Affligem Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

This is a wonderfully complex beer that bis best served at about 55F in a good tulip shaped glass. Below that it loses a lot of the depth.

This remains to be my favorite beer. I have yet to find something more satisfying and enjoyable.

Delicious flavor and scent, goes down smooth. Quality. Well worth the price.

Aroma/Flavour: caramel, bread, vanilla, fruit. This is either my #1 or 1A for abbey ales. So hard to find in Western Canada (only in gift packs), but an absolute treat. Smooth, the complex flavours include the caramel/vanilla hints I enjoy most, but I’ve had a bottle of two where a resin taste/smell can overpower them (maybe on the shelf too long, as people aren’t as familiar with Affligem products outside of Blonde here). Exceptional.

Smooth, warm and inviting... a smooth drink with a fine aftertaste... I fully enjoy the stronger flavours of the end of the bottle. Quick a delightful drink to sit down and relax with.

Pours a beautiful light brown with an amazing head. Smells of fruit amd grains, Head is very nice and thick. This beer tastes very complex and is very tasty on the palate. Some notes of honey and grain, fruits, and amazing. For a 9.5% ABV you get a bit of bite but this is a beer you could definitely drink agin and again......

Bottle 330ml at Mendibil (Irun). Masterpiece. Aromas of caramel, cheese, and dough. Taste is sweet and sour, very long. Palate is creamy, and full bodied. Yellow, cloudy, with a thin head.

Deep golden colour with largish, steady white head. Nice aroma of yeast, fruit malt and perhaps some hops. Taste is more to my liking than most tripels, better balanced and nicely complex. Fruity, spicey and malty, medium carbonation, dryish with a long fruity, bitter finish. Excellent.