De Graal Tripel

Brewed by De Graal
Style: Abbey Tripel
Brakel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

33 cl bottle. Served in St. Bernardus goblet. Hazy gold w/ big, creamy, stable head that sticks around until the end, and leaves good lacing. Most impressive. The aroma is well-hopped, citrusy fresh, and well-balanced. The flavor is perfectly balanced between citrus, hops, slight sweetness, solid malt backbone, and long, spicy, warming finish. The alcohol remains hidden. Mouthfeel is impressively full and soft. Eminently drinkable. A superb tripel; one of the very best I´ve tasted.

Cloudy, yellow coloured with a decent head. Aroma of yeast, some caramel malt Taste is sweet, bitter slightly dry. Caramel malts, spice and citrus. Decent triple.

Bottle, 33 cl. Dark yellow color with a white head. Aroma of yeast, some caramel malt. Taste is sweet, bitter + dry. Good triple

750ml From The Wine and Chees Shop MO. Pours a slightly hazy light gold with a very dense and creamy looking head which clings to the glass nicely. First whiff of aroma tells me this is a winner. Classic Belgian yeast with spicy pepper notes, fruit and floral. Body is light and airy with a creaminess that is what I look for in the style. A perfect 5 is justified here. Flavor again, classic Tripel. Spicy, fruity and a yeast profile that just sings. much like Tripel Karmeliet yet not as sweet. Overall a winner from start to finish!

750 ml. brown, champagne bottle. Crowned, but no cork. Best before June, 2009. Poured out a hazy, strawberry blonde color, with a huge frothy white head. Aromas are of corriander, cardamom, ginger, other baking spice, sweet malts, slight whiff of alcohol. Flavors are of spices, slight yeast, sour oranges, lemon peel, sweet malts, some alcohol. Rich mouthfeel, slick and oily. Finished somewhat dry and tangy. Carbonated well, but not too much. Perfect example of the style. Seek it out if you can.

Cloudy light amber color; thick head. The aroma is classic for a Tripel, malty and spicy (coriander); and milk chocolate. Same for the taste: good malt and very strong spicy character (coriander), dry. With a strong bitterness in the late taste and final. Solid.

Firstly, I thought this beer rocked. Poured orange with a medium white head. Big citrus hop aroma. Big hop flavor reminiscent of the west coast. Bitter finish. Excellent.

Pours golden with a thin wispy off-white head. Notes of fragrant esters, bubble gum, honey, pale malt, pear. Full bodied, light alcoholic with lively carbonation.