Andelot Cuvee Lunatique
De Proefbrouwerij

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean tasting, with a minimal head and little lacing. An odd blend of spice and citrus. Alcohol presence is evident in the mouth feel. Also, there is an odd, dry after taste. In my opinion, they could hold back on the spice, keep the citrus and lower the alcohol content to bring this Tripel into a higher score.

From 12/31/10 notes.

a - Pours a nice golden color with one finger of white head and moderate carbonation evident.

s - Smells of citrus hops, lemon, sweet fruit, spices, and yeast.

t - Tastes of spices, yeast, bready malts, citrus, and fruity malts.

m - Medium body and moderate carbonation.

d - An above average tripel. Lots of spice and citrus in the smell which was nice. Would try again.

750ml synthetic-corked and caged bottle.

It struggles to form a head as it pours a hazy brown. The head is white and sticks for a while before receding with some ok lacing.

The smell is super fruity. There are lemons, citrus, grape, and oxidized apple.

The taste is reminiscent of the flavor, though it has a kick of caramel sweetness that is almost too cloying. It is very sweet.

The mouthfeel is a bit undercarbonated, especially for the style.

It is a messy beer, but somewhat decent, the bottle was only 3.99.

Poured into a Unibroue tulip glass.
Pours a pale golden with an inch of foam that settles in less than a minute.

Immediately I smell yeast, honey and malt as I pour. Sticking my nose in the glass I get more honey and sweet malt aromas as well as yeast, bread-like grains and fruit with a bit of alcohol.

Taste is a bit sweet with honey and a yeasty taste midway through, there is a grainy flavor that works quite well with the honey taste. The finish is a bit effervescent with a bit of hop bitterness that lingers on the sides of the tongue, as well as some sweetness.

Overall this beer is quite good, not excellent, but a pretty good Tripel.

A: On the first pour, it was a pale golf with about 1/4-1/2" of fizzy white head that reduces down to a rocky surface coating. Good lacing. On the second pour, this beer became exceedingly hazy from a good dose of fine yeast sediment.

S: Candy fruitiness. Sweet apples, lemons, white grapes. Opens up nicely as it warms.

T: Apples and pears. Some toasted malt in the background. With a strong alcohol finish. Some yeasty funk dances on the tongue.

M: Medium in body, but a little light for the style. Lower carbonation levels. Crisp and acidic.

D: A decent beer. Nice fall fruit flavors, but the alcohol comes through a bit brashly.

I've seen brews from this brewery in my local Fred Meyers for a while and finally tried a bottle. Overall, this is an average triple. All the basic components of the style are here but in subdued, understated levels.

The beer had a semi-cloudy yellow color with a medium wjite head. The aromas were typically spicy and yeasty. The taste was grainy and yeasty. the body was smooth, although a bit thin. Drinkability was good, even though the beer was a bit boring.

What the hell, if you see it try it, I'll probably try the other beers from these guys.

Appearance: pale orange to straw, slight haze and chunks of yeast, nice layer of white frothy head with good retention and lace

Aroma: yoghurt, grainy malt, yeasty/malty, alcohol

Flavor: medium malt sweetness laced with clovey phenols and a mild yoghurty acidity; peppery alcohol and an organic bitterness at the back of the tongue

Mouthfeel: medium body, zesty carbonation, alcohol warmth in the throat

Other comments: I was pretty careful handling and pouring the bottle, yet a lot of sediment got kicked out. Really affected the appearance (obviously) but it also released a lot of yeasty notes into the aroma which muddied the water quite a bit.

Poured from 750mL into a tulip.

Appearance: medium golden hue; quite cloudy with lots of apparent effervescence. About two inches of rocky white head.

Smell: a little malty; quite cidery. On top of some apple and pear flavors are notes I usually associate with darker Belgians: raisin and plum. I definitely like this.

Taste: quite similar to the aroma. Different from a lot of tripels I've had; this one has a little tartness to it that I quite like (though the aftertaste leaves something to be desired: sour in not such a good way). I feel like some aspects of this beer are very nice but others detract enough for this to be among my least favorite tripels.

Mouthfeel: medium bodied with nice carbonation: it is nicely creamy but not so much as a lot of other tripels I like.

