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Westmalle Tripel

Westmalle Tripel - Abbey Tripel

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle
Style: Abbey Tripel

Malle, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
16263.81/5.03.81/5.09.5%98.2Trappist glass, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
A strong, dry and spicy trappist ale. The product of a secondary fermentation lasting 5 weeks.
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 joeyplush (328), Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Pours a yellow-gold color with a foamy white head and good lacing. Aroma of honey, caramelized bananas, and some grassy hops. Taste/palate is highly carbonated, with sweetness and honey flavors, balanced with a light citrus bitterness.


 Wasatch (270), Layton, Utah, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 2, 2009  
A - Pours a cloudy yellowish color, nice carbonation which produces a nice small foamy white head, some lacing afterwards. S - Scents of malts, spices, grapes, bannanas, and yeast. T - The taste is kinda sweet and malty, carbonated, nice clean finish. M - Medium body, pretty complex brew. D - Drinkable. This is a nice tripel, but I like the dubbel much better.


Axargo (1), , Belgium
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 26, 2008  
This is one of the most underrated beers here. It is a verry much imitated beer , but no other brewery can create the same flavor . For me it is the best beer in the world , and i have tasted a lot .


Grizzle (44), Lawrence, Kansas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 26, 2008  
750ml bottle to wine glass, for lack of a chalice or tulip. Shared with brother in honor of the celebration for Christ apostrophe s birth. His description appears below mine, semi colon, read Harsebrau apostrophe s description. One thing I would note is that the missing descriptive taste is maybe not caramel. I would say perhaps instead it is a yeast based flavor.


 Harsebrau (164), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Dec 26, 2008  
Pours a cloudy, peach/apricot syrup color. Denser in the middle. Highly carbonated. Fizzy white head that left decent lacing on my glass. Sweet aroma - apple, icewine, pear, cream-cicke. Has a sour approach, mid-sweetness and fizzbomb effect. At the swallow something lingers...caramel? Hops are present as well. I like.


 Strykzone (1458), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Pours an unfiltered dirty golden with a ton of suspended sediment. Head is white and lasts until the bottom of the glass. Aroma is yeast, caramel, and fruit. Flavor is yeast and fruit with a big dose of alcohol. Caramel and a bit of hop, as well. Smooth as silk. Delicious.


 RedXIII (127), Powell, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Light fruity, alcohol and spiced aroma unfolds from a murky yellow pour with a huge fluffy white head. Flavor is sweet bananas and hops with hints of yeast and grass. Had a dry, sharp finish. Alcohol was well hidden but I think tripels are my least favorite when it comes to belgian beer styles. Nice complexity, but the flavor just does not wow me.


 EFC1878 (291), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/513/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Bottle at Sandbar, Manchester. Hazy light orange colour with large, lasting head that sticks to the glass all the way down. Aroma was spicy, vanilla, alcohol (too much), citrus and a light maltiness. I think mine was served too cold as I found this to be a disappointment on the tongue. Way too heavy an alcohol hit in the flavour masking whatever characteristics this well respected beer may have. Slightly sticky, cloying palate. Re-rate probably in order in the future.



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