Affligem Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

UPDATED: SEP 19, 2005 Fruit (apples and pears) and weird Belgian spicing going on in the aroma...very pleasant and promising. Great spritzy carbonation keeps the tongue happy. Wonderfully complex flavors...a whirlpool of apple brandy, pear tart, orange peel essence, honey, and strange florals. Some moderate hop bitterness in the finish to try and rein in the sweet malts and yeast from running rampant. Very very good!

A light taste of coriander and some floral hops. Golden colour with the haziest touch of murk and some alcohol, maybe clove. Pours without much of a head. A little bit of something sweet in here as well, like french toast. Bottle.

A orange yellow beer with a big and blond head. Aroma is fruitfull and fresh, some fructose sweetness, spicyness, yeast and also hint of bananas. Taste is sligtly fruitfull, spicyness, dry herbs and some balancing sweetness. Medium+ bodied, nice balancing carbonation, rich and nice to drink. Some kind of "heavyness" bothers this beer and so easyness and cheerfulness is missing. Anyway, good, complex and tastefull beer.

A yeasty beer that spreads people either its super or it is a bad beer to get through because of all the yeast taste and aroma.

0,7l bottle. Aroma is strong, you can smell malt and some fruits. Dark and rich red amber coloured liquid with brown and thick head. Taste is a little sweet with mild sourness and traces of alcohol. full body and long finish. Extremely good beer from friars.

Dark golden/reddish colour, minimal white head. Hops come out a bit sharply in the aroma with fruis and some malt. Intensifying bitter taste on the tongue balanced with yeast. Very good, remarkable brew.

Pater Marcus, Budapest. Zavaros, pirosas arany színű főzet, melynek tetején tömör fehér hab található. Illata malátás, főtt kukoricás és gyümölcsös (banán, narancshéj, alma, mandarin). Íze határozottan malátás-gabonás és tripel-esen gyümölcsös, de a banán és a fűszeresség miatt egészen extrém szerintem. Testes, pezsgősen szénsavas és száraz. Nagyon ízletes belga sör, kellemes meglepetés volt.

Affligem Tripel has a thick, creamy, frothy, cream-colored head and a hazy, golden-amber appearance, with lots of little bubbles streaming up. The aroma is not particularly strong, but one can detect fruits and some malt. Taste is of fruit, nuts, malt, yeast, brandy, alcohol, banana bread, and a touch of bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium to thick, and Affligem Tripel finishes mostly dry and smooth. Overall, this is a wonderful beer, and I rate it very highly. RJT

33cl bottle. Golden beer with a good formation of a persistent white head. Aroma is yeasty, sweet, bready. Flavour is sweet, Belgian yeasty, bready, alcoholic, with a final moderate sweet and slightly bittery. Good balanced. Carbonation is medium. Body is medium to full.