Drinkability: the compelling qualities of the flavor aren't enough to outweigh its weaknesses. This is a drinkable beer, but not one I'm likely to purchase again.

A - Golden red with decent, styrofoam-like cap that hung in there but dissipated to a sheet, leaving decent webbing. There's some decent carbonation and a few traces of sediment.

S - Grilled pineapple/citrus and malt as it warmed.

T - Pinapple, a bit of sourness and a bit of raw sugar-like sweetness that's nicely balanced. Finishes dry.

M - Very rich with a touch of carbonation that's playing a nice supporting role.

D - Food friendly alert! Mussels, baby.

Pours a cloudy yellow with a bib foamy white head that falls slow. Decent lace.

Sweet herbal nose, fruity. Typical triple style aroma.

Bold flavor, sweet finish, tastes like a triple. Sweet malts coming through.

Medium bodied in the mouth with a nice bite.

Decent brew, will enjoy again.

Poured from a 750ml bottle into red wine glass.

Consumed slightly below room temperature.

A - Hazy golden with a little over 1 finger of white, meringue-like head. Retention is somewhat short for the style though decent lacing sticks to the glass.

S - Sweet aromas hit first including sour apple, honey, and hints of pineapple. Grassy and piney notes hit next with a little pepper and hay. Mustiness combines with light to moderate phenols with an obvious citric character; lemon maybe?

T - A lot of decent stuff going on here. When this beer was straight outta the fridge there was a lot of citrus and a lot of dryness. As the brew approaches room temperature however, things really open up. Lots of fruit on the front end, mostly apple with hints of sourness and a noticable touch of pineapple. Sweetness dries out with a hit of chalk and medicine followed by peppery citrus. Brew wraps up with moderate lemon and slight pepper notes with a sharp and strong bitterness.

M - Light bodied and quite thin for the style. Carbonation is moderate. The flavor seems fleeting and unable to hang around as long as necessary.

D - A decent tripel but the bitterness is a bit strong for my tastes. The brew definitely improves as it warms, alcohol is well hidden and phenolic character is kept in check. Not my first choice but a worthy contender nonetheless.

750mL into a wine glass

This beer pours a cloudy and opaque burnished gold with a serious fluffy head which turns to larger bubbles and sinks to about 1/4" which remains constant through the glass. Lots of lacing.

Lunatique smells fruity and yeasty and alcoholy.

Starts a bit yeasty/bready and what little hop flavor it has is overpowered by a sweet malty wallop of caramel. My tasting notes embarrasingly report this as "CARAMEL OMG!!!" I felt like I was drinking candy, and I loved it. The finish was clean and clear with a slight malty sweetness that lingered on the tongue.

A medium mouthfeel with decent carbonation and a distinctive rush of alcohol, without actually tasting like alcohol.

It may be my affinity for tripels, but I thought this beer was fantastic. It's definitely on the sweet side, so I wouldn't want to drink it all night long. However, I could see myself drinking a glass or two of this beer pretty much every day forever, if that were possible. Cheers De Proefbrouwerij!

Picked up a 750ml bottle from Abe's Cold Beer in Bethlehem. After popping the cork I had a foamer, but it quickly settled down. At first I thought this was just a Duvel knock-off, but as it warmed and with the addition of a little sediment, it turned into a great beer. The aroma has a mix of orange, rum, The flavor has a mellow pale bready malt profile with toast, wheat cracker and cookie accents. The yeast profile follows up tangerine, grassy lemon hops. Very tasty, just be sure to let this baby warm up.

This beer is really all I could want from a Belgian tripel.

The beer pours a hazy honey gold color with good head retention and lacing. On the nose I get the expected honey aroma, but with some nice pepper and spice as well. There is also a bit of a tropical fruit aroma intertwined with the honey. On the palate this beer is simply delicious. The beer has a moderate sweet honey and fruit flavor (cherry and melon for the most part), with some very nice spice and a good dollop of bracing hoppy bitterness as well. The overall effect makes for a beer with moderate sweetness, balanced with enough hops to give this beer a light mouthfeel. The beer has decent length and drinkability is exceptional.

Good stuff and not too expensive. Impressive.