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Gouyasse Tripel (Triple)

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	85
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An Abbey Tripel brewed by
Brasserie des Géants
Irchonwelz, Belgium

bottled
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205 3.51/5.0 3.5/5.0 9% 70.1 Trappist glass, Tulip P Stats

Commercial Description:
Ath, Belgium, the City of Giants, is famous for its annual Parade of Giants. Every year, Goliath – whose name is pronounced ‘Gouyasse’ in the local dialect – leads the parade. The Brasserie des Géants (Giants’ Brewery), in Ath, didn’t think long before naming its first brew ‘Gouyasse.’ Gouyasse is a golden Belgian ale, and a nice one, at 6% alcohol by volume.
Only trouble is, the Gouyasse, at a respectable but not intimidating 6% abv, was not ferocious enough to carry the name of the mythical giant, especially here in the U.S., where we like our beers big – the bigger the better. And so it was that we proposed to the brewery a stronger beer, with the name Goliath. They came back with Goliath Tripel, which they have also packaged for sale in Belgium. It’s become their biggest seller there in very short time.
Goliath is 9% alcohol by volume, a little more red in the face than your average tripel (almost an amber, really), nicely balanced with a bracing hop note versus a solid malt wallop. Goliath is the only Tripel in Belgium that is all-malt – without any sugar or other additives in. (Everyone else uses some sugar to ‘thin out’ their Tripels, which gives them alcohol, without the body that you normally get from malt.) That means Goliath starts out a bit sweeter than some, but over time, as the live yeast in the bottle do their work, it gets drier and more punchy. The first batch, after about half a year in the bottle, is about where we want it, but it will probably become a greater beer as time goes by. We recommend that you check in on Goliath every once in a while.

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Ungstrup (11136), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	12/20

Dec 27, 2006

A golden beer with a huge fluffy and hence collapsing orange head. The aroma is sweet with sharp notes of spices;coriander and ginger. While the flavor is sweet malty with notes of alcohol as well as spices, leading to a dry bitter end. I find it a bit too simple.

omhper (10454), Stockholm, Sweden

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Nov 27, 2006 Updated: Aug 13, 2007

Bottled. Hazy deep golden, small head. Pineapple aroma. Sweet, syrupy and densely malty. Fruity mingles with esters. Flavours are compact, and it finishes heavily salty.

Papsoe (9999), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	2/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Dec 5, 2005

(Bottle 33 cl) Very unclear - almost unclean - pilsener golden with a very creamy head. Very yeasty nose. Sweetish malty flavour with some lightly perfumy notes - probably coriander. Solid hoppy finish. 031205

yespr (6361), Copenhagen O, Denmark

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Feb 25, 2008

33 cL bottle, trade with Dedollewaitor. Pours hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is light caramel malt, yeast spiced and light orange fruity. Smooth sweet caramel malt flavour, light sugarish sweet and with a mellow yeast note. Goes into a more spiced flavour with a light orange fruit note. Ends with a fruity note at first but gains a mild woody flavour and dryness into the far finish. Nice and quite interesting.

joergen (6335), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Dec 4, 2005

Bottled. Hazy golden coloured with a white head. Aroma of fruits and spices. Sweet flavour of fruits, marzipan and spices.

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