Watou Tripel

Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Tripel
Watou, Belgium

Pours hazy golden yellowwith big white head. Bread and banana aromas. Sweet fruity flavor with yeast, banana and some citrus. Medium body with spritzy carbonation and a slightly creamy mouthfeel. A decent tripel.

A very good tripel. Flavors are a blend of floral and fruit. Crisp and slightly hoppy. An overall great balance of hops and malt though. Pours golden brown with a tall frothy head. Bits of yeast are typical.

12oz bottle, bought from Whip-In in Austin. Pours a cloudy, murky orange with a trail of sediment that topped off the hefty white head into my .4l snifter. The head dissipated fairly quickly, leaving a thin, but solid and bubbly lacing. Smells sweet, maybe a hint of citrus. Honey, perhaps. Palate is out of this world. Sweet aftertaste that nearly numbs the entire tongue while my tastebuds do their little dance. Flavor is definitely fruity, same as the aroma but of course more pronounced. Almosty like a fruit medley. Otherwise, standard for a tripel, much like my last homebrew, actually. Just a heck of alot better. Sweet, but not too heavy. I like muchly!

Orange-brown body, big white head. Almond, apple, cherry aroma. taste the same, with some pear. Excellent stuff.

330ml bottle (BelgianShop)
Deep amber, small head. Apple, peach, and almonds jump most quickly out of the glass, backed up by a sweet maltiness and a hint of noble hops. Soft carbonation. Very sweet taste - fruity and creamy, with almond and cherry. Nutty almond finish.

Tasted 4/5/08. 330ml bottle. Hazy with a bright golden hue. More heady. Soapy aromas. Nice crisp nose. Medium to full bodied with bready caramel flavors. Tart and estery. Chalky with more of a yeast component.

Bottle. Pours cloudy golden orange with nice white head. Sour apple aroma, nice sour taste with effervescent finish. Pleasing.

Part of a St. Bernardus mix pack. I’ve rarely seen such a lively, bubbling beer as the Watou Tripel. While it was no means overfrothy, the head was pleasantly excited to be in my glass. The hazy, tawny gold color was as bright as the initial bubbles, but quickly darkened and turned almost cloudy. Apples and pears marked the nose, with a dainty sweetness and mellow malts underneath. This Tripel began with a tender flow of warmth and a tingle of fruit. Progressively, the whispers of pear became fierce trumpets, a cascading fruitiness that enveloped my tongue in a gentle embrace. I’ve never before seen such fullness from a lighter beer like this, one that lingers in just the right places without overstaying its welcome. This beer is perfect for a spring sip or even with a dessert, and I’d recommend it over anything else in the style I’ve tried before.