St Feuillien Triple

Brewed by Brasserie St-Feuillien / Friart
Style: Abbey Tripel
Le Roeulx, Belgium

Bottle pours pale golden, slightly hazy, large fluffy white head, fairly sticky lacing, with tremendous amounts of carbonation.   Sweet spices on the nose, slightly fruity.   Spices, earth, some citrus, and pepper on the tongue.   Good body and mouthfeel.   Finish is long, earth, spices... Mmmmm, the 8.5% isn't even detectable.   A good, soft, tasty Abbey Tripel.

Poured golden yellow with long lasting thick white head...smells of spice and lemon...malty at first, then yeasty and bitter...finishes sour...on a little different note, I have never had this much trouble uncorking a bottle. I absolutely could not uncork it. It wouldn’t twist, pull, pop, anything...I took a knife to it and carved a notch around the mouth of the bottle and it FINALLY popped...I am almost done with the bottle right now and my hand is still red and hurts...all in all, this was NOT worth the wait...a decent beer though...

white head with larger bubbles, then gets really rocky. cloudy golden body. candi sugar, honey, lemon peel nose. floral aroma. grapefruit nose. super fizzy mouthfeel start. a little watery then nice, gentle hop nip. alcohol well hidden. bready finish, light peppery finish too. some funky lacing arcs on the side of the glass. my favorite XXX blond!

Hazy amber/golden color with a large rocky white head. Aroma of bread, spice and citrus. Yeasty/malty flavor with spices(coriander,cloves,pepper) and a moderate hop bitterness.

Fruity yeast aroma of quality. Nice and moderate lace. Some fruit in the sip. A bit complex in spice with cloves . Tad of sediment Spicey bit astringent lemoney finish and aftertaste.

Pours with a thick, fluffy head, not much lacing (dirty glass?); aroma is citric and yeasty, notes of apple and pear; it has a peppery, spicey, clove flavor overlayed on a sweet malt base, finishes somewhat dry; overall, a tad too spicy, for me, good balance......not bad

EYES: Dark peach cloudiness with nice lacing. NOSE: Yeast, light alcohol, flowers and clover honey. TONGUE: Nice bubbles, soft flavor with numbing alcohol and a buttery pear essence. The yeast are that of a country ale, you know, humble yet rich and inviting. Clean, tranquil, inviting palate. IMAGINATION: A very family farm/agrarian beer. I envision this as a nice lunch beer after having hand cut and sheaved a 10 acre field of hay. Then sitting at an antique table under a low spreading european oak with fine cheeses and a basket of fresh eggs in a straw ladden basket. Drab colors, flagstone and ivy. Never has a label so captured a beverage.

Normally I prefer tripels that are dominated by sweet fruit instead of spice, but this was very nice even though it fit in the latter category. Poured cloudy light orange with a medium off-white head, emanating a complex, perfumey and spicy aroma with pepper, bread/crackers, pineapple and flower petals. Flavor presented apple peel, grassy hops, cracker and pepper, perfume, coriander and white grape. Very rich. This is quite a nice tripel.