Val-Dieu Triple

Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Val-Dieu
Style: Abbey Tripel
Aubel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

33cl - BB 12-05-07 - Aroma of funky yeast, bubblegum, banana, sour/bad peaches and spice. Pours transparent gold with cascading bubbles, a big fluffy head and great lacing. Flavor is initially yeast and spice, then alcohol, then the fruit from aroma. A bit sour for a triple. Palate is tart and crisp. Still a little hot and the flavors are not good enough to stand out amongst other triples.

Nice yellow-orange color with great carbonation. Nice citrus in the aroma, with solid belgian ale flavor. This beer has a perfect sweetness that rounds it out.

Spicy stone fruit malt aroma. Murky yelllow colour with good head and lacing. Sweet amlt stome fruit. Fizzy palate.

Pours a very attractive, slightly hazy, orangey golden color. It has a thick, frothy two finger head, that leaves behind a solid sheeting of lace. Smell; the smell reminds me a lot of fruitcake, with strong bready and fruit aromas. There’s apricots and pears, with a little citrus and candied sugar thrown in. Taste; lots of bread/cake dough flavors with candied sugar mixed in. The fruits are there, but they’re a little hard to pick out at first due to a very strong alcohol presence. I get the apricots and pears, with maybe a little raspberries. The taste and drinkability, both take hits due the really strong alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied. I think this beer could be really great if the alcohol wasn’t such a huge player in the flavor..

Bottle

Pours a hazy light orange with a modest and low-density white head. The aroma is of peaches and flower petals and pear syrup, hints of damp basement and of honey. The flavor is gentle and sweet - apricot tea with lots of honey, some mild sour musty notes, but little by way of the hops. The flavor and mouthfeel alike are quite thin, especially considering the style and the attendant 9% alcohol.

It’s pleasant enough to drink, but absolutely nothing special - which a triple really should be. I’m rather surprised by the relatively high average that this one has racked up.

Hazy golden with big white head and arabesquing sediment. Lightly appley aroma. Generically spicy taste with a sweet undertone. Not bad, but hardly great. $3.50/11.2oz

3 bottle Gift pack. Golden in color. Fizzy white head. Floral aroma. When I say floral, I don’t mean hop florals. I talking about Gardenias, roses, lilacs, FLOWERS! slight banana aroma. Wheat flavor and very spicy. Very dry finish. I feel that this is a very textbook tripel.

Draught. Pours cloudy apricot orange with a moderate white head. Aroma is light, with some fruit, spiciness, and hops. Flavor is fairly sweet, with light fruit, light yeast, and a bit of spiciness. Creamy mouthfeel and just slightly tart. A good but not great triple.