Watou Tripel

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

Slightly hazy old gold with a large white head. Yeast is the primary feature in the aroma, undercut by some spice and honey sweetness. Sweet, fruity, alcoholic taste, strong and warming. Slightly cloying at the finish.

11.2 oz. bottle, 01/06/07. Murky burnt-golden orange with large-ish lasting fizzy/frothy white head. Strong aroma of citrus, cinnamon, plum, brown sugar, and a tiny bit of metal. Taste is quite sweet, overpowering subtle ripe fruit flavors and some yeast. Very interesting spice in the aftertaste. Some alcohol, but not too much. Mild mouthfeel, just the right amount of carbonation/fizz. Aside from the aroma, and sweetness, its fairly sublte and very good.

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours copper with a white head. Aroma of fruit, citrus, And hops. The flavor is fruit, citrus, and yeast. Good beer.

33 cl. bottle from Total Beverage? 04 06 07 on the bottle. Drank on 8/5/06. Bottle conditioned. Would be clear probably, but there are a TON of floaties - I need to be more careful with the Belgians. Kind of dark for a Tripel - copper. Big 1.5" bubbly white head. Big, thick layer of foam sticks around. Aroma - Spicey, clovey, definitely yeasty. Cider-like character, almost like white wine. Flavor - High up front bitterness. Sweet on the tongue along with some bitterness. Sort of white wine-like in the finish along with some cloves, spice, and some yeast character. Sweet and dry. Palate - light to medium, fairly high carb. Overall - Good tripel, but different than a lot I’ve had. A little darker than most. Not really any banana in the nose or flavor. Dominated by sweetness with a little almost tartness to balance it. Don’t remember what I paid, but for the price of a typical belgian I’d probably buy something else.

Deep orange in colour with a large cream coloured head. Aroma was of yeast, oranges, spices and some lemon. Flavour was of yeast up front, citrus, black pepper. Medium creamy body, high carbonation. Finishes spicy and long. Nice tripel.

From bottle. Dirty orange pour with thick tan head. Nose is yeast and light fruits. Flavor is dry, with alcohol in the finish. Pretty good.

11.2 bottle dated 150908 at The Bier Garden, Portsmouth, VA. Murky, dirty yellow with a creamy off white head. Spicy, yeasty fruit nose. Fairly dry, spicy tropical fruit flavor. Loved it!

Cloudy blonde with a small but long lasting white head. Faint lemony and basic spices aroma. Taste is very yeasty with some fruity flavours (pineapple-ish). Leaves a pleasant salty dry mouthfeel (onion salt?). Side by side with a Fin Du Monde (classic of the genre) this one lacked the bite and intensity of the FDM but made up for it with a more complex yeast character. I called it a draw. Having these two gorgeous blondes at the same time is unfortunately these days the closest I can get to a threesome.