St. Arnoldus Triple

Thx for a grand tasting, Chris_o :) Cloudy, ligth brown, strong notes of malt, toffee, dried fruti ,and cellar, sweet, lack of finish, unbalanced.

A Mes rate: Bottle at Chris O’s laid back Friday night tasting.
Light amber with a thin tan head. Fierce alcohol in the aroma, rather oxidised and I’m guessing this is pretty old. Oxidised caramel flavour, now I know this is definitely old. The hops are all but gone. Thankfully the alcohol is not as over the top as the aroma but it’s still there. Due to the age this is not really a tripel anymore.

Fruit hop malt aroma. Red amber colour with suspended bits and good head and lacing. Malt hop flavour with sharp aftertaste. Smooth palate.

25/05 0.33 l bottle from belgianshop.com, BB September 2007! But I guess it’s OK as brewery bankrupted some time ago. Anyway, poured orange amber body which had lot of yeast in it floating all the way around. Head was medium bigger, ocher colored. Malty and yeasty aroma, with some sourish fruit notes. Flavor was bitter and sourish, mostly fruity but tasted quite old. Moderate finish, following flavor completely. Interesting and different tripel, but didn’t impress me, still I think it would be much better fresh.

Bottle (bb 11.2007 unless I’m mistaken) shared with and courtesy of heavy (thanks!)
Hm. A big off white head on top of a darker amber body full of floating particles. Odd. A solid, vinuous, a bit acidic aroma with some malt. Definitely not a typical tripel so far, more like a dubbel. The taste confirms that. A chewy, somewhat oxidized maltiness combined with some acidic flavor. A bit spicy, some cardboard. Slightly peachy and musty. Nice in a way, but the bottle definitely wasn’t in good form. Still, I doubt that this dubbely tripel would get a better rating fresh. I feel like I’ve overrated it a bit though.