Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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One of the best tripels I’ve ever tasted to date. Hops and malts are perfectly aligned. Hints of bannana, citrus, apple and plums. Massive head with every pour. Hops have a pine grassy undertones and are also very complex.No alcohol aftertaste at all. Awesome Brew!!!

I was a little apprehensive at first. I really enjoyed Hop-it from Urthel, but I wanted to try something with a little more AIPA styled. Was I ever rewarded. Into my Duvel Tulip a vigorous and healthy carbonation fill the glass and a thick fluffy eggshell head forms and follows to the bottom. Rich golden hue with the lightness of a Belgian Golden Ale. Fresh and crisp hops emit from the foam. Non-aggresive grapefruit on the nose with notes of cloves and dry spice. The first sip reveals that the citrus is here to stay and the spice is bound to develop. A dry and hoppy fruit sail with the balanced spice and body. I rarley find aa beer that has a seamless personality and an apparant flawless construction. It’s meaty enough to hold the abv.% but refreshing enough for the first beer after work. Maybe this will be the only one of the evening. How dangerous to have a brew that is so enriching and thirst quenching. This beer is a new favorite. I depend on Tripels to be snappy and hoppy on the finish and this beer delivers with a crisp cleansing end that I can’t help but want more. If I was to ever dream of a perfect blending of these two styles dAchouffe has beaten me to it.

UPDATED: AUG 11, 2006 WOW! This brew has character. Appearance is that of diluted lemon juice. Pours a huge white canopy that just sits there, like it’s trying to protect the nectar from me. Maybe like a built in defense mechanism to ward off harmfull doers. After the froth settles it condenses into a marshmellowy substance that actually has some weight to it. Like I said, marshmellows. It’s funny because the residual froth clings in the most uncommon places. One time it clung to the top of the goblet, the next it clung to the side wall. Most of the time I found it floating around in the nectar like a cloud in a yellowy sky. When you eat the froth it has the dense consistancy of whipped egg whites. Tastes like sweet cream. MMMM. Aroma is of flowered asprin. Light in nectar weight with few residual effers. Flavors are floral with corriander, candy spice, and banana. Slightly herbacious with a faint sweet asprin finish that drys and lingers. The banana is more pronounced as it warms. The hoppsy character has a presence more like a song writer than the actual rock star. She gets the credit, be she’s in the background. Overall: this is a very complex brew. Dry, ballanced, and full of character. The alcohol is well hidden. I highly recommend this brew to the connoisseur. Connoisseurs Choice!

One of my all time favorites. This beer pours with a foamy, white head and settles into the glass with a perfect golden body. Slightly hazy, each sip is true to its Belgian routes but also showcases the intense hop character of English IPAs as well as the aggressive size (alcohol) of American Imperial IPAs. Quite simply, this is heaven in a bottle. You will taste notes of banana, clove, and raisin but it resonates nicely with citrus-like overtones. The nose is sweet and pungent. The body is delicate and warm. The finish lingers on your tongue making you crave the next sip.

Think of a very nice Trippel but with a kick ass amount of hops - to the point of that skunky nose and bitter, lingering finish.

UPDATED: NOV 8, 2006 Fragrant piney hops and sparkling pineapple esters expand into complexity...Green, resinous hop flavor and bitterness is in love with the plentiful tropical fruit...The head is a 3-D map of an unknown planet, and the body the perfect creamy vessel for the wide flavor spectrum...A palate-expanding experience which I hope to relive regularly...

Bottle. Very carbonated, golden color, large white head with large bubbles and nice lacing. Yeasty and hoppy aroma. Lots of spice, and some fruit. Flavor is very interesting--citrus, fruit, dry finish, grassy aftertaste. Truly a unique thing, and I am very glad that argo0 insisted that I buy it.

Love this beer. Lots of people have rated it so far, so I won’t go through the normal stuff. But bubble gum on the back of the palate after you swallow? Seriously? And good hoppy nose up front too? Killer beer.

Served in a tulip. Long lasting and beautiful white rocky head. Hops’ blend is to die for (citrus, floral). Malty, finest cereals, slight toastiness. Very bubbly, champagne-like. A nice spicyness - Achouffe’s special yeast. WOW!

UPDATED: JUL 7, 2008 Holy hell! What a fantastic combo! A traditional Belgian strong with American IPA sensibilities. The hearty orange lollipop aroma is laced with flowery resins, portending a hoppy experience. Orangy amber with a huge fluffy white head that sticks to glass like a suction cup. Well they call it Belgian lace for a reason! Moderately carbonated, this brew is sweet and bitter altogether with a complex lingering finish that skips effortlessly between tart citric zest, resiny hops and sweet candi sugar. A top pick!