St. Paul Triple

Brouwerij Sterkens
Brewed at Scheldebrouwerij
Style: Abbey Tripel
Meer, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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A bottle I picked up on sale on rakuten. It poured a hazy pale gold color with a thin head of foam which dissipated ridiculously quickly leaving behind virtually no lacing. The aroma was kind of sour and at first I thought the beer might have gone off as it is in a green bottle. It is sweet, tart and slightly sour. Interesting but not at all what I was expecting. I didn’t like it as much as other St-Paul’s I’ve had or other triples which I guess set the bar high. Mildy dissapointing but ok overall.

0.5l ceramic bottle from a local supermarket in Monfalcone. This is a blurry golden-yellow one with a really small hard to get anything out from-bubbly just off-white top. On the nose it’s soft and non-extreme but I get some sweet fruitiness with sugar, sour red berries. Raspberries actually and some slightly dusty cellar hints. Nice enough really. It’s right below average on the carbonation and the mouthfeel is almost, well not shockingly thin but definitely quite watery. Soft fruit-yeasty flavors. Some salty hints with some more, this time sweet raspberries and some mild grass. Not to interesting to be honest, but it’s easy drinking and not bad-tasting in any way. 12.01.2012

Bouteille de 33cl. Couleur blonde légèrement pale, mousse moyenne de tenue assez faible. Des arômes fruités, orange, raisin et un tantinet épicés. Carbonnation moyenne mais longueur tout à fait honorable pour une bière à 7,6%. Trouvée à Roby - Menin

330ml bottle. Hazy light brown color. Medium size, thick white head. Spicy, mild citrus, faint cinnamon, yeasty aroma. Watery, yeasty, fruity flavor. Nice and crisp.

Golden, clear colour with a magnificent big white head that poured out of the bottle right after opening it. Leaves a nice head. Aroma is malty and a bit citrus. Taste is nice with spice and citrus together with some malty and sweetness. Quite a surprise and very good Belgian Tripel.

UPDATED: NOV 19, 2012 aroma: hay, bread, floral, apparenza: golden, clear, gusto: medium sweetness, lightly bitter, palato: light body, creamy, lively, long finish, tripla inusuale,sia nell’aspetto che nel gusto..aroma molto floreale ed erbaceo,gusto mediamente dolce dal finale amarognolo..la birra merita l’assaggio perchè si lascia bere,ma non è esattamente una tripla a mio parere bevuta da anzij

Une triple dans une bouteille très haute (26cm) à goulot fin, et titrant à 7,6 % abv, on est déjà dans le pas normal... En plus cette bière a été brassée selon la norme allemande de la Reinheitsgebot de 1516 .... Pourquoi ? Pour une triple, la volonté n’est pas claire. La couleur est un peu "simple" pour une triple. Plutôt la couleur d’une blonde. La mousse retombe très vite (malgré son âge normal, mon exemplaire est à date-limite au 18/11/12). Etrange. Les arômes contiennent un peu de fruits blancs (reine-claude), en plus des céréales et du houblon. Le goût n’est pas digne d’une triple : simple, banal, sans relief, c’est le niveau d’une simple blonde. La levure est également très quelconque. Seule la texture assez soyeuse sauve les meubles ...si l’on peut dire. Indigne d’une triple.

Dark haze gold color. Nice malty yeasty aromas. Taste of citrus, orange coriander...with a bitter dry finish. Typical abbey beer. Nice but not the best of its kind.

dough, grass, cereal, woody, golden, cloudy, frothy, medium sweetness, very bitter, medium sourness, full body, sticky, creamy, average carbonation, long finish,