New Belgium Trippel

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Slightly sweet with a golden color and medium white head. More yeasty and malty than the last couple trippels I’ve had but a superb offering from an American brewery.

Golden colour with a nice head. Spicy aroma with notes of alcohol. Yeasty and spicy flavour, not as good as a belgium made trippel, but not bad at all.

Very bitter flavor that gives you a good kick when you first sip it. Nice sweet finish and aroma, with a slight alchohol flavor, but not too much. A good strong ale, not quite a triple.

Fruity and sweet, looks pale and clear, holds a head long. A clear knock-off of stong belgian ales. Not a bad knockoff, but it has too much carbonation and really lacks the complexity I would expect from a true trippel. A nice drink, just a little empty.

12 oz bottle. Amber pour with a nice head that left nice lacing thoughout the glass. Aromas were sweet and fruit. Some spice. The flavors were more spice, some pepper and a nice alcohol finish. Pretty darn good.

12 oz bottle. Oak yellow with a thin white head. Sour lemon candy with yeasty skunk. Burnt caramel tang becomes milky. Odd apple-pear notes. Dry, peppery finish with sour raw potato. Alcohol well-hidden even warm.

there was a time that this beer was very good to me. it’s true that lately we’ve had a little falling out; but still, how can i rate an old (ahem) friend? for years i drank this old goat piss. (i call him "old goat piss", but i say that with the utmost of affection and respect. by the way, his affectionate nickname for ME is "dumb-ass old bald fuck". sniff. isn’t that sweet?). my dear ’ol NBT was always reliable and affordable, and during some lean times it was the best i could get. it always poured like a real belgian blonde, yellow as a turtle-waxed taxi, with sparkling clarity and a huge head. but... and i know he’ll kill me for saying this... he kinda sucks as a triple. okay, see what i mean?!? he’s getting mad. jeez, i’m sorry, but it’s for your own good. i guess i still love you like a brother, but a world class triple you are not. i mean, for chissakes, have you taken a whiff of yourself lately? your aroma has match stick, solvents and sulphur-- okay, yeah, yeah, some good stuff too-- some freshly-sliced jonathan apple and a touch of toffee... but no real earthy yeast or rich malt or, or... shit, i’m sorry to say it: or DEPTH! face it man, you’re the most elegant malt liquor ever born. i love you, you know i used to buy you once a month, but you’re not a triple. hey, i know i’ve put on some weight, dude, back off. we’re not talking about ME here, this is rate BEER, not rate the fuckin’ guy who’s stood up for you more times than i can count. so IF i may continue without interruption: the carbonation is too poppy-- it forces itself on people with a snappy, part soda cracker, part sweet animal-cracker taste; then a medium body has this awkward lump of gooey banana alcohol in the middle of the floor that ya gotta step over if you don’t want to kill yourself. i’m serious dude, why don’t you clean this place up-- get a grip on yourself-- then maybe i’d come over again once in a while and it’d be like... what?!? you think it’s ME that stinks? this is too much, i’m outta here. a little constructive criticism and you get as mean as a bull snake. i hope nobody EVER buys you. asshole! (door slams).

I am not a huge fan of belgian-style beers, but this one is pretty good. Straw yellow colour with a generous white head that lasts and has some legs. Aroma of banana, it has a balance, slightly yeasty taste with banana and small hint of clove.