La Fin Du Monde
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Pours a bright orange - gold with lot of head and lacing, be ready with that glass! Tastes like funk (horse blanket), banana, clove, a little pepper, spicy, dry. Not quite as good as Westmalle but it’s a very good beer and the price is right, cheers!

 

 

From a can bought at Demoulas/Market Basket in ManchVegas. The End of the World good.

 

 

 

The pour is copper colored with a thick & foamy white head. The taste is baked biscuit, banana, clove, honey, & slight caramel. The 9% abv is hidden well. This is a good beer, but I don't think it's world class. Cheers! A-

 

 

 

Re-reviewing because it’s been a dozen years since I last reviewed this.

16oz can (date code A2623, so packaged 1/26/2023) into a Hennepin glass. Pours a beautiful glowing deep golden color with a nice fluffy bright white head.

Aroma is funky and bready, grassy. Yeasty esters, clove, spice. Overripe fruit. Banana bread.

Taste is sweet, fruity, funky. More bready yeast (or yeasty bread), malty sugars, spice. Old World hops. Some residual grain. A vaguely bitter, clean finish.

Mouthfeel is soft, smooth, full bodied. Reference-level carbonation. Exemplary for the style.

Overall this is still one of my favorite Belgian tripels—La Fin Du Monde never disappoints.
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Previous review (6/21/2011) preserved for posterity:

4.44/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12oz bottle, best before 7/9/12, poured into a tulip.

Golden yellow beer w/ a huge bright white head that defies gravity, leaves behind a beautiful film of lace.

Nose is all Belgian yeast, clean pale malt, and slight alcohol.

Taste is just so smooth. Pale malt, sweet candi sugar, overripe banana, and a slight warming from the alcohol.

Mouthfeel is luxurious, so seductively smooth and drinkable.

Overall, an outstanding version of the style. This beer would be a perfect pairing with so many foods, strong enough to stand up to anything but never dominant. Just a world-class beer that I think anyone would enjoy.

 

 

 

 

Poured from 12oz bottle to a goblet glass. Look is the color of honey with an off white, creamy head. Very active carbonation keeps streaming to the cap. Smell is spicy and fruity. A good dose of clove and malt. Taste is sweet up front with a blast of clove, honey, and malt. Middle of the sip gets briefly bitter, then hits with some candy apple sweet/tart flavors. Finish is alcohol, more spice and a bit of malt. Feel is medium bodied with soft, plentiful carbonation. That creamy head never goes away and allows for a nice soft mouthfeel. Overall, I am enjoying this beer. I'll be working my way through the sample 6er. This is a nice drinker that I'd have again. The alcohol is clearly present which forces you to slow down and just enjoy.