Westmalle Tripel

Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle
Style: Abbey Tripel
Malle, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

This is my favorite tripel. Great spice characteristic and almost some banana, with a light alcohol punch which rounds it out oh so well. Beautiful hazy yellow, I’ve tried this so many times I can’t count and it just keeps getting better.

In bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy orange colur with a thick white head. Lots of berries on the nose also some alcohol. Flavourwise, the alcohol is well ballanced witth the fruity tones, some banana also. A little prickly mouthfeel but very nice.

Bottle. Foamy white lasting head. Hazy golden. Aroma has slight notes of yeast. Flavour is sweet with fruits, alcohol and malt. Creamy palate, medium carbonation and long somewhat bitter finish.

33cl bottle. Amber in color with a creamy head, Smell of bark and malt with a hint of lemon. Taste is of a sour fruit and a leafy ending. Lasting flavor throught.

Durchaus alkoholischer Antrunk, was durch eine prickelnde Kräuternote kompensiert wird. Deutlich malzig zeigt sich auch dieses Westmalle Bier, komplex, muss man doch gleichzeitig noch milde fruchtige Nuancen erkennen. Das nicht unbedingt schwache Hopfenaroma ist dadurch ebenfalls etwasin den Hintergrund gestellt, bestimmt das Bier aber trotzdem deutlich mit. Kernig-würziger Nachgeschmack. Voluminös und komplex, immer wieder schön, so etwas! Test vom 7.10.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 11,13,11,13,11,12 - 12,00

Looks great, golden with big white head. Aroma is a bit of a let down, mostly yeast with hints of fruit. Taste, on the other hand, is excellent. Probably my favourite belgian blonde. Yeast, malt, sugar, dried fruit (mango, apricot), a touch of lemon. Nice carbonation and full body rounds it off. Pleasant bitterness, too, not too sweet like some blondes tend to be in terms of aftertaste.

UPDATED: AUG 21, 2011 Beautiful looking tripel. Glows orange amber in the glass. Hazy with an amazing amount of effervescent bubbles after pouring. Big white head which dissipates to a thin white one a couple of minutes later. Nose is citrous, lemon and grapefruit, spicy yeast and malt barley grain. Flavour is bitter. Lemon and grapefruit, again spicy yeast, pepper and the finish is a lingering grapefruit bitterness.

Golden haze with a great top, fresh aroma and a rich complex taste.One of my favorite Belgian trapist and the best blond one that i have tried.