La Trappe Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Moving on from their Dubbel, the Tripel packs more punch, more spice and more body. It’s a very nice tripel. There’s a fair bit of sweetness, and the flavor is nice, but I’m still a bit disappointed by this Trappist brewery. The Trappist designation has little to do with quality, so I probably shouldn’t have had as high hopes. At any rate, this beer pours an auburn gold. The liquid is translucent but somewhat hazy. It’s actually a very nice color with pretty golden highlights around the edge of the glass. The aroma is full of caramel malt with apricots, vanilla and rum all chiming in. The flavor is similar. There’s a phenolic note and the alcohol is well-hidden. I’m a little disappointed that this beer doesn’t pack even more of a punch than the Dubbel, but the Quad is still on deck.

Bottle. An average sized white head over a clear orange-brown body. Aroma of alcohol and coriander. A spicey taste and a pleasant warmth. A balanced finish.

Bottle. Bit hazy orange body with a longlasting creamy white head. Aroma malt, caramel, fruit, yeast and spices. Nice balanced flavour of coriander, spice, yeast, malt, hops and caramel. Smooth bodied. Very nice tripel.

33 cl bottle. Pours a clear dark-orange colour with vanishing creamy white head. Aroma is malt, spicy and alcohol. Flavor is fruity with some yeast and alcohol. Little bitterness in the aftertaste. Dry finish. Light body and little carbonation. Not so great.

courtesy of cartdan. pours hazy golden, white head. Good example of Trappist, not my fav. of them. Pours dark orange with thin off white/beige head. Some nice grainy mouthfeel with dark fruits that seem to be overpowering the experience. Some yeast add to the palate experience and finish.

25 oz. bottle at local pizza pub. Very nice tripel spicy flavor. Darker than normal color. Really liked this one. Spicier than, but maybe not quite as full as Chimay white.

Vegassssss....
Poured out a hazy amber brew with super fine sediment and a below average sized white cap that hasn’t the power to remain for long. Cool aroma! toffee, candy, wet bark, dark dried fruits, sweet and very interesting spices, dried bananas (faint), pink bubble gum of lower quality. The taste is pretty good but quite sweet, plums, sweet malts which hold up the body of flavour, yummy soft candies, something resembling lemon meringue - no crust, soft, acceptable spice with hints of weak pepper, sour apple on the finish. There is a shit load of carbonation here that is perfect, medium bodied, leaves a bit of a pasty coating - I finally noticed the alcohol on the taste and in my head. Finishes with a nice spice and fading bitterness which never totally disappears. I’ve noticed vanilla on one of my last sniffs before I drained the bottom into my gut and a touch of banana in the taste. Normally I don’t enjoy triples too much but I’ll have to say that I rather enjoyed this in under 5 minutes.

Bottle. Cloudy orange body, with a small white head. Aroma is oranges, spices and some sweet honey. Flavor is about the same.