Kasteelbier Tripel Blonde 11%

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

Draft at Uber. Crystal clear medium yellow. Thick, creamy, fizzy platinum blonde head. The usual dust, toffee, and green apples on the nose, but the sweet stuff is very restrained. Nice medium body, very light and dry. Mid-palate shows that dust, toffee, and green apple, but gets all light and airy--just positively arid. Hides that high booze count super well. Still, the dryness is the only thing about it that’s really super-amazing.

Bottle. Pours golden blonde with a big whtie head. Nose of yeast. Aroma’s of banana, vanilla and citrus fruits. medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness. Full body, creamy, lively, astringent.

[bottle] Yeasty aroma with plenty of sweet corriander and orange. Some clove and esters of tropical fruits. Clear orange-yellow with a lasting shiny, white top. Sweet yeasty orange sugar flavour with some horseblanket and an herbal bitterness that is nicely accompanied by ethanol. Medium body, high carbonation, warming. Very pleasant, if a tad to ethanolic.

0.75L with a date of 08-2007 on the label and once opened I noticed 10-2004 on the cork. Cool, it’s got some age. Pours clear gold with brief white had. The mild aroma sparks up notes of apples, plums, apricots, green apples, a bit of yeastiness, Brett like tart undertones and a faint background of funk. The taste is very much the same with an earthy pulse of green apples, green grapes, some plums and apricot fruitiness. Quickly a mild acidity and Brett tartness well up before white wine like fruitiness and tannins join in too. The tartness and perceived Brett are very mild notes and only add a bit to the overall experience. This 4yr old brew can easily withstand additional aging but I think it taste very nice right now.

Shared this one w/ oldrtybastrd. Picked up at Maruhn Getränke in Darmstadt. Pours a hazy medium yellow. Aroma is lightly malty, hoppy, yeasty. Flavor is moderately sweet, highly alcoholic, citrus.

Shared this one w/ SkyCop32. Picked up at Maruhn Getränke in Darmstadt. Pours a hazy medium yellow. Aroma is lightly malty, hoppy, yeasty. Flavor is moderately sweet, highly alcoholic, citrus.

33cl bottle. It poured a pale yellow colour with a big creamy white head that settled down slowly in the glass. The aroma smells of bread, yeast, spices and alcohol. The flavour is spicy and tastes of bread, oramges, fruits and alcohol. It has a short aftertaste.

Name: Kasteel Triple
Date: 09/06/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub

Appearance: clear gold, huge creamy off white head, lots of solid patterned lace,
Aroma: sweet bready and yeasty malt aroma with lots of spicy character,
Flavor: rich sweet malt flavor, lots of spicyness, nice bready character, the sweetness and spicyness are in good balance, light bitterness rises out of the spices for a light bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: /10
Score: **+/4