La Trappe Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

A very interesting tripel with aromas of citrus, pepper, coriander and yeast. Slightly acidic with a nice dry finish. Nice heavy malt presence to balance. Very intriguing cloudy orange color with a large, frothy head. Quite enjoyable, and I’m going back for more.

Dec 2001 rerating (bottle). A nice-looking, bubbly brew with an Octoberfest look to it, and with a malty, yeasty aroma with a hint of citrus. Flavor has more than a hint of orange and other fruits; nice but seemed too highly carbonated to me. Finish redeems, awesomely dry but with a nice lingering malty sweetness. Improves greatly as it warms. This used to be my favorite Trappist; sadly, it has diminished somewhat though I still think its quite nice -- but happily, I’ve discovered many better examples!

Nice amber color,strong lite tan head.yeast suspended throughout this brew.malty yaeasty aroma slightly spicy as well.Sweet malty taste spicy and some what fruity.with a slight after taste of yeast and malt with just a few hops thrown in for measure.Kind of a medium feel in the mouth with a hop bite in the after taste that gets spicy as time goes by.

My favorite La Trappe. Was a bit on the acidic side tho.

Caught in a rapid, sweet malt and nutty yeast current with nothing to hang on to, you try to grasp the rock berries and lemon logs that fly by but to no avail...A few branches of peppery herbs are thrown at you, but instead of saving you they slap you in the face and leave a stinging honey-sweet flavor in your bleeding mouth...Inevitable, phenolic treacley falls carry you, you think, to a certain demise but you wake up some moments later all dried up and ready to go...Again!...