Moinette Blonde

Brewed by Brasserie Dupont
Style: Abbey Tripel
Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

Excellent 2 year old tripel. Lots of malt in both aroma and taste, some citrus and some barnyard too. Good long and hoppy, bitter finish. Very good indeed!

Golden straw blonde color with a big frothy white head and some floaties, a bit cloudy, leaving some nice lace; it’s real purdy lookin’ an’ ev’rything. Aroma is a complex and sticking in the nose; a touch of citrus. This beer isphenomenal; very deep, complex from all aspects. Very good !

A great belgian blond, with some recemblance to the tripple style, a little sweet with a distinct but mild bitter hop taste

Hazy golden body with a large head and nice lacing. Aroma is yeasty, earthy and herbs with citrus and spicy pepper. Flavour starts off pepper with some yeast with a note of alcohol before turning wheaty with a slight touch of barnyard wetness and pear as it warms. Lots of carbonation abounds from start to finish.

Nice pale but hazy gold with attractive bone white foam on top. Intese estery aroma, redolent with evergreen, citrus peel and juniper. Very alive on the palate, carbonation carries a nice peppery flavor that’s quite dry and thin bodied in a very refreshing way, very champagne like, but with the overall impression of champagne made in an East Kent (or Poperinge) hopyard...classic!

Dull gold/orange murky appearance – white head thick and frothy – nose is cereal, malts, dough, caramel– medium body – initial taste is sharp, cereal, malt, and yeast- aftertaste is medium with a creamy, acidic, and grains

Pours a golden straw blonde color with a big frothy white head and some floaties, a bit cloudy, leaving some nice lace; it’s real purdy lookin’ an’ ev’rything. Aroma is a little moldy with wet hay, yeast and alcohol.; complex and sticking in the nose; a touch of citrus. Sourish, dry; lots of vinegary and cidery flavors; bready, yeasty, sourdough; herbal and citrusy, stale hops, Italian/Provencal food herbs. Flavors last forever, and dry out the tongue...This beer is absolutely phenomenal; very deep, complex from all aspects. This is one of the best beers I’ve had.

Once again I’m underwhelmed with what appears to be a highly regarded tripel. I thought this came across as harsh and poorly integrated: very sweet up front, but with a dry bitterness in the finish that had an unpleasant ammonia quality. Maybe I need to try this again, because it seems my experience is way out in left field.