Vlaamsche Leeuw Tripel

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Blew its top of when I opened it but didn’t froth out. Instead served lively with a huge frothy head. Golden colour, transparent, subtle carbonation and sandy yeast floating. Peaches and oranges on the nose. Some spices and iron. Dry and warm, light fizziness. Well balanced sweetness and bitterness. Starts of with nuts and coffee. Dry nutty aftertaste. Lively finish. Earthy.

330 ml bottle a golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts spicy some fruits and bitter taste malts fruits citrus and some bitterness

Bottle from Bierparadijs. Golden body with big frothy head. Nose of oranges, fruits and clementimes. Taste of malts, fruits and citrus. Really nice.

Lightly orange-amber coloured. A medium sized white head, holds ok. Smell is not really like I’m used from a tripel, more red fruits, sweetness seems to come up. Some yeast and alcohol, even some caramel seems to play. The smell isn’t to bad at all, but it’s not what I expected. Taste is full of fruits and spices. Also the alcohol kicks in pretty well. Yeasty, some malts. Caramel. Not bad.

Hazy amber with a large off white head. Sweet yeasty aroma with fruits and phenol. Fairly dry flavour with yeasty and fruity notes. Finished dry.

33 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a huge white head. Aroma is dry and estery. Dry fruity and estery flavoured. Dry and mild spiced into the finish.

Bottle conditioned, 330ml. Slightly opaque yellow straw with small head. There’s a sweetish spicy flavour in this beer with a vanilla note initially. The sweetness masks much of the flavour, but a Chinese type spice does seem to emerge. Fruity on the finish. It’s ok, but I wouldn’t rush back to it.

Pale blond. Thin head. Thin texture. Sharp hop aroma. Flavour a bit soapy with a metallic finish.

Bottle from 2 be in Bruges. Pours dark gold with a frothy white head. Light fruity aroma, suggesting citrus. Medium plus body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is citric, bitter, yeasty, spicey. Finishes bitter. This seems to be a pretty good beer.

33cl bottle from Dranken Geers. Clear gold, thin white head. Faint citrus and crystallised tangerine aroma. It’s like a strongish blond to be honest with the odd nod towards a tripel. It’s a drinkable strong blond with a bit of syrupy malt in the middle, some candied fruit on the finish and even a bit of hop. Yep, it’s fine.