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New Belgium Trippel

New Belgium Trippel - Abbey Tripel

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 Percentile 
93
overall
Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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7573.62/5.03.61/5.07.8%90.7Trappist glass, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Our Trippel Belgian Style Ale (pronounced triple) opens with a bold blast of hops that slowly gives way to the fruity esters implied by our Belgian yeast strain. The Three Graces hand-painted on the label are Zeus’s daughters Aglaia (splendor), Euphrosyne (mirth) and Thalia (good cheer). In the Belgian tradition of brewing singles, doubles and triples, Trippel is the strongest with the longest fermentation. Remarkably smooth and complex, our bottle-conditioned Trippel is spiced with a trace of coriander.
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 redgold07 (308), Irving, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/513/20
Dec 2, 2007  
Pours a clear golden color, aroma is of floral hops and slightly sweet. Flavor is dry and earthy with some hop and citrus mixed in. Slight overtone of alcohol, too. 12 oz. bottle.


 robforbes (1083), Bremerton, Washington, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/512/20
Nov 29, 2007    Updated: Jun 6, 2009
old rating: 6/2/7/3/12 - 3.0 pour is a clear golden with a thin white head, and good lacing. smell is grain, sweet fruit, spice, citrus, malt, and a touch of caramel. taste is a little tart, some fruit, malt, bread yeast, spice, and peanuts, ends dry and a little tangy.


 AmEricanbrew (1747), Louisiana, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/510/20
Nov 28, 2007  
12 oz. bottle with a drink by date of 11-23-04. Pours a cloudy amber color with a slight head. Nice lacing. Smells of black pepper, spices, and corn. Light to medium bodied with a decent mouthfeel. Tastes pretty bland with a grainy, yeasty flavor. Has a slight alcohol bitterness to finish. Below average for a triple. Not as good as I remember it being some ten or twelve years ago. jan 2004


DrZao (96), Houston, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/513/20
Nov 13, 2007  
Golden, aroma is nice with banana noticeable. I agree that sweetness may help balance the flavor. Not as good as I remembered from my last tasting.


 Ty5592 (1015), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 30, 2007  
Bottle from BlackForestCO. Light blond color with light eastery/banana aroma. The taste was the samw with the samw nutty flavor as fat tire. Decent but needs more sweetness and less nutty flavor.


 drfabulous (1212), Columbia, Missouri, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/59/20
Oct 30, 2007  
Tripel? Where? Very light, highly carbonated, almost pale ale. I was duped by the high ratings on this board and the fact that I once owned a shirt with this beer’s logo on it. Overall, a bit of a disappointment. Not much citrus. Not much balance. Not much flavor. Another New Belgium let down.


 dwedin (238), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2007  
Golden orange, brilliantly clear, thin white head. I detect the earthiness, a little floral and alcohol. Nice smooth strong beer. Sweet but not overly, a bite in the finish that balances it out.


 charcot25 (181), Cordova, Tennessee, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/510/20
Oct 28, 2007  
Has all the usual attributes of a trippel but there’s an unpleasant taste here that I find in all the New Belgium beers. Can’t really put my finger on it but I guess they’re just not for me.



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