B03 Sterk Blond
Brouwbar in Gent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.65
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nathanvc (5925) reviewed B03 Sterk Blond from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
9 September 2018. At Brouwbar, Ghent. Shared with Anke.
Pours clear yellow with a lasitng, small, unstable, frothy, off-white head; some lacing. Aroma of baker's yeast, freshly baked bread, white pepper, rye, almond & artisan marzipan (frangipane!), apple, unripe apricot & dried banana. It tastes medium malty sweet, almond, frangipane again, even cookie, with a yeasty touch, and light to medium spicy bitter, peppery & faintly hoppy. Dryish, peppery hoppy finish, a tad spicy, lingering yeast, touch of citrus, warming gin alcohol. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. The - so far - least adventurous Brouwbar brew, but unusual and interesting, although the yeastiness is very thick in this one.
Kyotolefty (12975) reviewed B03 Sterk Blond from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at the brewpub. Bright pale yellow, hazy, with bubbles and a thick head. Mineral nose, honey, orange, weirdly dry. Sweet apples and honey flavor, a bit rough with some strange fermentation character. Dusty, candy. Soft and silky.
tderoeck (20769) reviewed B03 Sterk Blond from Brouwbar 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Brouwbar B03 Blond (by Brouwbar):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
1/II/18 - on draft @ Brouwbar (Gent) - BB: n/a (2018-64)
Clear pale blond beer, creamy dense off-white head, very stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very faint, slightly fruity, some peach and apricot, hint of pineapple on warming up. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: bit spicy, peppery, malts, bit sweet, soft bitterness, fruity touch, distinct yeast character, bit of banana. Aftertaste: bitter touch, some citrus, bit of alcohol, banana, sweet malts.
jefverstraete (5494) reviewed B03 Sterk Blond from Brouwbar 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft @ Brouwbar, Gent. Hazy yellow/amber colour, white foam. Medium carbonation. Fruity nose, notes of orange peel, peach. Taste is rather sweet with some harsh notes of unripe fruit. Not the best balanced tripel but not bad.
Alengrin (10989) reviewed B03 Sterk Blond from Brouwbar 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The only traditionally Belgian (in terms of style) beer in the first experiments made by Brouwbar, a brand new brewpub in Ghent. Quite loosely knit, quickly opening, large-bubbled, off-white head over a hazy straw blonde beer with greenish hue, looking paler than the average tripel. Aroma of refreshing (and surprising) lemongrass and orange zest, ripe banana, dough, jasmin and lime blossoms, apple sauce, gin. Sweet onset, classic banana ester but in a rather elegant way, adorned with subtler impressions of granadilla and kiwi, with a light sourishness positioned underneath; medium carbonation, supple and bit oily mouthfeel, a tad glueish even. Doughy, cereally, rounded malt sweetish body leading upwards to a warming, elegant, aromatic finish of returning lemongrass and citrus flowers, becoming a bit reminiscent of limoncello as the alcohol warmth sets in. Note the total absence of coriander - this one, even more so than the porter, the IPAs or the Hefeweizens, convinced me that these young and enthusiastic people have a keen idea of what 21st-century craft beer is about: this is not your umpteenth reiteration of the old coriandered, syrupy, boozy abbey style tripel, but actually adds something to this overexposed style. Feels like some Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon craft brewery would have made a Belgian style tripel. Very elegant, refreshing in spite of it strength and at this young age, delicately aromatic. Another convincing sign of promise - I will be visiting this new brewpub every few weeks now, that much is certain.