Watou Tripel

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

Nice lookiing beer, huge head with loads of lace, but the relative clarity of it reveals a lot of floaties. The initial sweet, candy and bubblegum flavor yields to an oddly bitter cereal- or cardboard-like flavor. It does kinda grow on you though. All in all a nice beer.

Milky blond with a big head. The aroma is sweet caramel and some alcohol. The taste is sweet and yeasty. The alcohol is clearly present. It is well balanced with a slight bitter finish.

2002 corked bottle: Hazy golden with milky,frothy head.Great retention and lacework. Aroma’s of oarnge peel,grass,banana,sweet malts,and toast .Mouthfeel is smaller than most triples but retains a lot of flavor. Flavors of melon,sticky sweetness,peppery yeast.Finish is doughy,sligtly fruity,and balanced well with earthy hops.No alcohol and not much acidity.Overall very soft,tasty,but nothing too exiciting. Not un-exciting though.

Bottle... Hazy, deep golden ale with a mid-sized, fluffy, white head. Fantastic, creamy retention. Breadsy, fruity nose with minimal to no spicy phenols. Sweet, subtle flavor of sugar cookie, biscuit and wildflower honey with suitable bitterness. Medium to full-bodied with a silky mouthfeel and soft carbonation. Delicately sweet, fruity, breadsy finish.

Bottled. Light golden coloured. Unclear. Dense off white head. Fruits, spice, yeast and some orange peel in the nose. Flavour is fruity and yeasty. Loads of spices and orange. Quite refreshing. Medium bodied. Has some slight alcoholnotes. Ends on a fresh citric and light yeasty note. Nice summerbeer without too much alcohol.

The bottle empties a clouded dirty blond with TONS of sediment suspended in it. The nose is sweet like honey and candy sugar. Slight orange notes as well. Sweet but not overdone. There is a modicum of spice within the malt and sugar notes. Some fruit and bubblegum. Smooth sweet finish. Not as sticky sweet as you would expect. It actually comes off rather dry towards the end. Great beer!

330ml bottle. Flowery, sweet and fruity aroma, prominent notes of pear, melon and banana along with an interesting but faint herbal, grassy component and hints of grain and honey. Golden amber color, lightly hazy with a thick, foamy and lasting head and lacing to match. Flavor profile is abundantly estery and sweet with suggestions of rich, honeyish malts and virtually tropical fruitiness, finishing on a lightly acidic, bitter, tangy and alcoholic note. Lush and smooth mouthfeel with a medium-full body. Moderately complex and satisfying.

Pours neat amber-copper ale with large white crown on top. Sweet juicy malt with substantial yeast character, soft Belgian spice behind. Orange peel feels the sides. Filling palate ale, yeasty with more spiced character, soft malt blended with alcohol at finish Very late hop bitter accent can be found .rather simplistic Belgian triple but well make nether less.