Bornem Triple

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

bottle shared by anand- thanks a TON! a dry, bready, brown sugar and maple herbal nose. nose overly sweet, dusty, and dried plums. better than the vast majority of american tripels, as it isn’t cloyingly sweet. nice herbal doughy bread essence to the candied sweetness. good, not great.

Bottle. Pours lightly hazy gold with a large, rocky and frothy white head, long retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (straw, cereal, biscuit), light hops (spicy), and average esters (fruity) with notes of dust, ginger, black pepper, and sulfur-pineapple. Flavor is heavy malt (straw, cereal, biscuit), light hops (spicy), and average esters (fruity) with notes of dust, ginger, black pepper, and pineapple. Full body, moderate warmth and carbonation, light creaminess with a dry, alcoholic finish. This would be much better if the sulfur in the aroma was not present; the good news is that no sulfur makes it into the flavor.

Bottle. A strong smell of yeast, fruity, light alcoholic and sour. The head is very large, white and foamy with a long duration. The body is pale orange. The taste is very yeasty and rather bitter with a dry alcoholic finish. The body is medium strong, creamy with a rather lively carbonation.

Bottle pours a straw gold brew with a foamy white head. Scent is fruity. Taste is light and crisp with a dry finish.

330 ml bottle a golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts spices hops and some fruits taste malts spices and hops

Dodgy-looking old bottle with no date. Pours almost clear orange with a frothy white head. high bead. Orange, lemon, clove, white pepper aroma. Orange and sugary sweetness with a little dough and a very dry spicy finish. Alcohol hardly noticeable. Highly carbonated mouthfeel is a bit excessive even for a tripel. Otherwise a very solid beer.

UPDATED: AUG 3, 2010 Very pale gold pour with a huge, surging white head. Sharp green apple and brown sugar aroma, plus some spice and honey. Metallic green apple flavor with more brown sugar and spice, bready malts. Strong alcohol presence, especially at warmer temperatures, finishes with a bit of an herbal note. Not terrible, but a little off.

Bottle. A hazy golden coloured pour with a large white head on top. Yeasty, spice aroma. Tastes malty, quite sweet, fruity, banana, hoppy, dry. A tasty Belgian Triple.