Braven Apostel Tripel

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Abbey Tripel
Lochristi - Hijfte, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Gold blond beer with a nice white head. Spicy and breadlike aroma and taste. Nicely balanced. Cinnamon? Very nice. It doesn’t always have to be a bitter beer.

Bottle. Unclear golden-orange with a medium head. Sweet fruity aroma. Medium body. Flavor is very fruity and yeasty. Good tripel!

honey colour, big head, spicy, cinnamon aroma, very sweet, heavy and oily

Golden color with a medium white head. Lot’s of little bubbles. Broad aroma, hoppy (orange, abricot) with a malty undertone. The taste is fruity, with a nice sweet finish. I like this one.

My Bottom Line:
Banana esters and vanilla ice cream flow through a grassy and citrusy hop cologne in this lively and creamy Tripel.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A rocky, mountainous head of foam laces all around the cloudy beige golden.
-Carbonation is fluffy and active, as one would expect from this Belgian style.
-The mouthfeel is reasonably full, yet the overall effect is quite drinkable.
-Alcohol is not a factor in the flavor profile.
-The wheel has not been reinvented here, it’s just been replicated flawlessly. This was a mighty tasty surprise!

Bottled on 07/12/2006.

Bottle: Poured a deep golden color ale with a huge pure white head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of Belgian malt with some light spices which may include white pepper. Taste is a well balance mix between some semi-sweet Belgian malt, spices and light yeasty finish. Body is quite full with some excellent carbonation and no alcohol was detected. Nothing earth shattering to be found here but very good in any case.

Bouteille de 33 cl. Couleur orangée, trouble, joli col blanc de tenue très correcte. Une triple fruitée et épicée assez archétypique de la tradition belge. Classique mais bien fait! Trouvée à Vanuxeem - Ploegstaert.

Bottle, 8%. Gusher. Yeasty aroma, baking yeast, some sugary fruit. Dark copper colour, flooded with nasty looking floating bits. Big stable off-white head. The flavour is rather sweet with a distinct alcohol level to balance. Good fruity sweetness and also a good, clean grapefruity bitterness to finish.

Bottle: Poured a copper color with an off white color head. The aroma is sweet and almost veggy like to my nose, possible fruit in there as well. Nice sweet malt with that suttle fruit and spice, finish was just hoppy enough to bring real character to this triple!