Finesse Pure Oak Series
De Dochter van de Korenaar in Baarle-Hertog, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Special|
Score
7.34
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These are / will be beers matured on new Bulgarian oak barrels.
This type of wood has characteristics of both American oak and French oak; beautiful vanilla keys paired with spicy oak keys.
Through maturing these beers for six months in these casks, they get incredibly beautiful wood / vanilla flavors.
The practice will learn us which beers will eventually come in the ‘pure oak series’; We already know that above all blond beers come into their own with this kind of barrel aging.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
#10.000! Op de mobiele versie dan toch. 33cl Fles. Diep goudgele kleur, iets troebel, dikke gebroken-witte Orval-kraag. Aroma is zoet, vanille, hout, appel, appelmoes, cakebeslag. Smaak is licht zuur, hout, vanille, appels, wat abrikoos, mout, hout-bittere finish. Romig mondgevoel, medium tot volle body. Lekker.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Deep golden color. Grainy aroma with oak, tropical fruit and a hint of whisky. Malty sweet oaky flavor with cherry sweets, hints of whisky. The wood adds some depth to this already Likeable beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
At Brugs Bierfestival, 4 February 2018. Cheers to Anke & Pieter!
Hazy orange with a lasting, foamy, off-white head that leaves lacing. Aroma of pineapple, mango, orange & mandarin, fruity hops, citrus. Tastes medium fruity sweet and light to medium hoppy bitter; woody/hoppy finish & warming (fruit liqueur) alcohol. Full body, creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. Great Abbey Tripel, couldn't go wrong from Dochter v. d. Korenaar.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Backlog, shared by Pilsnertest. Clear orange with white head. Crisp hay, oak, wheat, herbs. A bit of menthol character to it. Quite easy and elegant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
At Beerlovers Bar in Antwerp. The oak aged edition of this three-grains tripel, the basic beer being among the classics of Dochter van de Korenaar’s range. Textbook cobweb-lacing, off-white, medium thick head over a hazy peach blonde beer. Aroma reveals oxidation right away, with a strange mix of spiced chicken, rust and mozzarella, goat cheese even, shortbread, old apples, light vanilla-ish oak, pineapple, dough. Fruity onset, apple and unripe peach, vague banana hint, medium carbo, supple mouthfeel, cereally middle, bit doughy, bready and soapy due to the wheat with a spicy, soggy rye bread presence that matches well with the woody accent in the finish, providing nicely drying tannins; spicy hops and warming gin-like alcohol make for an elegant ending. Fascinating, but strangely oxidized and not entirely my personal cup of tea, I must admit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Craft Room. Lovely apricot/peachy orange body, murky, with a small thick white head. Creamy spicy aroma, slightly tart, with obvious oak barrel notes. Smooth, soft, creamy maltiness carrying grape-like notes and oak, along with vague tartness, some alcohol pops up here and there. Light cherry-like tartness really. The tannins show up in the finish, making things a bit dry/astringent, but not too much. It’s definitely a well made, pleasant experimental beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
On tap at Craft Room, Opatovina, Zagreb. Murky golden, small off-white head. Vegetable sauce, mustard sauce aroma, something tart. Yeasty, spicy, sweet with some fruity wine-like flavors. Also, complex, some caramel, barrel behind the tartness, light peat maybe. Medium body, quite thick, finish is lasting, sweet, dry figs, very soothing with alcohol presence.