joeyplush (328), Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, USA 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 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 does not count 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 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 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 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 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 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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