Boelens Waase Wolf
Brewed in memory of a wolf that is supposed to roam in the north of Flanders, killing sheep. "Not for little lambs".
3.3
179 reviews
Belsele, Belgium
Community reviews
33cl bottle from Voorburg bier winkel.
Very thin white head. Cloudy amber pour. Average.
On tap at Delirium Village in Brussels. Golden cloudy appearance. Sour taste. Sour and bitter, with druity lines taste
Golden with medium creamy white head. Sweet fruity aroma. Good bitterness with grapefruit notes with some peach like fruity background. Strong bitter aftertaste.
(33 cl bottle from Carrefour Express in Galeries Ravenstein; BBD: September 9th 2016; W1408142) Pours a semi-clear amber with two-finger off-white head that fades. A gusher it seems. Some lace. Aroma has some off-notes with tart and metallic ingredients. This gives me associations to an infected beer and the style label of *Belgian Ale" is really not much to go by. However, the brewer likes to say this is not for lambs and I can see that several notable reviewers have remarked that tartness is an ingredient of this beer even though other people say that it’s "sometimes infected". I guess I’m as bewildered about this beer as the brewer intended me to be: "Uiteindelijk werd nooit opgehelderd wat er precies aan de hand was." 20 percent of the grain bill is wheat, which I guess would also contribute to the violent head formation and acidic character. Perhaps I drank this under a full moon? Oily texture, medium body, medium carbonation and a tart finish. Flavour is tart with grainy notes. Would not drink again.
Found back quite some tasting notes, among them, this one.
APPEARANCE: dark blond beer, small stable white head.
NOSE: caramel, fruity, wheat.
TASTE: faint alcoholic, malty, wheat, bit fruity, balanced, but nothing special.
(Boelens Waase Wolf) Bottle 330 ml at home, served into a tulip, ABV 6.5%
Dark orange colour on the body, mostly clear. Tall and a bit frothy, off-white head, with average retention, leaving spots of lacing on the glass.
Nice aroma, herbal, with juniper berries, leaves, some barnyard on the background.
Taste is also herbal, some acidity and sourness but quite pleasant. Juniper berries again, white pepper, grapes.
Medium body, biting carbonation.
Nice.
Bottle. Pours hazy amber with airy but stable off-white head. Clear aroma of flowers, caramel malt, hops and yeast. Sweetish flavour of caramel malt, with fruity and estery notes and sourish, vinous touches. Medium bitterness. Rough, estery and sweet-sourish aftertaste. Not bad but a trifle too acidic. 5 months past the BBD but this should affect a beer of this style.
Bottle @ Home. Pours hazy burnt orange with a creamy offwhite head, heavy floaties, heavy lacings. Aroma of malt, yeast, candy sugar, sweet fruity, banana, light tartness. Flavor is sweet, tartness, malt, yeast, candy sugar, tart fruit, light vinegar note. Medium body, average carbonation, light tart finish. 301114
A ’tarwetripel’ developped when the Waasland region in Flanders, where Boelens is situated, was startled by sightings of an out-of-place, roving wolf (and I am convinced I saw him too in that period, but anyway)... Apparently still made to this day. Off-white, loose head, deep brownish orange colour, cloudy. Estery nose, spices, caramelly maltiness, wheaty, very yeasty; nutty and caramelly malty taste, yeasty, sweetish fruitiness, citrus, coriander, peach, mild grassy hop bitterish finish. I had this a few times in bad (infected) condition but I will not take that into consideration for this rating.
Bottle. Clear amber colour with medium creamy white mostly lasting head. Malty aroma. Sweet spicy flavor. Oily palate.
Brune opaque, effervescence moyenne, col beige moyen et aérien. Principalement maltée, léger caramel, fruits secs, légère amertume houblonnée.
33cl bottle @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo. 01-01-2014.
In short: average belgian ale.
POurs murky copper with nice frothy off white head. Some head retention, poor lacing. Citrusy, coriander, sweet aromas. Medium body, average to high carbonation, some crispy texture. Taste is sweet, spicy, coriander, citrusy, caramel. Sweet aftertaste.
Bottle@home. Dark brown. Hazy. One finger foam. Molasses caramslty. Dry sweet. Complex malty. Some alcohol mouthfeel. Nice.
ath home dark amber coloured body with a off white head and a spicy yeast malt hop aroma a spicy yeast malt alcholic bitter taste with a alcholic bitter finish
2014 - 05 - 04 330ml bottle. amber-brown colour. medium, fadin, frothy, tan head. hint of leather in aroma. bitter-sweet taste. dry palate.
