Affligem Tripel

Brewed by Brouwerij Affligem / De Smedt (Heineken)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Opwijk, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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What can I say? Very high quality beer! Aroma is quite strong; almost smells like whiskey. Got almost an apple-y taste. If you’re willing to shell out the dough, this is a good one.

Bottle. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, apple, alcohol. Flavour is sweet, yeast, apple, alcohol, spices, fruit. Nice beer.

This smells exactly like soy sauce. EXACTLY. I had to go to the kitchen to confirm the similarity. I suppose that makes sense, they’re both fermented.

Anywho, the beer pours a clear gold with a formidable head. The flavour has a little bit of that soy quality -- sort of a low-key grainy sweetness (wait a second, doesn’t that describe beer?). The aftertaste hints at avocados. What a crazy brew! There’s a good deal of yeast. Malt obviously, too.. but I’m having trouble mapping words to the flavour. Finishes dry, but my mouth remucouses quickly (possibly due to the 8.5% abv). Cool.

...I swear I’m not drunk yet, guys.

UPDATED: MAY 13, 2009 Bottle. An unclear, next to golden beer with an off-white head. Nice, sweet and fruity aroma with some spices and hops. Spiced and fruity flavor with a good bitterness, some yeast notes too. It finishes fruity, spiced and bitter. Medium to full body, quite dry. Nice one. Rating: 7-4-7-4-15-3.7. (080620)

Bottle, 75cl corked. It pours a slightly hazy, yellowish golden body, rather fizzy, with a two-finger head leaving some lacings. The aroma is on the fruity, citrusy side, with some banana, a little alcohol and a pleasant hoppy touch. Fruity flavor too, with both citrus and banana. Some herbal and spiced notes and a fine bitterness. Finishes in the same way, with the bitterness lingering. Full-bodied, dry and effervescent. A really pleasant tripel, sure worth another try. (090501)

Poured hazy golden yellow with a generous pillowyhead and decent lacing. Fruity aromas, mostly pear and apple, with a bit of spiciness and alcohol. Taste features the fruitiness and spices, with a strong malt backbone and a hint of banana. The warming alcohol is very pleasant. Very crisp mouthfeel, lively carbonation, and a clean pleasant aftertaste.

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex brew, cloudy, small head, the best of the Affligem-range

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a huge white, creamy and slowly collapsing head. Subdued spiced, light caramel malt note and mild yeasty in a fine mix meets the nose as the first impression. Flavour starts sweet and delicate fruity, slowly going into a more spiced and dry flavour yet still with a nice level of caramel. Dry and spiced finish, yet smooth and nice in texture and into the finish flavour.

Appearance: Cloudy orangy brown. Good amount of white head. Aroma: Pretty sweet. Fruity. Alcohol. Flowers? Taste: Lemon and quite bitter. Alcohol, warming. Some fruit. Unpleasant aftertaste. Info: 330ml bottle, 27/6-2007

Bottle from Rivers Bend. Poured hazy orange color with an average frothy white head that lasted with excellent lacing. Complex spicy fruit and yeasty aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Medium citrus balanced flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate to moderate duration with a small alcohol bite. This is a refreshing standout beer.

Starts off with a fluffy white head with a slightly cloudy golden body. The head doesn’t last too long, though. The scent is fruit mixed with alcohol and has a taste to match. The beer ends with a bitter aftertaste. Once this brew has had time to warm up the alcohol becomes more noticeable and takes on an almost rum-type flavour. Overall, I found this tripel a bit too harsh for my liking.