottle.

Rating: Better

ABV: 10.5%

Bières de Chimay (Abbaye Notre Dame de Scourmont) - Chimay Grande Reserve (Blue)

Poured from the bottle into a small goblet. Pours a dark brown with a slightly red tint and some cloudiness. Golden tan head that dissipates quick and leaves little to no lacing. Spiciness is the first aroma noticed followed immediatley by the alcohol and the sweetness of the malts. Great flavors with the sweet malts and spicy tastes combined with the alcohol warming and tickling. Feel in the mouth is great with an abundance of carbonation and a clean slightly dry, though medium to full-bodied feel. A very drinkable beer but the ABV limits.

Rating Better

ABV: 9.0%