Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

Brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe (Moortgat)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Achouffe, Belgium

Draught > Flying Saucer. Good surprise seeing this one on the wall. More of a Tripel than an IIPA but not by much. Good refreshing beer that hides the 9% very well. Very drinkable. Fruity and a little dry. Would like to try again.

Bottle from circle liquor(fformer name). Not my favorite d’Achouffe offering. Has a nice head and nice flavor.

Poured from a Nice little 11.2 oz bottle into my fancy Chouffe snifter..Its a neat label. Whatever. Milky yellow pour, with a big fluffy head, Smelling of fruit, yeast, wet grass, and cigarette butt. Not a great aroma. Taste is Mysterious. Some fruit, but much clove, with a not so hidden pale malt. Has a queer bitter burn at the end that Im not fond of. I might say this beer is over rated by quite a bit, however in my own ignorance I expected a triple IPA, not an Abbey tripel. I question the freshness of this bottle.

750 mL into tulip. Pours a slightly translucent yellow with a massive four-finger white head that does not leave. Beautiful tripel aroma of light fruits, Belgian yeast, candi sugar, cloves, coriander, peach tart and lemon peel. Insane lacing. Taste is very unconventional. Very dry and tart throughout. Begins with chardonnay plus orange peel then the spicy hops show through with lots of grapefruit. Ends very dry and yeasty with lots of sourdough bread and herbal hops. Very strange but this is the very IPA Tripel. 9% is well hidden- watch out. Very good but I would say Tripel Karmeliet is still my favorite for the style.

Interesting aroma in this one: ripe citrus, clover and spicy hop character. The yeast seems to be in a state of suspended animation in my glass, nice carbonated head as well. Definitely an IPA, with hops and citrus abound. The tripel part comes later, and has a nice finish of clove and yeast. Palate is very active, yet maintains a certain creaminess as well. I was blown away by this underrated beer.

Also had at JKO. I think this one is a little overrated. It is good, but maybe my bottle was a little off. It has the sweet scent of fruit and honey, but the finish is a little twangy foy my taste.

I noticed the extreme fruitiness straight away, but the dryness was lossed by a slightly syrupy sweetness. I was very enjoyable but, I would like to try other brews by the brasserie d’ achouffe.

12oz. from John’s Grocery. Pours milky honey with a fairly large number of small particulates, many of which are constantly in motion from the high effervescence and large bubbles. Head in my chalice is nearly 2 fingers of fluffy yellowish beige foam that lasts as long as this drink did (I poured it fairly cold, probably 45 minutes altogether) and leaves nice thick foamy lacing the whole way down. Aroma is citrus, grass, fruity yeast, burnt sugar, toffee, musty hay, peach, yeasty bread rolls, lemon and wheat. Flavor is caramel, melon, pineapple, arpricot, yeasty bread, grapefruit, honey wheat dinner rolls, weak herbal hops, peach cobbler, hints of light toffee, almond and some orange zest. Finish is bitter grapefruit, sweet grainy and caramel malts, lots of fruity esters and some generally citrus notes. Palate is medium thickness, dry and slightly sticky on the lips, finishes dry and slightly acidic. Fantastic Tripel in my opinion and by far the best IPA/Tripel hybrid I have had.