La Trappe Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Hazy golden colour with a large lasting head. The aroma is yeast, fruits and some hops. The flavour is fruity, yeasty and a bit hoppy. Medium-bodied beer with a bittersweet aftertaste. Alcohol well hidden. Very nice brew.

Pours golden orange with a fizzy orange head that siappears quickly. The aroma is very yeasty and fruity with hints of bananas,orange, and apricots. Alcohol is noticeable in the nose. The flavor is pleasant and fruity with some yeast spiciness. Alcohol is very apparant in this one. Mild musty aftertaste with very little bitterness. Almost cocktail like with the fruit and strong alcohol.

Bottle from Systembolaget. Pours dark orange and hazy, big offwhite head. Sweet fruity and spicy aroma and taste.

Light sweet, fruity aroma. Dirty orange-gold color with a hint of white head. A refreshingly light bodied triple, moderately sweet and fruity with a hint of spice.

Serving date: 2009-02-24. Served in snifter. 330 ml bottle with freshness date on the label (best before end of 2010). Pours a brownish amber color with a lightly yellow shaded 1 cm head that settles after a while but leaves some decent lacings. First pour is clear, but a rather aggressive second pour with more or less all of the yeast going into the glass makes the beer rather cloudy. Lots of fruity aromas - most are on the sweet side, but some are slightly tart. Grainy malts, a general candy-like smell and some light phenols. The alcohol lurks in the background. The taste resembles to a large extent the smell. Plenty of vinous fruits (ripe apples, redcurrants), white bread, caramel malts, a touch of honey, some spices, candy and restrained yeast. It goes a little tart in the middle. A rather noticeable taste of alcohol. The gently bitter finish contains more malt, a taste of white pepper, a twang from the alcohol, and leaves a slightly dry sensation in the mouth. I must say, although the alcohol isn’t completely overpowering, it’s still rather prominent and sometimes overshadows the other flavors. Medium body, a bit too light if you’d ask me. Moderate carbonation with gentle bubbles. This is a good beer, but not great, and considering the expectations that one generally have on Trappist beers, I keep finding myself thinking that it’s just ok. It is surprisingly restrained for a Belgian Tripel, and not as complex as many other comparable Trappists. It’s simply just not that interesting. Also, considering it’s generally restrained character, it tastes slightly to much of alcohol. I’m not saying that it gets boozy - it just lacks some big flavors to back up the alcohol. However, in the end it is still a good tasting beer and I would like especially like to mention the composition of the sweeter components in it since I found them very pleasant. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

300 ml bottle a golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma yeast fruit malt and spices taste fruit spices and a little bitter

Very nice triple. I love that there’s something dutch about it. You’d think that the style would not allow it to represent dutch beer, but it does so magnificently.

From 330ml bottle. Pours nice .copper colour .light carbonation not much head and lots of yeasty sediment. nice sweet caramel tastes with slight acohol burn. Sweeter by the mouthfull with nice sweet finish.. Pleasurable and moreish Tripel..Will be trying the Quad soon..