Achilles Serafijn Trippel

Bottle, 8%. Very yeasty aroma, like baking yeast. There is also some sweet light malts and alcohol in the aroma. Hazy golden colour. Small stable white head. The flavour is sweet, malty and alcoholic in good balance. Has a little yeast in the aftertaste, and otherwise a good, warming alcohol note.

75cl bottle from Habersham Liquors (Savannah, GA). Pours a hazy golden caramel color with a one finger white head that laces the glass. Aroma is sweet malt, caramel, honey, grass, straw, earthy, bread and yeast. Flavor is much of the same with primarily yeast, bread and malty sweetness on the palate. Somewhat watery mouthfeel with a quick, unremarkable finish.

In short: Tasty average tripel. Fruity, rather sweet but also very hoppy. Dry and citric. Good one
How: Bottle, 330ml, probably over 6 months old
The look: Cloudy yellow-blonde body with a medium white head
In long: Quite a bit of residual candy sugar in there but this is well balanced by a generous amount of Saaz-like dry grassy hops as well as citric lemony hops. Some mangos and pears in between. Nice dry and citric bitterness. An overall fresh and crisp feeling despite being a sweet strong Belgian ale and not very fresh. More juicy as it warmed up. This was quite a pleasant surprise. I had low expectations about this unknown low-rated beer but it turned out to be a very acceptable Tripel. Like I told all girls I’ve ever blind-dated, lowering your expectations is a excellent way to be pleasantly surprised.

A dark yellow colored beer. It has a huge thick white foamy head. The aroma is sweet yeasty, with some orange. the tastehas some toches of bitter,spicy. In the back a bit bitternes. It’s an ordinary good tripel.

Bottle from State Line. Pours turbid orangy with 1-finger off-white head. Nose is heavy citrus, tangerine, hops, spicy florals, rock sugar. Tastes citric, with orange zest, spicy, floral, bready malt, and yeasty notes. Serafijn makes good beers, and I always enjoy seeing new ones around.