4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 13, 2007 New review:
Tripel is probably my favorite non-wheat beer style. La Trappe was the first one I’ve tried, and I loved it. Now I’m a bit more experienced when they’re concerned, and I decided to rerate it. This poured a great looking dark orange colour with a nice medium sized head that went away relatively slowly leaving a ring of lacing around the glass. The nose is all peachy Belgian-style-malt, and the taste isn’t much different. Nice and sweet with hints of peaches and dried apricots, some dry background hopiness that moves into the aftertaste. Hints of alcohol and spices. I still like this a lot (and still think that this is underrated), but a bit less than I used to. Oh, yeah, and it’s now available in Croatia too. Wish the Dubbel and Quad were....
Old review:
Bottle from El Corte Ingles in Barcelona.
Poured a lovely dark orange colour, with a fine head, the taste was fruity, maybe peachy, and it was quite sweet. A very, very, pleasant beer, which is certainly the best I bought while in Spain, and my only mistake was not buying more when I had the chance. Doubt I’ll be seeing this in Croatian stores any time soon (but I certainly hope). (8/5/9/5/18)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours deep orange amber into a trappist glass. Head quickly recedes to spot surface. Apricot and yeast aromas. Sweet and full upfront with apricots and pit fruits. Turning to a dry caramel and hop finish. Quite nice...
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a murky brownish orange color with a bubbly off white head that fades. Aroma is sweet fruityness: bananas, dates, yeasty and a touch of barnyard. Creamy mouthfeel, with a slight fruityness of greengrapes, bananas, touch of maple sweetness and a light crisp dry finish. A fruity date flavor is left on the palate. Nice flavors, but nothing standout.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Stone World Bistro in Escondido. Color was a rusty orange with a thin off white head that vanished quikly. Nose was very fruity with some banana, nutmeg and clove spices. Beer was very fruity in taste and had a bittersweet finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
cloudy orange with a citrus fruit aroma. very dark for a tripel. small head. not as yeasty and sugary as many tripels. some darker fruits and marshmallows in flavor. actually tastes and looks more like a dubbel to me. not a fan of this brewery.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
330 ml bottle. Slightly hazy, dark golden body with a small but dense off-white head. Fresh fruity and spicy aroma. Flavor is soft, sweet fruity with spices and a hint of caramel. Nice tripel.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark red-orange with a thin light tan cover. Very fruity aroma, light spice, alcohol. Taste is pears, fruity, more malty spices and a drying alcohol finish.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle, 0.75l BBE 04-2005, at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2008-12-23. Thank you Marjut for finding this gem.) Orange. Hazy. Small white head. Raisin, apricots, dried plum and fruitiness in quite strong nose. Full bodied and little bit dry and sugary palate with medium carbonation. Raisin, malts, fruitiness, dried plum, bitterness, sweetness and some chocolate in taste. Raisin, sweetness and bitterness in aftertaste.
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