Adelardus Trudoabdijbier Haspengouwse Tripel

Brewed by Brouwerij Kerkom
Style: Abbey Tripel
Sint-Truiden, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottle (from Bitter Virtue, BB Oct 07). Good fruity aromas slightly orangy with a littke yeasty spice and honey. Sweet but creamy body with honey and citrus. Manages not to be overly sweet and is lusciously drinkable.

Pours a hazy orange-copper, with a frothy one finger head that slowly settles to a thick cap, leaving behind a thick sheeting of lace. Smell; coriander and cloves really jump out at me on the first few sniffs, and then some bananas and a bit of pepper. Taste; the bananas come out a little more agressively in the flavor than they did in the aroma. Candied sugar with coriander and cloves are present, as well as some peppery spiciniess. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, adn very drinkable. I picked up this bottle in Bastogne, Belgium, and now I wish I had picked up more than just this one bottle.

Hazy orange colored pour with a small diminishing head. A spicy, fruity nose with a sweet, orangish finish. A very nice Tripel.

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, mediumsized foamy head, some lacing. Aroma is orange, spices and yeast. Flavour is spices, oranges, alcohol and a bit marmeladeish. Yeast also gives a big "dryish" and quite earthy hints in the finish. The sweetness balances quite good with the yeast.

Bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm. Hazy orange colour with a low white foam. Sweet aroma of oranges, cookies and spices. Flavour is quite one-dimensional and sweet of sugar and candied oranges. sticky sweet finish of orange marmelade. Way too sweet!

(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm, 2 Sep) Colour is amber, slightly hazy, with firm white head. Nose i fruity with lots of orange, mandarin, apricots and citrussy hops. Taste is frutiy with orange, mandarin, peaches and a nice spicy hoppy character in the finish. Rather sweet, but still balanced. Very nice beer with a nice and spicy hop taste.

Bottle.Creamy white excellent fully lasting head. Orange yellow colour. Powerfull hoppy aroma. harsh acetic flavor. Really strange. Watery palate. Not my favorite.

Bottle. Orange hazy colour with a medium creamy mostly lasting head and a good lazing. Aroma of malts and hops with notes of citrus. Bitter sweet finish.

Light orange colored, little vanishing white head. Spices, fruits, sweetness and medium alcohol in aroma. Medium bodied. Fruits, spices and mild alcohol in flavor also. Balanced basic triple, still nothing special.

Bottled. Delirium Café. Dark amber colour, good white head. Looks solid, yet dark for a triple. The aroma is strongly medicinal with vague buttery vinegar notes. Mouthfeel is astringent and papery, almost roughly harsh. Flavour is malt sweet and lacks depth, and the dry, papery bitterness is always there in the background. Butter/Diacetyl is there as well, I’m afraid. When poured with the sediment, it got slightly better, the awful harshness almost vanished. I don’t think this was a bottle problem, something must have gone wrong with the lautering and/or the fermentation.