Tart oak-casked Belgian dark cherries secure delicate chocolate essence (added during maturation) of expansive Flanders red ale. High acidity allows oaken cherry sourness to gain tannic green grape, raspberry vinaigrette and key lime pie illusions. Slight lemon rind-rimmed coffee surge slips into tart cherry pie, cranberry and kombucha whims.
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(BOSTEELS) KARMELIET TRIPEL
Rather soft for daintily gold-hazed dessert-like tripel, but its alcohol sneaks up on you. Short-lived white-peppered citric effervescence gives way to protruding candi-sugared yeast sweetness contrasting mildly bitter herbal hop spread to creamy vanilla-spiced finish. Coriander, lemon peel, and banana illusions crystallize alongside light green grape tartness.