Badfride Tripel

Brewed by ’t Hofbrouwerijke
Style: Abbey Tripel
Beerzel, Belgium

ZBF 2008. Amber colour. Malty, light spicy, wheaty aroma. Chewy mouthfeel and good balance of malt, wheat and spices. Pretty low on hops, yet slightly bitter.

Bottle @ Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Unclear hazy light to medium amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. (010308)

ZBF2008: From bottle. Pours light brown with a little lacing white head. Light caramel malt aroma, mild nutty note. Flavour is mild fruity, nutty and caramel malty. Ends with a light mellow yeast note and mat flavours.

Draught. Low white head, quickly disappearing. Hoppy caramel aroma with fruity notes. Pretty hoppy roasted malt flavor with a good deal of hops . Low carbonation. Long roasted and bitter aftertaste.

Sampled at ZBF 2008. Golden with a white head. Yeasty, fruity aroma. Grassy and yeasty flavour, slighlty roasted with broth-notes.

From a 75 cl bottle at Zythos Beer Festival 2008. Clear amber with medium off-white head. Fruity and slightly roasted malt aroma with some herbal and dusty hops. Medium bodied and smooth. Good balance.

From bottle, 33 cl. @ ZBF. Clear Darkgolden to amber color, with good white head. Aroma caramel, sweet, bitter. Medium body. Taste sweet, hopsbitter, little alcoholic touch. Nice brew.

Fast gone whitish rim over clear amber-copper ale. Sweet, caramel-like nose, maybe some parsley. Sweet-bitter, bit cookies or even old gingerbread taste, slightly oxydized, if VERY balanced. Bitterness renews with every sip, but is fleeting. Medium to well-bodied. Sweet-ish, but tripel-attenuated. Nice, if somewhat sweet tripel. Definitely another good one from ’t Hofbrouwerijke.