Troublette
Brasserie Caracole

Pours a light hazy golden color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has slight orange peel and coriander hints
Taste has a slight coriander and orange peel flavors
A light bodied well carbonated beer
A decent Witbier

Bought at the brewery. Cupper Kettles, wood fire. Bought a different version I guess. Nowadays 5,6% abv. 75 cl bottle .

Not sure if this a Belgian White, probably as they advocate having added spices, but seems more like a fruity German weißen to me.

Orangy amber clouded, 3 finger white head, good leaving, medium low on carbonation, small bubble, traces of yeast.

Smell has some tanginess, like rhubarb Compote, not my favorite.

In taste it changes to a lovely full wheat beer with hints of strawberries. The tanginess in the smell is pleasant in the taste. Little bit offensive bitterness in the aftertaste.

Full body beer, creamy and pleasant.
But there is a bit that rhubarb edge to it, that does not make it highly drinkable. Enjoy a few, it is very good.

Revisiting this one, it's been a few years. Used to be available in 750s, this one is a capped 11.2 oz. "Serve at 42º" BBD: 03 2012

Pastel orange in the glass, glowing and saturated, becoming cloudy with the yeast. Sticky white foam that has a fine texture to it, and some spotty bits of lace that cling around the edges.

Sweet citrus aroma, wheaty, with a dusty candy wafer sweetness too. The yeast is definitely Belgian, with a delicate spice to it.

Tart citrus and earthy coriander, the wheat lends a smoothness to the feel. Some notes of wet hay and earthy bitterness lend a rustic edge to it also. It's definitely unique, it would be ideal as a nice quencher for a summer picnic.

Dec 13, 2010

 

 

From notes taken 07/19/17:

Dull, fine-hazed, opaque orange-yellow, the occasional flek clinging to the glass. Head is a fine white layer of film. In bottle, caramel aroma. In glass, more fruity-tart, like apples or pears and lemons or oranges, slightly vegetal, vinegaresque but not too strong, as well as medicinal along the lines of Band Aids, but still some caramelized sugar. Tartness throughout, it is metallic but also fruity like lemon and faint apricot, then palate shifts a bit toward bread, yeast, Band Aid phenols, and finally peppercorns and other earthy to bitter spices by the finish. Medium-bodied, thicker than water, astringent, with extra fine semi-sharp but quickly deactivating carbonation.

 

 

Hazy golden body

Flavors are mid afternoon bright; yeast and fruity hops and Germanic, sweet malts which would not be out of place in a marzen. Very congruent and well put together.

Fairly bubbly and not an easy sipper, despite the abv. Very full mouthfeel.

I think it's wonderful.

Poured from a brown 11.2 oz. bottle. Has a dark golden color with a 1/2 inch head and some floaties. Smell is of wheat, light spices. Taste is wheat, spices, yeast, some apples. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is decent and refreshing, but I was hoping for more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Troublette goes better with a heavier meal than you would expect.
This was a Greek Easter dinner that my wife prepared for her people. Heavy. Lamb. Potatoes. Tiropita.
This beer was liked much as it cut through the grease and didn't overpower the food.

Reviewed in Roger Protz' CAMRA classic "300 Beers To Try Before You Die!"
MJ's "Great Beers of Belgium" had this to say: "an extremely perfumy aroma; a very smooth palate; and a fruity acidity in a dry finish."

We all seem to like Caracole. So probably, you will also.

 

Tastes like cheap beer from a student party...