4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle 33cl. Drink it several times at a nice pub at Cyprus. Always with my dinner. This beer is so good that i can never remember what i had for dinner.
Fruity aromas, golden color and a big white head in the tulip glass.
Kind of sweet taste but the full boby and the long smooth finish can me smile!
Wonderful Belgian triple!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAY 22, 2010 An excellent tripel. Slightly hazy gold color, large white head. Citrusy and spicy. Very smooth, dry finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours golden color with a frothy head. Nose is spicy, yeast, banana, malts. Mouthfeel is smooth, creamy with flavors malty, banana, spice, and finishes dry with a slight bitterness. Great beer.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Poured on-tap at the Pangea Cafe at just below room temp into a Tripel Karmeliet tulip. I haven’t had this one before and haven’t been drinking Belgian ales lately but decided to treat myself. Brilliantly clear, golden yellow in color and great head formation, retention, and lacing. Bananas, orange peel, and coriander on the nose and much the same on the palate. Not really complex in these aspects. What you see (smell, taste) is what you get which isn’t exactly a bad thing but I thought if there was anything lacking it was in these areas. Just medium bodied but still almost syrupy in texture. I found it to be quite drinkable for a number of reasons: relatively low carbonation, the malt is very sweet but very light, the presence of alcohol is nearly undetectable, and the finish is surprisingly clean for a relatively heavy beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours hazy yellow with fluffy white head, aroma is sweet floral, cereal, banana, bubblegum, and clove. Taste is sweet banana and bubblegum much more than the clove and spice counterpart, alcohol hidden well. Nice brew, but on the sweet side for me.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 1, 2012 33 cl bottle, pours clear golden with a nice white head, aroma of fruit, wheat and grain, taste follows the nose, lots of carbonation, medium body, smooth finish.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Had this one at the Bier Markt in Toronto (in 2007). Best before date on label was 18/01/09. Poured a hazy golden colour with a big slightly off-white head. The retention was decent, but had not much lacing. Just a small coating on the brew stayed and a ring around the glass. Came with its big tulip glass too. Wow ! At first smell, it had a beautiful spicy nose. After breathing a bit, it did go slowly away, but definitely awesome at first. The mouthfeel was smooth with a slight stickiness. Alcohol was present in the taste, but was very-well mixed. Mild vanilla with some refreshing fruitiness, like light fruits (apples mostly). Good smooth drinking Belgian brew with a very nice scent.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750ml bottle split with DarkBeerChick from Spec’s in Austin. Pours a golden, lightly hazed body topped with a craggy ivory-colored head. Aroma is complex and a combination of yeast, spicy, wheat, hints of vanilla and light citrus. Flavor is lightly sweet, yeasty, spicy (cloves and nutmeg), just a touch of citrus and a very mild hop bitter. Active carbonation that practically dances on your tongue. A great tripel and a good benchmark for all others to aspire to.
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