De Drie Koningen Caspar Tripel

Brouwerij De Drie Koningen
Brewed at Brouwerij Strubbe
Style: Abbey Tripel
Groede, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Copper-amber beer with a slightly yellowish, small head, some UFO’s. Heavy malt nose, some alcohol coming out. Just a hint of solvent. Sweet-bitterish taste, faintly spicy, and a flavour of wet wood. Base is seriously malty, with just a bit of caramel. Not cloying, but some restsugars. Vegetable ending, bit bitterish-metallic. Quite well-bodied, slick. Bread-and-butter tripel, sweet for the style with a lot of restsugars and restrained attenuation. There’s some serious debate over the name with the Alvinne brewery. And furthermore, I wonder how much difference there is with the Keyte Tripel.

Got a bottle from benzai, thx! Very nice hazy yellow to orange colour with a nice, fluffy white head. Smells like an orange, slightly citrus-hoppy, quite fresh and lovely. Tastes fresh as wel, some orange notes, fruity, some sourish-notes which make it a refreshing drink. Some iron-like notes in the aftertaste. Active carbo, but very drinkable. Great tripel. Must say i will only drink 1 beer tonight and this is just what i’m looking for right now. During a tasting session this beer might’ve scored a bit lower.

Bottle @ Arendsnest. Clear yellow / orange color, average slightly off-white head. Ok smell, decent taste. Soft, smooth carbo and a medium body.

UPDATED: MAR 27, 2011 20th March 2011
Bottle at Arendsnest. Cloudy gold beer, little white head. Dry creamy malt, not too sweet. Unsweet caramel. Dry finish. Doesn’t sound great but actually seduces in the end. Rewards a little patience, an unsweet tripel.

Bottle 33cl.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, creamy to frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, sweet, moderate to heavy, yeasty, fruity, light alcohlic. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcohlic. [20091021]

UPDATED: JAN 4, 2010 Cloudy golden with a medium white head. Fairly dry aroma with ripe fruits and malty notes. Flavour was sweet with overripe fruits, caramel, toasted malt mild spices. Finished with a soft mouthfeel and ripe fruits. Warmingcohol came through.

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of fruit as well as some notes of caramel, yeast, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, yeast, and fruit, leading to a dry alcoholic finish. Thanks fonefan for sharing.

UPDATED: OCT 24, 2009 Bottle, 7.7%. Good spicy aroma. Cloudy grey amber colour. Small stable white head. Sweet and spicy flavour, good rough bitterness. Spicy finish. Very well-balanced and good.

UPDATED: OCT 24, 2009 Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a cloudy golden with floating impurities and an off-white head. Perfumy and yeasty aroma. Medium body, fruity, phenollic and yeasty. Dry finish with some warming alcohol. 211009

James Wight found this in Palm Beach. Copper pour, no head to speak of. Malt dominates the aroma with some yeast and very faint spices. The flavor is a bit sweet, a bit woody and pretty typcial for the style...noting amazing. Not horrible either.

Old gold, almost amber beer. Malty aroma. Sweet and spicy taste. Notes of bitterness. Medium bodied.