New Belgium Trippel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

12 oz bottle from BlackForestCO. Dated 21 Nov. 08. Lots of tropical fruit on the nose. Pineapple and banana. Some light white pepper spice. Green pepper (?) and some sarthy and slightly floral hops. Pours bright clear gold with virtually no head. Flavor was rather dry with lots of earth and dirty grass hops on the fore with the sweeter fruit esters on the finish. Definite Noble hop presence as well. Medium bodied. Decent carbonation. Lasting malty finish.

I found nothing special about this beer. It seems like there is too much trying to happen in one beer and it just doesn’t work out. Not horrible but definitely wouldn’t buy again

Pours a translucent yellow into a tulip glass with a small white head. Smells of spices, bananna, citrus and malts. Tastes like bananna, citrus, spices and has a little yeastiness to it. Pretty decent offering from new belgium. Not great, but pretty good.

Golden, clear, with thin white head. Sweet malt, floral, and mild spice aromas. Full bodied; citrus, spice, and sweet malt notes. Balanced with mild bitter finish.

355 ml bottle. Pours a clear rather pale yellow with a copious white head. Floral nose with hints of spice, banana and citrus against a faint malt background. Medium body. Initially spicy with a fruity phenolic character. Mild malt background with a crisp hoppy finish and slight alcohol warming.

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2008 clear yellow pour. new to this style of beer. Strong smell of orange, and alcohol. The taste is pretty true to the smell. really orangy and earthy. sour and funky almost, but not in an offensive way. Really not my style of beer. Alcohol is pretty noticeable. Not really refreshing, but I don’t think thats what this one is going for. I guess it’s drinkable but not all that enjoyable. Oh well, you gotta try em all and maybe these international styles will grow on me at some point. Till then... (later that evening) if you need to get fucked up this will work. The more I drank the more i thought about the malt liquor post and how I might not be able to tell this from an oE.... either way... 72 oz of this stuff vs 80 of OE for a comparable price.... go with this one... you won’t punch somebody that way.

UPDATED: JAN 13, 2010 Bottle. Pours a great looking clear gold/orange with very nice white head. Aroma has a little citrus twang, a little bubble gum, a little banana. Flavor of bubble gum, light banana, a little lemon, malt. Mouth feel is medium body with high carbonation. Overall, just doesn’t do it for me.

Sampled blind at "Better Know a Style: Abbey Tripel" tasting. Light amber, slight off-white head. Alc, vanilla, oak toffee aroma. Bourbon, dough, off-dry flavor with orange, red apple, toffee, dry finish. Medium body and little carbonation. Very nice and drinkable.