Bornem Triple

Cloudy pear and honey color, with large white lasting head (bottle spewed like some homebrew upon opening). Aroma is sweet grape-apple wine with honey. Flavor is similar, with more alcohol and some toffee thrown in. Some drying, warm alcohol and slight hops on the finish.

Bottle: Cloudy, pale orange color with white head. Sugar cane and sweet malt dominate this aroma early. Yeasty qualities start to show up too, as well as spices and some light grassy notes. In the mouth, this beer starts out very sweet, cream like in flavor and mouthfeel. Becomes progressively dryer from there, with yeast and ester notes and a rise in the carbonation. The alcohol hits right before the swallow and mixes well with the flavors that follow. These include spices, grass, esters and yeast. This mix of flavors make for a very enjoyable, strong finish to a fine beer.

this is one crazy assed beer. A more experienced tongue than mine may really love it. There is something of honey in it, reminescent of other Belgians made by La Binchoise, i believe. There is an exceptional taste in there, but, for me, it is a bit ’run over’ by the strength of the alcohol itself. I can’t decide whether the alcohol flavour is on purpose or not. I have certainly drank higher octaned beers before; many with less of a boozy smack.

Clear yellow/golden color. Frothy thick creamy head that lasts for ever. Nice spic citrus aroma. Flavour is spicy, and crisp. A nice tripel, nothing mind blowing or revolutonary, but a nice solid beer.

Bottle: Poured a light golden amber with white head. The aroma was sweet floral fruit. The taste was sherry like with lots of alcohol taste.

Quaffed respectfully at room temperature. Misty gold with hissing bathfoam suds. Metallic gooseberry snout. Heady apricot fruitiness, warming boozy malt and bitter hops, with a surprisingly mellow banana wheatiness sticking around long after the swallow. Intriguingly fruity and well-rounded Tripel. (sampled as Maerlant Tripel, De Kuppe, 31/12/07) Spruce, vanilla and pils-like graininess. Aromatic juicy citrus, lemon rind, possibly juniper. Bit of an odd custardy note. Quite stinging and dry. Nice.

Nice suprise in this Belgian! The pour was a hazy gold with a head that was there even after I finished the beer. The aroma was weak but was yeast with some fruitiness to it. The taste was different...yeast, honey and light fruits with a spicy and slight hop aftertaste. Nice!

Cloudy yellow with good amount of head. Honey and banana with hint of wet straw in aroma. Decent triple