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Brewed by Brouwerij Bosteels
Style: Abbey Tripel
Buggenhout, Belgium

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RATINGS: 1862   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.91   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Blond, robust, smooth, and fruity three grain top fermented beer, refermented in the bottle. Brewed with pride and patience after Karmeliet tradition with wheat, oat and barley. 100% natural. Has been brewed at Van Steenberge for Brewery Bosteels for some time until recently.


3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
arone12 (703) - Maryland, USA - SEP 16, 2010
Pours a brown color with a fairly large white foamy head. At first smell, I get plums and cherries. It also smells of sugar and some wheat. Taste is fairly sweet, sweeter than I initially expected. I taste plums and pear mixed in with the sugar. Some figs and spice round out the taste of this one. A pretty solid beer much to my delight!

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
phaleslu (3182) - Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - SEP 15, 2010
330 ml bottle at The Royale on their Tripels night. Pours a cloudy gold color with a two-finger thick, foamy bone white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, honey, floral hops, lemon citrus, white grapes, candi sugar, apricot, and grainy malts. Flavor of Belgian yeast, candi sugar, white grapes, wheat, honey, and floral notes. Medium-bodied, with a yeasty mouthfeel and frothy carbonation. Just a little tartness kicks in late. To me, this is one of the best examples of a tripel out there.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
lusikka (2062) - Tampere, FINLAND - SEP 12, 2010
330 ml bottle @ home.
Pours a slightly hazy golden colour with a big and foamy white head. Leaves a decent lacing. Aroma of citrus, malts and flowers. Sweet taste with notes of honey, fruits, wheat, spices and mild hops. Medium bodied, oily texture with low carbonation. Decent.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
berkshirejohn (2834) - Bracknell, Berkshire, ENGLAND - SEP 10, 2010
Draught at the Broad Street Tavern, Wokingham during their Belgian Beer Festival. Pale gold with scummy looking thin cream head; coriander aroma; rich, buttery texture in the mouth with apricot fruit flavours, served rather too cold to get the full depth of flavour; the finish is dry with more coriander. Excellent.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Countbeer (1686) - Best of Eindhoven ohne Brauhaus, NETHERLANDS - SEP 8, 2010
Bottle: Nice white foamy head. Clear orange color. Smell lots of fruit, malts, sweets, sugars, hint of hops and spices. Taste is a pefectly mix of fruits (pear, peach), malts, sugars. Also hints of spices, herbs, honey and yeast. Bit creamy, perfect carbonation (lively enough), not really bitter, more sweet and a great glass this beer comes in.

4.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
DaBr0nXb0mBeR (2) - USA - SEP 6, 2010 does not count
Just got curious and decided to try some new stuff and was told this was pretty good. Definitely on my "top beer list".

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
ClubGonzo (1736) - Bergen, NORWAY - SEP 6, 2010
Bottle. Pours an elegant, clear golden body with foamy, rich white head into my newly-purchased (and equally elegant) Karmeliet tulip glass. Nose is complex and beautiful: sweet blossomy honey notes with hints of Belgian yeast, citric aromas and candy sugar. Taste is mellow candy sugar, yeast, grapes and wheat. Smooth flavor, albeit with a slightly tart finish. Warming alcohol. Body is medium and well-balanced. Nevertheless, it somehow lacks something of that undefined "extra" that would make me go down on my knees. Very, very solid tripel, though, and definitely among the top of my list.

2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Gethinbeer (1524) - Musky, Nova Scotia, CANADA - SEP 5, 2010
Clear orange colour. Initially a lively frothy white head. High carbonation. Bitter aroma of citrus with a hint of spice. Lively texture. Spice and herb in the flavour. Potent alcoholic hints with a bitter finish.


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Beer: Tripel Karmeliet Rating Avg: 3.91 No. of Ratings: 1862
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