Week 36, Val-Dieu Triple

I'm so far behind on my blogs here, I've got about 3 breweries that I went to in Seattle and also a beerfest in East Atlanta to write about. I'm also on Week 36 of my 52 Weeks of Beer on Flicker as you can see and it's currently Week 40! Only 12 left (after I catch up on the next 4 beers. I may try to get them done on Memorial Day, not much else to do but go to the pool and then cookout on the grill about 4pm.

St Feuillien Tripel

Poured into a tulip glass this hazy wheat yellow belgian created lots of white head so much that I had to stop pouring to allow it to subside. It even began to overflow just after I opened the bottle.

The smell is standard for Belgian wheats, grain and some lemon.

I felt like the main flavours were the alcohol with some light oak. Also grain and a malt taste chimed in as well.

The high carbonation dominated the mouth and tongue with the alcohol comming in a close second.

Week 14 Bornem Dubbel Abbey Ale

Brouwerij Van Steenberge

A: dark red silky light tan head
S: soapy?
T: sourness, grain
M: light

Week 13 Bernardus Abt 12

The second to last St Bernardus in the fridge, I may save the last Witte for later in the month.

Poured a dark cloudy brown, a tan head rises out of the bottle when you open and mounds of head gather at the top of the glass as you pour. It smells of wheat grain and alcohol.

The taste is malty sweet, with caramel with an alcohol bite as it glides by the tongue a slight bitter aftertaste at the end.

A lighter mouthfeel but still sweet with the alcohol dryness.