Tripel Karmeliet

A fantastic beer. It has a slight aroma of strawberry. A beutiful golden color. It has a slight acidic and fruity sweet flavor, which gives it a great balance. Definitly one of the best beers I’ve tasted.

(Bottle 33 cl) Amber-golden, hazy beer with a nice, frothy head. Very soft mouthfeel. Dominated by the malts (this is a 3-grain beer). Some spiciness and citrusy notes with only a faint, late bitterness. Rather complex and indeed very interesting. 250697

Golden coloured. Very malty and very complex. Balanced sweetness. Outstanding triple!

Finally I got around rating one of my all time favourites. 33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a huge creamy/crispy slight off-white head. Aroma is orange peel, yeasty and some malt, the combination simply screams out what a true belgian tripel is. Flavour follows the aroma tightly, orange, spice and clear malty flavoured in a mellow malty sweetness. Finish is vaguely bitter but more malty and spiced. Very well balanced and still light. Uncomplicated (but not simple) and wellcrafted balance between the spices, malt and the yeast notes.

Bottle. Hazy yellow colour with a big longlasting white head. Swet malty aroma. Sweet malty fruity and yeasty flavor, with some spicy hints. Sweet malty spicy finish.

Bottled. I hereby declare this beer the beer of bad luck 2006. I took the bottle from the cooler, apparently a hell of a strong preassure when opening it, so there’s beer on the floor. Not enough with that, ready to rate the beer, my beerglass suddently decides to break. Oh well. The rest of the beer was rated with very big caution. I even thought "What would Nikki Sixx do?" before I going step by step in rating this one. So it is very champagneish, pale golden colour, lots of carbonation and huge head. Nose is very spicy, acidic fruity and sting of alcohol. Flavour is fruit, wheat, old sour apples, with some spices and other fruits in it. The finish is almost bittery hoppy. A very wellbalanced and wellmade tripel, which in fact can be separated from the masses with a nice full body and pleasant palate. Atleast there was something good about this beer...

Bottle. Very fruity aroma, clove, apricot? Almost clear, golden colour. Big white head, quite creamy. Flavour is dominated by clove and alcohol. Starting off sweetly, turning into an elegant dryness with a little bitter aftertaste. Nice mouthfeel, smooth bubble texture.

Bottled. Clear yellow coloured with an off white head. Aroma of spices (especially juniper) and fruits. Powerfull sweet flavour with lots of fruits and spices.