Grimbergen Triple

Brewed by Kronenbourg (Carlsberg)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Obernai, France

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Golden color; nice perlage and magnificent head, giant and creamy. Malt aroma, citrus fruits, bread, spices; a fresh garden. Some malt flavor, some sweetness, very light liquorice, alcohol touch. Ordinary final. Easy to drink, but not outstanding.

very light and fresh sugar/orange aroma, cloudy bronze hue with a big frothy head, there are a few floaters, spicey orange flavour, strong and firm bodied, long spicy finish.

Yellow with amber shine. Creamy white head. Champenoise pearling, lacey. Nose with white sugar, grain, flowery, sugar syrup. Syrupy taste, scorched sugar with bitterish-metallic tang. Maize or corn-syrup? Very obvious carbonation, with sourish CO2-character. Medium-bodied. One of the lesser tripels. The metallic, schorched taste is unforgivable. Do they WANT a bad name?

Light blonde ale a with a constant frothy head. Fruity alcoholic aroma and a dense fruity alcoholic flavour that has a very bitter finish. A good Belgian triple.

Orangey and citrus nose. Golden hue with the obligatary massive head. Orangey and spicey tones with hints of cognac. Fantastic stuff.

Aroma of apples and black pepper. Brilliantly clear red/gold colour with fine white head and tiny bubbles. Has a little honey and apricots in the flavour but the yeast brings out perhaps a little too much bite. Clean acidic finish, excellent mouthfeel. Could have been a lot better if it had a more balanced flavour.

Large white head that slowly diminishes. Darkish golden body. Aroma; flowers, slightly acidic, yeast. Taste; fresh, slightly acidic, hint of pepper, bitter finish. Nice.

(33 cl bottle). Golden beer with a slight yeast haziness, large head. Very weak initial aroma, improves as the beer warms up - I get caramel, oak, honey and apricot. Very sweet fruity and honeylike flavour, next to cloying, low bitterness - a dessert beer, I'd say. Overall I'm a bit disappointed with this one, you expect more from the Belgians.

An unclear dark orange beer with a fine but fast disappearing head. The aroma is very sweet and slightly fruity. the flavor is sweet, sligthly metallic, and fruity with notes of oranges and other fruits. A really complex beer - especially for a triple. There is no hint of the alcohol content - but no bitterness either - but it still has a nice balance.

Bottle. Hazy copper color with an off-white head. A sweet candy, caramel, apple, brown sugar, coating flavor that is soft and zesty.