La Trappe Tripel

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Bottle. A - Slightly cloudy honey golden orange with a thick, creamy, pillowy, meringue like white head. Good retention that settles into a nice layer of lace with some thick, sticky lacing on the edge. S - Slightly tart apple and orange are the strongest fruity aromas. Some honey and caramel maltiness. Some yeast and alcohol aroma present along with some floral and spiced scents. T - Apple and pear (with just a slight tartness) and hints of of golden/typical Tripel fruit. These other fruits get a touch stronger through the sip. Some sweet honey-like malt with touches of caramel come out mid sip. Some spiced flavors (clove, coriander, pepper and some others) and some alcohol taste comes out toward the end. The fruitiness comes out stronger on the finish again, especially the apple. M - On the lighter side of medium body with a good amount of carbonation. A bit thin, and some creaminess. D - Pretty easy to drink beer that is fairly well balanced and a good amount of flavor that makes me want to drink more. Notes: Best before 04/2012. Overall a solid and nice beer to drink. Nothing amazing, and it doesn’t blow me away and there are Tripels that I prefer, but it is a good beer. With all that said, I would drink it again, and it is worth trying.

.33L bottle, small stable head, quite hazy deep golden with orange colour, malty aroma with notes of vanila, mushroom, mustard and some herbs, malty fruity sweetness, medium bitterness and some alcohol in the back, pleasant sweet aftertaste with a touch of sourness. not spectacular but quite good and solid.

bottle 33cl. Hazy orange color. white head that disappear after a while. Kind of yeasty aroma. taste of hops and yeast with alcohol well hidden. (for an 8%!) nice beer, full body tastefull! Good one, not so special (but so famous.)

Fresh and fruity aroma comes from a cloudy and golden beer. The flavor is a combination between bitter and sweet with hints of fruits.

UPDATED: MAY 20, 2010 La Trappe Triple ain’t a special tiple. Looks too amber and un-Triple-esqu and not golden. What it does have as a Triple textbook is the custom of boozy , spicy ,fruit estery textures, and malty sweet character so its getting you wasted ,while being subdued AND DULL . An earthy and rustic vibe , not disimilar to a French biere de garde . Something like Jenlain blonde in resemblance .

Bottle. Just loved this beer. Even bought a second bottle to drink it again. Pours a dark orange beer with a good white head. Head quickly turns into a small foam. Impressive aroma with hints of yeast, orange peels, honey and some alcohol. A lot of orange and honey in the taste with a good hoppy aftertaste. Great trappist from the great country The Netherlands!!

14-MAY-2010, bottle @home. Quite high white head. Yeasty, floral nose. Very dry, quite high carbonation. Fine Tripel, but not the best.

YUMMERS. The Aroma is not very potent. The body is a dark gold color. The taste is delicious, sweet malty, and even some notes of fresh baked bread- go yeast. Really liked the brew.