’t IJ Zatte

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Abbey Tripel
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Hazy golden colored brew. Yeasty, citrus aroma. Very nice yeasty, creamy tripel!

Draught at Ølbaren. Cloudy yellow coloured with a small off white head. Acidic aroma with lots of fruits and spices. Fruity flavour with lots of spices. Well hidden alcohol.

[Sampled in 2005.] Another nice brew from Holland. Notes of flowers, some sourness, stickyness, yeast, spices and alcohol. Okay brew!

Bottle @ Gollem, Amsterdam. Cloudy, murky blonde tripel. Yeasty, floral, tripel like spiciness with slightly sour & funky finish.

Bottle. Cloudy yellow colour, big white head, aroma and taste of fruites, citrus, grains and mango. Some crisp and spicy notes in the finish. A great trippel. Frits P Aarhus also imports the Natte. 260207

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Aroma of fruit, citrus, and spices. The flavor is fruit, alcohol, citrus, and spice. Great beer.

11.2 oz. bottle labelled as March 2006. Interesting, floral aroma featuring melon, cinnamon, bourbon, yellow raisin, and wheat notes. Pours a hazy, effervescent dark brass with suspended particulate and a large amount of near-white head. Produces extensive lacing. Fruit-juice-sweet flavor (orange, tangerine, apricot nectar, grape juice, apple juice). Reminiscent of a German dessert wine. Hops noticeable only in the tart finish. Medium-to-full body. Sharp and lively in the palate. I’m not the biggest fan of the pale abbey-style tripels, but I found ’t IJ Zatte to be an interesting and welcoming, though by no means amazing, brew.

A bigger t’Ij beer than many of the others. Has a winter-warming quality. Malty and a tad on the sweet side. Good balance of flavors though. Creamy and soft.