Vicaris Tripel Gueuze - Brouwerij Dilewyns

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

4.28/5  rDev +15.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Vicaris Triple Gueuze

LOOK: Golden yellow, with a white head and spotty lacing.

SMELL: Sour smelling beer with some grainy malt and candy sugar.

TASTE: Funky sour, fairly strong and farmhouse like. Notes of lemon rind and wheat. Some soft alcohol works well with a very dry oak. More like a Gueuze than a tripel, which is encouraged.

FEEL: Medium bodied, crisp carbonation, bone dry finish full of oaky tannins.

OVERALL: This is a quality offering. The sour is good and the flavor is long lasting. A pretty good blend of a Gueuze and a triplel.

Serving type: on-tap

05-20-2013 21:32:19 | More by Stinkypuss

ryan1788a5

Massachusetts

3.88/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

750ml bottle poured into a Unibroue chalice.

A: Dull, hazy golden color. Three fingers of rocky white head retain nicely. Scraggly and spotty lacing.

S: Soft grainy scent. Green apple skin tartness. Slight must. Doughy. Peppery spice and clove become more predominant as it warms.

T: Acidic sour tastes. Strong lemon. Green apple. Musty. The sour kick softens and subsides as the tripel part of the blend begins to take over. Lots of pear. Pepper and clove phenols. Yeasty. Doughy malt base. Pineapple and tropical esters. The finish is a bit dull and faintly sour with fading tastes of yeast and phenol spice.

M: Medium bodied. Full and very chewy. Moderate scrubbing carbonation. Great texture.

O: More innovation on the Belgian front results in an interesting blend. Nicely drinkable and refreshing. I'm really digging the mouthfeel.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 20:36:39 | More by ryan1788a5

Muhly

Alberta (Canada)

4.06/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from 33 cl bottle into a snifter. Best before date of may 2015.

A-deep gold wih yellow highlights. Pours with a ton of white foamy head. Retention isn't spectacular, but skiff sticks around while drinking it down. Lacing is nice and creates jagged lines on the side of the glass.

S-light malts with fruity apple and raisin. A touch of Belgian yeast funk is present.

T-mildly bread-like flavours give way to sweet apples and other fruit esters. Just a suggestion of tart sourness finishes the quaff.

M-effervescent with a goodly amount of carbonation. A medium body.

O-a very good tripel with a touch of added sourness from the gueuze. Probably won't satisfy someone looking for a true sour beer, but it is certainly satisfying in its own right. There are probably better tripels out there for less money, so this may be a one time thing for me.

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2013 01:13:28 | More by Muhly

ArrogantB

Colorado

3.9/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

When I first saw this I thought "Their tripel must not have been very good if they had to cut it with Girardin. Why buy this when I can just buy the Girardin?" Then I heard it was good and I was intrigued so I plopped down the $16 for a bottle. Golden color with a very creamy head. Aroma is muted gueuze instantly and then a bit of sweetness. It was musty and right away I was expecting good things. Flavor was this weird melange of gueuze and tripel. I'd taste a hint of sour and funk and then a sweet tripel like flavor, dry finish, creamy mouth feel. Overall a very intriguing yet odd beer. I would not buy this again but for a gueuze fan its worth a single bottle. If I were Vicaris I would also make note that the beer contains Girardin gueuze on the label, that is a great selling point.

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2013 18:30:25 | More by ArrogantB

JoanS

California

3/5  rDev -19.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Again, looking for a wonderful Belgium tripel or quad experience and I was disappointed. The beertenders don't really post descriptions of the beers on their hi-tech display board--maybe everyone already knows the characteristics before they walk in. I wish I had researched it more before ordering.

The beer was cloudy and colored like a Hefeweizen, smooth but no body.
Very fruity and light tasting.
It was drinkable but not memorable.

I don't think I'll try this one again unless I want something very light in flavor.

Serving type: on-tap

02-24-2013 07:39:13 | More by JoanS

MattSweatshirt

Texas

3.65/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A surprise pour at a bottle shop in Brussels.

Clear golden with a humongous white head that leaves some great lacing.
The aroma of the this is a nice mix of the two styles. A very fruity nose. Apple and hay. Sweet. It tastes a little tart. It is light bodied and carbonated. Seems a little thin.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2013 00:07:22 | More by MattSweatshirt

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

4/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25

330ml stubby bottle, my first (I think) blend of these two particular styles.

This beer pours a hazy medium golden straw colour, with three fingers of puffy, thinly foamy off-white head, which leaves some impressively original basalt column lace around the glass as it duly recedes.

It smells of sour, acidic apple and cherry must, grainy, semi-sweet pale malt, a bit of candy sugar, softly funky yeast, and some mild earthy hops. The taste is moderated, tart blended table fruit, more sweet grainy malt, a further weakened wild funkiness, a bit of astringent wood fibre, and some grassy, alfalfa-like notes.

The carbonation is a bit heavy on the frothy and prickly side, the body just on the low side of medium weight, and equitably smooth. It finishes seemingly on the sweet side, that tripel sugary character quickly tempered by some waning tart apple and pear fruitiness, and attendant musty, funky yeast.

A clear mixing of the most obvious elements of these two styles. I believe that the whole is better than the sum of the parts here, as the tripel's sugary essence is softened by the tart funkiness of the gueuze. Good stuff.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2013 23:54:38 | More by biboergosum

emerge077

Illinois

3.7/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

After trying Vicardin I was skeptical about a new "tripel gueuze" blend, but this one is a definite improvement.

Saturated golden orange pour, lacy collar of white foam in the glass, a sizable head of foam when poured or swirled.

