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St. Bernardus Tripel

St. Bernardus Tripel - Abbey Tripel

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Tripel

Watou, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10253.78/5.03.78/5.08%97.2Trappist glass, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
This beer, with high fermentation, has a pale amber colour and a flowery, fruity taste with a harmonious balance between sweet and sour (8% alcohol content). This beer has a thick and vivid froth and strikes by its balanced taste with a delicate bitterness.
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 NomDeBeer (397), Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
May 23, 2009  
Rating #300. Pours a hazy shade of ice-tea with a big, willowy white head. Aroma of spicy Belgian yeast, rasins, and bread. Taste is . . . hard to pinpoint. It’s sweet and spicy, certainly not bad, but kind of bland really. Has a smooth, slightly bitter finish. Mouthfeel is soft with moderate carbonation. Alcohol is very well-hidden. Good beer, it’s very drinkable, but the taste is too uneventful for me to say that it’s really enjoyable.


 Poobah (101), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
May 16, 2009  
Light golden color. Cloudy with a tinge of grapefruit and a significant head that lasts throughout. The nose is similar to banana bread with some yeastiness and spice apparent. Very smooth entry and transition to a finish that is lemony, with noticeable ripe banana. Some spiciness present along with very little evidence of the high alcohol level. Easy to drink.


 WVHouseofBeer (329), Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
May 15, 2009  
Pop the cap and the pour is a dark, complex golden hue that brings a nearly perfect fluffy white head. Carbonation is precise which allows the flavors of a signature yeast, fruits, and various spices. This is just such a good, good beer. A refreshing blend of fruits and yeast that adds up to my favorite Tripel. Mmmm - LC


 bblack99 (194), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/105/515/20
May 12, 2009  
Pours a slightly cloudy orange-tan, like weak iced tea. Great stable head, initially about a finger, that retains very nicely and coats the palate. Aroma of yeast, nutmeg, and citrus. Initial spicy punch of flavor, followed by a shot of pepper, and finishing with flowery citrus.


 Parket (214), Bruges, Belgium
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
May 7, 2009  
bottle, unclear orange/yellow colour, absolutely very nice white head! Smells yeasty, alcohol, fruity. taste: quite fruity, subtile sweet, alcohol. I also taste very nice melons in the aftertaste. Just another great product from st Bernard! I don’t know what the best tripel is in the world, but I’m sure this would be a good candidate


 RHeastings (374), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
May 6, 2009  
Enjoyed via 11.2 oz bottle in tulip glass. Pours a medium yellow to light golden color. Nice long-lasting white head. Nose of subtle dark fruits and some spices. Palate is slightly malty and slightly fruity; a great balance that is difficult to pin down and difficult to find in all but the finest tripels, especially state-side. Yeast-derived notes remind me a lot of the yeast from Westmalle or Rochefort. A splendid medium-dry finish ends the drinking experience. Easily up there with the best tripels I’ve had.


 gabbama (115), Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
May 4, 2009  
Cloudy golden color with a large off-white head. Nice aroma of sweet oranges and some spice. Flavor follows the aroma with some wheat and yeast. Alcohol comes through on the finish. Overall, a pretty good tripel.


 MoDog (906), Griffith, Indiana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
May 2, 2009  
11.2oz bottle (Best before 22 04 11) and served in a tulip. This tripel poured a hazy golden orange with a thick head of slowly fading off-white foam. Decent lacing. The aroma included orange peel, light candi sugar, lemon, honey, and some spicy yeast esters. The flavor had orange and lemons, light graham cracker, and also some warming alcohol. Somewhat bland. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied and had moderate carbonation. Pretty average as far as tripels go. Just okay.



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