Leffe Tripel 8

Brewed by Brouwerij Hoegaarden (InBev)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Hoegaarden, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Overall, just above average tripel. stately head and color in keeping with the style. More rich in the maltiness dept. than other tripels. No striking or unique flavors. In general a nice blend of malt/fruit flavor. among the Leffe family, probably the best.

The head is robust and the body cloudy. It smells yeasty-fruity, fruity-citrus- lemon, yeasty-sweet. The taste is sweet-yeasty, foamy. The aftertaste is sweet-yeasty, a bit banana, citrus and alcoholic. Nice! 11/11/11/12/12/11

Aroma: Very vivid, not unlike a dry white wine. Lots of Belgian yeast, orange, lemon skin, alcohol, spices (coriander?). Refined and complex. Mouthfeel: Medium body, smooth texture. Taste: Malty, but with an equal balancing hop bitterness. Lots of tart fuit going on. Finish: Dry, bitter, orangey and alcoholic. Overall: High quality stuff. Delicate and rich.

0.33 bottle. Nice, full, fruity nose typical for Leffe. Orange in color, hazy, white quickly disappearing head. Taste is somewhat sour with a sweetness coming secondarily, quite boozy. Medium or even light body, texture is hard to define due to very lively carbonation but best described as creamy. Finish is quite disappointing hence the mark, incommensurably sour, prolonged, a tad dry. In the beginning it seems like a very good beer however it spoils this first impression with imbalanced palate and sour-biased finish.

Hazy mild brown, with quickly disappearing head. Sweet in taste, similar to Leffe Blonde, but milder and more creamy. Delightful non-agressive finish. Well done.

Pours cloudy golden with a medium head. Aroma is malts and yeast. Flavor is bitter malts and yeast. Not my kind of trippel, but decent.

Too boozy, classic leffe aroma and flavour, but the booze comes through too strong.

Bottle 0,33ltr: Orange coloured brew with an quite but balanced sweet taste and fine hints of spices. An adequate tripel from this colossal brewgroup.

The rich and spicy Leffe Tripel contains numerous flavours and contains the more complex aroma

330ml bottle. Blond color with creamy white head. Aroma is fresh and well balanced. Notes of vanilla, sitrus and burnt caramel. When you have tasted a Leffe, you will very soon recognize the next bottle. Taste is less sweet and more drinkable than Leffe Blonde. Hides alcohol.

Geur is fris fruitig met licht banaan . Smaak is wat flauw en niet erg breed/complex, beneden gemiddeld. Geen noemenswaardige nasmaak.