A bit of dusty candy sweetness in the aroma, slight lambic funkiness, wet hay from Brett yeast.

Pleasantly tart upfront, lemon and vanilla descending into the clove and esters of the base tripel. Finishes dry and thankfully not sweet and boozy like many tripels. Somewhat creamy and zesty feel, moderate carbonation. Still the flavor leaves something to be desired, though the blend is a unique one. Worth trying if the idea appeals to you.

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2013 03:15:42 | More by emerge077

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

4.18/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Blonde and hazy with some honey tones. Rich head laces down the sample glass.

Tart apple and barnyard funk with orange and clove esters. Definitely more of a tripel nose, but with some funkiness. Missing that fat breadiness and booze one would come to expect.

Great tart lambic flavor that outweighs the breadth of a tripel. Lemon rind, orange rind, lactic tartness, mildewy funk, plantain, cider vinegar, and clove spiciness. Finishes more like a tripel, but it's upfront tart and crisp. Apple-y as it warms. Awesome hybrid ale.

Light-medium body and light-medium carbonation. Great puckery feel without it really feeling sour.

Beer #1 of 3 in the Sour Tower Takeover tasting. Not the most boisterous base tripel to use for this blend, but that's probably a good thing.

Serving type: on-tap

12-28-2012 05:12:31 | More by thecheapies

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

4.13/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

330ml stubby poured into tulip 9/12/12

A slight haze in a golden yellow body, loads of tiny bubbles popping up from everywhere and sustain a two finger head for ages, a few rings of lace and the foam eventually falls to an island

S great nose with some funk, hay, spicy notes, and lots of fruit, peach, pineapple, apple, and pear, some sweet dry cereal and faint earthy notes

T a little woody and more earthy notes then the nose, apple and pear are still there but less of the other fruity notes, interesting stuff

M the little bubbles are abundant but stop before getting foamy, a fruity, funky aftertaste with a little cereal

O I'm a little surprised this one hasn't gotten more love, a funky triple? pretty good idea if you ask me

slightly sour and funky with some nice fruity notes, pretty interesting and something I'd drink again

Serving type: bottle

12-10-2012 07:46:13 | More by wordemupg

harrymel

Washington

2.58/5  rDev -30.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Best by 06MAY16

Pours golden with a fine white foam etched atop. Smells like a belgian yeast, some hints of funk, plenty of sweet golden ale. Taste is metallic, sweet, with sweet corn and some bicarbonate. The flavor really tastes like a watered down tripel, some spices. Thin and sharply carbed with a dry finish. Meh.

Serving type: bottle

11-11-2012 05:13:10 | More by harrymel

JoEBoBpr

Missouri

3.8/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a tulip glass from a 750ml bottle.

Pours a very nice hazy and golden color with a nice peachy slightly orangey haze. There is a pillowy medium dense white head with some chunkier bubbles in there.

Aroma starts off with some lemony zest and some tartness that subsides after some slight fruity sweetness is present. SOme slightly sugary pear and apple juice notes are perceived. There are some nice yeasty notes present with some slight funk. A couple more samplings provide more of the lactic tartness.

Flavor kicks off with citric and lemony tartness that then is complimented by a nice Tripel like clove and spice. Some nice fruity notes are present as well. Definitely some pear notes and fruity notes. The underlain tartness from the lambic is very nice and refreshing. There is some slight vinegar and zesty lemony notes. There is a nice powdery yeast note with some slight phenols for a finish. Mouthfeel is nice and fluffy with some nice carbonation.

Overall. Quite pleasant in my book. It is nice and spicy with some good clove and yeasty phenols from the Tripel all underlain by some nice refreshing tartness and zest from the lambic. Very nice and grainy and slightly funky.

Serving type: bottle

11-10-2012 23:24:40 | More by JoEBoBpr

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.73/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served in a Gouden Carolus goblet at Local Option.

Review #2700. Finally getting around to trying this intriguing blend. It pours a hazy lemon-straw topped by a finger of lightly off-white foam. The nose comprises tart lemon zest, light lemon rind, very light vinegar, coriander, and light cracked wheat. The taste brings in more of the same, with some light black pepper, light clove, and banana peel. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a sorta/kinda dry finish. Overall, this is some solid stuff, but the characteristics that would normally define the two constituent parts get kind of swallowed up by each other. In other words, there's little in the way of tripel, there's little in the way of lambic, and the result, though enjoyable, seems to fall short of expectations for such a blend.

Serving type: on-tap

10-28-2012 18:41:12 | More by TMoney2591

corby112

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is a separate beer from Vicaris Tripel. It's a blend of Vicaris Tripel and Boon lambic. Served on draft at City Tap House in Philadelphia, PA.

Pours a cloudy golden yellow color with a one finger white foam head that quickly settles into a thin ring. Sporadic spots of lace left behind.

Interesting aroma with characterisitcs of both styles. Musty barnyard presence and lactic funk coutered by bready yeast, estery fruit notes, peppery spic and sweet alcohol. Some oak, hay and fain horseblanket followed by citrus peel, coriander, apple and pear. Has more of a tripel presence but the lambic/gueuze elements are in there as well.

Medium bodied with again, a balance of tripel and lambic flavors. As in the aroma, the tripel seems to be the larger percent of the blend but the funk and subtle acidity of a gueuze are there. Some peppery spice up front with light fruit esters, bread and alcohol coutered by earthy and lactic funk as well as some dry oak, citrus acidity and faint acetic vinegar in the finish. Pretty well balanced and refreshing but I wish the lambic component was a stronger part of the blend.

Serving type: on-tap

09-10-2012 02:19:39 | More by corby112