 dmac (890), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Dec 9, 2007
750 ml bottle purchased at Jonathon Ron. Pours a slightly hazy honey orange with a fantasticlly large frothy pure white head. Lacing and head retention is nothing short of amazing with this gem. Big time aroma of yeast, fruity banana, candied sugar and sour dough bread. Medium bodied that has a nice creamy feel from the phenomenal head and a good amount of carbonation to balance it all out. Initial flavor is sweet, big honey flavor, that leads to tropical fruit followed by some breadiness. I must admitt this beer truely is a ten.
MrBeerFanatic (214), jamestown, New York, USA
Oct 15, 2008 Pours a medium dark cloudy golden/yellow with a white foamy head. Aromas of spices and fruit. Some of the spiced aromas come into the flavor with hints of fruit. Alcohol is noticeable. Semi sweet. Mouth feel is a little stringy. Pretty tasty and pleasing all around but the alcohol is almost dominant amongst other flavors.
Caleb1035 (36), , North Carolina, USA
Oct 15, 2008 750 ml bottles pours to orange/brown bottle with nice head that lasts and clings to the glass. Smell fairly week for a tripel (but perhaps I have cold). Taste is nice ,nothing special for a tripel, but enjpyable. Hints of alcohol warm the belly. Palate is nice bit it leaves a somewhat chalky mouthfeel afterwards. Slightly disappointing.
scottw86 (118), New York, USA
Oct 11, 2008 Poured a hazy orange/brown with a stable foamy off-white head. Aroma was not too strong, but mainly of fruit and some Carmel. Flavor was pretty unremarkable. Some fruity notes with caramel and a hint of yeast. Not as smooth or as much yeast flavor as other Belgians. The alcohol is pretty well hidden however, so it is very drinkable. Overall pretty good, but there are more flavorful tripels out there.
Straling (37), Amstenrade, Netherlands
Oct 9, 2008 Bottle 33cl.
Pours an clear orange colour, very well carbonated, with a good size head, didn’t have the proper glass, but the same type so I imagine it won’t make much of a difference.
Can definetly recognize caramel in the scent, but also vaguely some fruits are in the mix, though very hard to detect.
Very strong flavour, with a bit too much alcohol to it. Nonetheless has a good flavour with yet again a dominance of caramel.
Pretty good abbey tripel, but could do with less alcohol flavour to it.
DrDavid (368), Johnson, Vermont, USA
Oct 5, 2008 (Bottle). Medium-sweet fruit aroma. Clear light copper color, huge off-white foamy head. Flavor is delicious fruits and herbs, medium carbonation, very light finish. This is a powerful beer, but with the alcohol well disguised; caution required!
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