La Trappe Tripel

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry at Smokeless Joe. Pours a clear bubbly copper colour with an average size off-white head and a little sediment. Aroma of caramel malt, yeast, banana, sugar, spices and alcohol. Fairly well blended flavour of malt, yeast, dark fruit, sugar and alcohol -- though the alcohol is a tad too noticeable in my opinion. I’ve had much better Tripels but it’s still a damn fine beer.

Bottle (330ml). At Smokeless Joe shared with blankboy. Poured hazy orange (some tiny black sludgies) with a large light tan foamy-creamy lasting head. Aroma of banana, wine, spices (cloves, coriander), yeast, oily slightly toffeeish malt. Taste is blended and balanced, mostly fruity spicy malt and plenty of well-behaved alcohol. Mouthfeel lively and syrupy - way smoother than most tripels I’ve had, not as complex as the St. Bernardus or the Westmalle, but nevertheless ...

Aroma:yeast and caramel... Appearance:hazy dark amber,light head... Flavor:alcohol,floral,light caramel,fruit.... Not bad...

Medium white head. Orange-golden color. Nice spicy aroma. Well Balanced. Further description will follow...

Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized creamy beige head. Fruity, sour aroma with some hints of stingy alcohol as well as earth. Fruity flavour with hints of raisins, licorace, spices, yeast and sourness. Also some slight alcoholic sweeness. Dry long fruitish and spicy aftertaste. Smooth palate.

dark orange- amber colour, strong aroma, rather sweet taste, bitter finish. Ok beer

Great lasting head golden orange color, good aroma, a bit too strong and peppery for me.

<Bottle at home, b-day 2005> Very tastefull Abdij beer, lots of different aromas including abricot and even some banana. Sparkling copper color and a very lively head.