Watou Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Golden color, cloudy, fluffy white head. Sweet fruity aroma with some notes of spice and orange. Pale malt flavor with spice and a hint of light fruit. Hops and spice on the finish. Lots of fine, spritzy carbonation.

33cl bottle. Murky golden colour with a creamy but mostly diminishing white head. Nice lacework on the glass. Aroma is moderate yeasty, has citrus hints and slightly sweet. Flavour has belgian yeasty notes, moderate alcoholic, sweet at the beginning with a final moderate bittery with an average duration. Carbonation is medium to lively. Body is medium to high.

Bottle 33cl, a slightly cloudy golden beer with good head. Nose is on agrume and sweet like. Aroma is fruity on oranges and yeast, sweet, quite alcoholic, wheat notes, finish is spicy, classic triple.

bread, grass, banana, vanilla, golden, white foam, rocky head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, astringent, flat,

Bottle @ home. I haven’t seen this in Colorado for a couple of years for some reason- maybe I’ve just overlooked it. Anyways, had to have this shipped in from New York, as I loved it the last time around. Cloudy, darkish golden appearance with a fluffy, off-white head. Pretty citrusy, bready, orange/lemon, Belgian yeasty aroma. A touch tangy, lemon/orange citrusy, cracker, pale malty, a touch musty, fruity yeasty flavor. Not as good as I remember but who knows how long this sucker sat around underneath fluorescent lights.

Golden with slight haze, and a very large foamy head. Has a somewhat fruity estery nose, with notes of clementine and pear, with some gentle peppery yeastiness. Taste is perhaps just a little too bready and yeasty, though there is some fruitiness like on the nose: pear, light pineapple, but with an awkward yeastiness and some light buttery blonde malt. The yeast kinda has a funky barn tone and dustiness, that kinda overrides the palate.

Reviewed from notes (2007). A: orange-amber body with a huge white head which creeps down the sides of the glass S: lemon-yeast-spicy up front.. malty subtle sweetness towards the end T: Sweet pale malt taste with accents of spice, lemon and a lovely yeasty taste.. hints of alcohol but otherwise well concealed... it’s a solidly balanced beer that is in the next tier in my book down from its evil-brother the St Bernardus Tripel M: Nice carbonation and smooth, velvety feel makes this a nice beer. O: Solid, but there are other better tripels out there... this is certainly no slouch though.

A bit sweet in flavour with fruity, flowery tones, and a bit alcoholic in taste. Dark golden in colour with a white head.

Pours bright golden with a thin wispy white head. Notes of pear, bubble gum, peach, pineapple, higher alcohols and sticky fruit, Full bodied, alcoholic with lively carbonation. Quite nice.