Bornem Triple

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

Aroma is sweet and promising, offering bananas, lemons, some hops and warm alcohol. The flavor has some of these qualities but seems way too bitter and sour for me with an almost peppery clove sensation happening. The alcohol is not well hidden so this could be why. It started with a big head and eventually settled to a lacing. I do appreciate the dry aftertaste and detect some luscious fruits there-it makes me want to sip this quickly.

20 Mar 2006 - Sweet tart hop aroma. Cloudy yellow head drops away quickly with no lacing. Big hop spirit with sweet malt flavour. Tangy bitter hop finish and sweet aftertaste.

Pours golden with a wisp of yeast, has a large coarse bubbled head that disapates quickly. A sweet yeasty aroma, flavor is sweet with some spice as expected for the style, but more toned down and subdued, which is not such a bad thing. I found it to be a smooth, drinkable triple with a satisfying, dry finish.

Man, this smells like Blatz!!! Luckily it doesn?t taste like it. Ok, I've had 2 beers from this mixer 6er of Belgiums I picked up, and so far I am not at all impressed!

33cl cool. Pale gold, large bubble carbonation, coarse head. Big aroma pineapple, dry coconut, pear, fresh cider. Taste citrus, spruce, pear, pie spices, apple, controlled acute hop dryness towards end. Banana estery smoothness counters hard-cider alcohol feel. Very aromatic Tripel but not sweet, with flowery hops. Has med-dense body, dry hop palate/tongue. Cool It finishes off a bit like a good pilsenser but with lingering pear. Warming up it goes a bit funky, with odd grainy off-notes in the flavor, and harsher alcohol bite. Doesn’t end well at room temp. I think it lacks the completeness and integration of other tripels but I guess it’s unique and in many ways good fior the price. (6 pack at LCBO.)

At restaurant Napoleon in Damme afther a fine gastronomic meal. Intens gold-blond beer with a faint hazyness and a huge white head. Nice aroma’s of blond malts, honey, white stonefruits, dry cakes and hops. Mouthfeel is very lively and refreshing. It has an attack of malts, some white candy sugar, apricot, citrusskin, bread and a dry touch of fine hops. This beer has a mild-dry caracter with a good integration of the alcohol.

Bottle as shown. Pours a clear yellow golden with a small off white head that diminishes quickly. Decent spotty lacing on the glass. The aroma is a strong clove and banana with citrus. Medium mouthfeel with a very sweet fruit with orange peel, banana and a dry finish. A decent tripel from Brouwerji.

Bottle. Cloudy yellow/orange color. Aroma is Belgian yeast, a little banana and some nice hop scent in the background. Flavor is malt, yeast and a good hoppy kick. This seemed hop forward for a Belgian, but was nice. Nothing spectacular though.