Kameleon Tripel

Brewed by Brouwerij den Hopperd
Style: Abbey Tripel
Westmeerbeek, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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UPDATED: MAR 29, 2006 re-rate, Bottled, blind tasting session: Totally different from the preciuous bottles I had. Aroma of white wine and citrus. Pale yellow color, hazy, white head, fair lace. Medium sweet and stays that way alle the time. Light increasing bitterness. Flavor starts white wine-like with apple, in between some caramel and strong pineapple flavor in the finish, medium body. Not easy drinkable but nice. December 2003, 0.9: It smells like someone who ate a banana and than threw up. Cloudy, yellow color, white head, no lace. Light sweet, light fruity and light vommit flavors. Medium to thin body. Had it at the unofficial Dutch Ratebeer Meeting but also tasted another bottle at home. Could all three bottles have gone bad?

Pours a bright golden yellow color. Aromas of hops, fruit, and a little yeast. Has a light fruit taste, with some yeasty notes, a touch of orange, and a good hop flavor.

bottle@Bier Central: clear golden with pretty much no head, tastes like sweet corn, lots & lots of all kinds of awkward sweet spices (incl. ginger), herbal, buttermilk, citrus, decent amount of yeast, honey, touch of fruit, oily smoothness, weird herbal beer not a tripel

(Bottle, 0.33 l, at Gastropub Tuulensuu, 20110915) The beer poured deep golden and quite clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had yeast, honey and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were yeast, carboard, sourness, malts, honey and bitterness. Aftertaste was yeasty, papery and bitter. A messy tripel with not so pleasant taste.

head: white, bubbly
colour: light blond
smell: flowery, sweet, hops , sweetcorn , yeast
taste: skunky grainy start, flowery, hops, lots of bitterness and yeast , dry sweet end , grassy after , a bit unbalanced ...

33 cl bottle. Golden blond color, white rocky head. Fruity aroma (sour fruit), sweet spices, malty, a bit herbal. Somewhat sweet flavor, malty, a little spiciness. Medium bodied. A bit spicy bitterish finish. Not bad, not great either,

Golden coloured beer with a small to medium head, that should hold a bit longer. Sweet smell of fruits, spices, yeast, some honey. Light sweet-bitter taste, then goes to a light dryness-earthyness, but also the sweetness stays. Hops gets trough slightly. To much sweetness, a bit unbalanced.

Devo dire che inizialmente questa tripel mi aveva sorpreso, perchè aspetto ottimo, e buonissimo aroma. In bocca la nostra è molto normale, comunque molto meglio di altre tripel più famose.

750 ml bottle. A hazy medium to dark golden beer, with an average sized, frothy, creamy, mostly lasting white head. The aroma is lightly malty, lightly to moderately hoppy, lightly to moderately yeasty. There are notes of bread, flowers, herbs, barnyard, basement, lemon, spices and alcohol. The flavour is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly to moderately sour, lightly bitter. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, long finish with medium bitterness, moderately alcoholic, lightly sticky. Good beer, though not as clean as expected, Maybe excessive alcoholic feel, too. Nice aroma and appearence and decent balance.

Bottle than ks to bu11zeye. Light gold with an average off-white head. Aroma is of cardboard, earth, spice and grain. Taste is of booze and spices.

(330ml bottle, BB April 2012, sampled Oct 2009) Pours a lightly hazy yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of herbs, nuts, grass, and yeast. Flavor of grass, earth, yeast, and nuts with a dry finish.