Maundy Thursday. Start of the Easter festivities. And more importantly, no work for four days. 😅🍻 Let me open a Tripel. This one clocks 10 % and has rested in Cachaça barrels for as long as 990 days! Sounds scary! Looks nice: lucid, deep copper. A porous creamy froth reaches almost two fingers and wafts astonishingly long on the surface, but smaller, of course. Malt, biscuit, sugarcane and oakwood emanate to my nostrils. Surprisingly pleasant. Maybe I can manage this... Indeed, the flavor combination is not only manageable, it's lovely. Moderately sweet-leaning. Biscuit, waffle, mandarin, apricot, sugarcane, oak barrel. I can also imagine remote raisin among the components. This feels alcoholic but doesn't really taste boozy. Pleasant, like I already said. The body is medium-full to full. The end is absolutely identical to the actual taste offer. The mouthfeel is full, soft, smooth, gentle, a tad rich and barrel aged. Very very round. Also neatly warming. I'm really surprised. Positively. Tripel is not necessarily an easy beerstyle, let alone when barrel aged. This one is superattractive. Pleasant (I think this is the third time in this review that I'm using that word). It is. I'm glad I picked this. Even the price was very reasonable. 🧡🧡 Tonight is also a full moon. I just managed to shoot this photo even when it's cloudy outside. Or was it my friend A.I.? 😆

Schmeckt wie Guiness nur in sauer. Dunkelschwarz mit kaum vorhandener Schaumkrone, feinperlig bis kaum spritzig. Im Nachgang malzig mit Röstaromen und Noten von Kaffee.

Dunkelgold im Glas, riecht nach Banane und Pflaume, danach feinperlig und leicht alkoholisch-fruchtig.

A nightcap. Dark as night, that means opaque, pitch black. The beer, I mean. The carbonation gives a fizzy sound and dies fast. A seductive tan moussy head falls short of one finger and dissolves quickly to a generous lace ring. Otherwise the surface is hazeless. Intensive scent: fruity whisky, dark plum skin, oak barrel notes, faint raw cacao powder and a whisper of vanilla. The whisky punch is so powerful and a tad sharp that a characterization of "balanced" is simply impossible here. The Lowland whisky smashes my teeth off. Copious whisky indeed! And strong oak barrel flavors. The whisky overpowers whatever other minimal nuances there might be, such as dark plum skin, cola, cacao nibs, black malt and licorice. The body clocks full, maybe not huge anyway. The finish doesn't change the earlier experience in any way, the same whisky avalanche covers my tastebuds as before. The mouthfeel is full, intense, massively barrel aged, beautifully warming and a bit raw despite BA. Lip-glueing as well as relatively soft and smooth but definitely far from being "balanced". Anyway, an interesting curiosity, especially for those who love Scotch.

Kuivahko, aavistuksen kitkerä, hapoton eikä paahteisuuskaan pääse parhaalla tavalla esiin. Lievä pettymys kokonaisuutena.