Tripel Karmeliet

Bright golden yellow color with a creamy, fluffy white head. Looks great in a nice snifter. Aroma was really strong yeast with hints of bananas and citrus. The citrus flavor was much more apparent in the taste. Very lively on the tongue and finishes clean and crisp. Highly recommend!

Draught at TJ’s: Aroma of grassy hops, light yeast, pale malts, and floral hops. Very fresh scent. Poured gold/yellow in color with a medium-sized, foamy, white head that lasted throughout. Hazy. Not sparkling. Flavor is lightly bitter. Tastes of fresh hops, pale malts, grass, grains, pollen, and flowers. Light body. Thin texture. Average carbonation. Hoppy, grainy, finish. 8%ABV is undetectable. Very easy to drink.

TAP: at the Bulldog (St. Paul, MN) on 1.31.09. Pale gold pour, some alcohol on the nose, along with some spice and mild fruit. Malty mouthfeel. Flavor of candied fruits, yeast, spice - quite good.

Very nice Belgian Blond Beer. Great Color and Aroma. Have had several times before. Better on tap, however, still very good in a bottle. Does not have the feel of an 8% beer.

Aroma is moderate and complex, like a typical Belgian blond base with a whole second layer over top. Appearance is a nice thick gold, but it looks a little musty. Very light-tasting on the surface, with sunflower seed, refreshing yellow pear, very soft wheat and yeast, oat, hops, grain. Some very faint citrus and vanilla. Found myself very disappointed when the bottle was empty. Will definitely and gladly buy more.

Few appear to acknowledge the disparity between contemporary and previous strengths of this beer. Well, I have a bottle of it from some years ago, which is 8.0% and new bottles of 8.4%. I presume I am imagining it to be sweeter than it was (but unlike many I don’t see this as a bad thing...on the contrary....). This is a delicious beer, and I feel I have been harsh on it, but I have to travel a long way to get it now. Why have strong Belgian beers all but disappeared from our supermarkets? A joy to drink, I recommend it. Cheerio!

Moderate orange appearance with yellow highlight, semi-transparent, thick white lasting top. Strong smells of yellow pears, white wine and mild spice. Tastes of caramel, pears, toffee, sugar, zesty lasting after taste. lightly carbonated. A memorable tasting. Refreshing on a warm day.

gold blond coloured little sparkling body with a white head a spicy hoppy fruity aroma a spicy fruity hoppy grainy sweet taste with a mettalic spicy bitter finish nice one