0.33 l bottle. Brown colour eith a medium offwhite head. Perfumed caramell and fruity aroma. Sweet caramel and pear. Nice bitterness.
Rappelons le changement d’étiquette, vraiment très classe maintenant, avec un fond marron
et un blason doré en haut avec une inscription anno 1908, et la mention Authentic Belgian
Brewery en calligraphie dorée sous le nom de la bière.
Bière ambrée de 6,5 % abv, avec du malt de froment et de la coriandre.
Couleur ambre moyen. Léger trouble. Bulles inexistantes !! Mousse blanche qui tombe très vite,
et pourtant mon exemplaire sera à date en février 2015 !!
Arômes de pelure de pomme de terre, malt caramel, speculoos, pain d’épices.
1ère bouche douce sur du malt légèrement grillé, du pain gris, de la moutarde douce et une pointe
de coriandre.
Arrière-bouche sur du pain gris.
2ème bouche assez plate, sauf une pointe de girofle.
3ème où on revient sur du malt grillé.
Arrière-bouche plus maltée, plus complète.
La longueur s’ouvre sur des épices, des câpres, des herbes aromatiques assez imprécises, plutôt
amère mais sans la classe.
La levure est d’un niveau modeste mais bien constituée.
L’alcool fait plus que son niveau papier, mais sans pouvoir relever le niveau des saveurs.
La finale n’apporte rien de plus.
CONCLUSION : une bière qui avait de nombreux atouts marketing, notamment l’appui de
l’histoire de ce loup qui a terrorisé la région de Waas … Alors, peut-être que les loups
apprécient ce goût assez âpre .. je ne peux vous le confirmer … mais cette bière ne peut
prétendre à un niveau supérieur, notamment par une finale assez faible. Ceci dit, elle n’est
pas non plus boiteuse.... le loup non plus !!
Bottle @home. Pours cloudy amber with white foam. Aroma is hoppy and spicy. Taste also hoppy. Soft carbonation, light to medium bitterness. Not bad.
Vanuit een 33cl fles. Wat een goed biertje was dit. Licht biertje met een duidelijke Belgische smaak. Was de verrassing van de avond.
Creamy and spicy Belgian blond beer. A bit thin body, but it tastes nice. Good beer.
@ antwaerps bierhuyske
pours amber, soft and good white head .
smells rather sweet, soft carbo. taste is some coreander and other ’spices’ . some malts. like lager meets dubbel . very thin, yet it has more taste than you’d expect .
Amber coloured and hazy. Has a white head, mostly lasting. Sweet, yeasty aroma, odd notes of dry vegetables. Sweet starting flavor. Creamy texture and soft carbonation.
light sweet old aroma,orange, hazy, off white foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, light body, oily feel, bitter, long finish,
ivory white head that disappears quickly. amber-red clear colour. light alcohol and sweet-sour aroma. bitter, sweet-sour with a bitter aftertaste and also a bit austere. ps: the wolf still roams ;)bottle 33cl / notes from backlog
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are yeast, malt, caramel, fruits and hops.
22/I/13 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 1/XI/14 (2013-92)
Little cloudy red amber beer, nice creamy smooth off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: bit sourish, rotten fruits, earthy, pretty off, lemony, infected? MF: lots of carbon, light to medium body. Taste: lemony, sour, grapefruit, bitter touch, some caramel, grains. Aftertaste: lemony, sour, earthy, bit spicy, green apple skin, dirty flavours. Infected? Probably.
Dark blond, white dissapearing head, yeast at the bottom. Nose is coriander, caramel and malt. Body is medium, carbon fine, texture thin. Taste is rather sweet. Palate is nuts, barrels, coriander, caramel, yeasts and ripped fruits like figs. Semi-dry finish. B@H
33cl bottle from Cotteridge Wines.
Amber brown colour with large off white head.Malt,fruit and yeast aromas and taste with a lillte background toffee.Pleasant beer.
zeer sterk aroma van fruit, parfum, hout, mout en gist
amber van kleur, ondoorzichtig met minimale kraag.
smaken van citrus, fruit, hout, koriander, zoethout, licht/medium zurug, beetje bitter, iets van aardetonen, kruidig, complex maar bovenal erg lekker.
mede door de zurige tonen en koriander zou dit volgens mij een fantastisch terras-/zomerbiertje kunnen zijn. plus voor de smaak.
330ml Bottle (Pressklubben, Stockholm) - Hazy amber with a foamy head. Spicy malt, caramel and orange in the aroma. Tangy and spicy taste with notes of pomerans, nuts and toffee.