Watou Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

head: cream, white
colour: blond/gold
smell: malts, oak, caramel, pilsner, bit vanilla
taste: malty/irony start , alcohol, flowery, watery, sugar, bit citric, rather boring i think ...

Very nice aroma, caramel, diacetyl, malt. Small head, a bit cloudy. Taste is well balanced. Overall a very nice beer.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2011 Cloudy dark orange and small white head. Fruity, hay, little spicey. Little foamy in the mouth develops good mild bitterness. Pretty nice. (33cl bottle brought from Poperinge)

18/12/2010 - 33cl bottle @ home

Pretty cloudy dark yellow to orange beer, thick creamy adhesive white head. Lots of carbon in the glass. Aroma: hops, candi sugar, lemon zest. MF: nice carbon, full body, creamy texture. Taste: malts, hops, spices. Aftertaste: hops, citrus, some spices.

From notes: Pours a cloudy golden orange color with a frothy 2 finger off white head that has excellent retention, only slowly settling into a thick cap that lasts throughout coating the glass with chunky lacing. Nice nose with hints of peppery spice, crisp light fruit notes and sweet alcohol. Hints of apple, pear, citrus peel, lemon zest and candy sugar. Very carbonated up front, tingling the tongue. Hints o slight alcohol, peppery spice, lemon zest and citrus peel. Creamy full body with sweet alcohol, light fruit and alcohol warmth in the finish. The spicy notes are more prominent than the sweet fruit ones but this is still very decently balanced and becomes more drinkable as it warms.

Bottle from Market Street Wineshop Uptown Charlottesville, VA. Pours a hazy, almost murky orange color with some floating particles. Large pure white pillowy, creamy head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bread, citrus, clove, stone fruits, apples, very faint must. Mildly bitter finish. the taste is nutty malts, bread, caramel, citrus, candi sugar, stone fruits and a spicy finish. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.

(Bottle, Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm) Golden amber colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, malty nose with notes of apricots, peaches, orange peel and marzipan. Fruity, malty taste with apricots, peaches, orange marmalade and a gentle, spicy bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, fairly sweet. Well balanced and quite tasty. Very nice tripel.

Bottle looks simple, but good. Beer in the glass very zippy, huge head. Starts quite strong, intense spicy, fruity like apple. Finish still strong, almost salty notes, modest sourish. Nice one!