Kasteelbier Tripel Blonde 11%

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

Pours clear yellow with a fast dissapating head. Sweet grassy, fruity aroma. The taste is the same with a slightly tart bite and alchohol coming through. Got better as it warmed. The yeast taste/aroma was more subdued then other tripels I have had. Not bad though.

I don’t like blonde beers all that much but this is agood one. It smells and even sort of tastes like a chapmagne in a way. The alcohol content helps it.

Bottle. Moderate malt notes of light bread and grain, lemon for the hops, leather for the yeast, and a big hit of white wine up front. Head is average size, fizzy, white with no lacing and is fully diminishing. Color is slightly hazy pale amber/orange. Flavor starts lightly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishes moderately acidic and lightly bitter. Palate is medium, oily with a lively carbonation and finishes a touch dry. A bright and refreshing Abbey Tripel with no bad attributes.

750ml bottle from Half Time in Poughkeepsie. Sweet. Not bubbly enough. Head vanished instantly. Would not guess its 11ABV. Very pleasant taste but not with food. I liked this beer.

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a pale golden with a medium white head and a sweet, spicey (coriander). Flavor is sweet and bellywarming alcoholic. Too sweet for a triple I think

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.

On draft at Magoo’s . Cloudy light tan in color, little head but nice lacing, faint sweet fruity odor, very sweet-sour inittial taste with hints of bananans and grapefruit, sweet sour taste with strong sweeet finish and a little too bitter aftertaste.

Bottle. Hazy, yellow color. Small white head. The beer had a rather nice acidity. Hops, citrus, yeast. The beer felt smooth to drink, despite the high alcohol content. Tasty.