Wired Cola

Day 2, and our selection is the one with nuns on the label, Tripel Karmeliet (danger: Flash, noise, no direct link to the beer itself, a veritable panoply of flashcrap), the one on the right in the photo:
It's a wheat beer, and being a triple, it's a heavy hitter. As a great fan of Unibroue, I have to compare it to Don de Dieu, their potent wheat ale. Also, I've had the Tripel Karmeliet site running in the background while I wrote this, and the insanely annoying music loop repeats about every 15 seconds. If I were to meet the web designer in the next few minutes, I'd probably assault them.
Okay, website closed. I don't know what there was to learn at the site, though it looked very pretty. Too bad about the insane music loop. Do people who order up these websites just never spend more than five seconds using them, or do they have some inability to recognize how insane that music is?
Ahem. Unibroue makes about three of my four favorite beers, and maybe the top three, so comparing a beer to that is tough competiton. I think the Karmeliet is a little less subtle and a little less smooth than Don de Dieu, and a little more fizzy. I have no idea if it's fair to penalize a beer for a bit of fizziness, but I do.
Karmeliet is nice. I like wheat beers, and I like strong beers, so a strong wheat beer has no problem being my friend. But put a bottle of this in front of me and a bottle of Don de Dieu, and I'll take the stuff from Quebec every time.
And not just because of the bigger bottle.
We'll call the Karmeliet 2/5, only because a better, cheaper option is available. It's utterly drinkable, and very nice. If you like wheat beers, you know what to do: a little food, a summer's day, maybe lemon if you're totally gauche (and I totally am, except right now).
While I'm here, though, I have to credit the label for being so pretty. This qualifies as the beer bottle I'd most like to keep for aesthetic reasons.
I'm letting the beer warm up right now, as the label says 6-9C, which is way warmer than I actually poured it at (fridge temperature, whatever that is).
It's at about the right temperature now, and my verdict stands. Maybe it seems a bit smoother and a bit more bitter now, but no less fizzy, and I think I still prefer the Unibroue. Good stuff, though.