Kasteelbier Tripel Blonde 11%

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Ok. The nose is very fruity, mostly apple and grape. The brew is golden with a quickly disappearing white head. The taste is different. Sweet with notes of coriander and funk. Not a lot of bitterness. The body is medium with a strange mouthfeel.

cereal, toast, dough, cooked vegetables, banana, vanilla, alcohol, amber, white foam, rocky head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, umami, creamy, soft carbonation, bitter,

Blonde beer, little head. Some citrus in the aroma. Slightly sweet. Hides the alcohol well, I wouldn’t be able to tell this was 11% just by drinking

It looks surprisingly bad, with a vague foggy blonde body and almost no head. The aroma is some citrus and sweetness, cloying malt. Flavour is a strong hop character backed by a lot of sugary adjuncts to jack up the alcohol percentage - but given it’s 11% it’s in fact much more drinkable than one would expect. Extra points for being a drinkable brew, but this is not a great example of a beer of any style.

Dark orange color with a fine white head. Sweet aroma. Taste of candy sugar and spices. Very strong in alcohol, burn all the way down.

My first ever Tripel, poured into a goblet like over-sized wine glass, its a light amber with quite a head on it that soon disappears to a lace. Aroma is quite yeasty, smokey and of alcohol, carbonation is medium with an oily mouth feel. The dryness of the beer hides the giant 11% alcohol volume of this, indeed I got up after a bottle and could certainly feel the effects. A nice beer, going to have to try more tripels though.

bottle. clear golden colour, bubbles, no head. smells of wine-grapa, sour mouth, short finish, light body, oily texture. didn’t like it.

Sample draft. Golden color. Med light sweetness, alcohol taste at end. Peppery and sweet. Belgium candy.