Westmalle Tripel

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

I had this right after drinking the Westmalle Dubbel and I thought that this one wasn’t as good. Don’t remember much about it other than I drank it out of a trappist glass.

Bottle 33cl. Pours a muddy golden colour with a great size head and good carbonation. Have the original glass and it’s beautiful! Smell is sour and spicy, also some hops there. Taste is a great balance of yeast, hops, fruits and spices. A very good abbey tripel and almost as good as the dubbel.

Aroma is bread and spicy yeast. Pours with a large rocky white head, hazy gold color. Taste is lemon, cloves, grass, yeast, and a nice hoppiness. Alcohol is noticable, but not overwhelming. Light to medium body. Nice lacing. Drinkable and good, but not worth the price.

330 mL bottle. Pours a hazy bright yellow like a witbier or good tripel. Giant, white head that stays around. Yeast particulates throughout even though I withheld pouring in the yeast sediment. Very low carbonation. Aroma is slightly grassy but with lots of yeast, coriander, orange peel, bananas, and alcohol (9.5%). Sort of like a double witbier. Taste is similar with an addition of cloves and a dry finish of spicy hops, yeast, and warming alcohol. A good tripel- similar to Chimay.

330ml Bottle: Aroma of grass, herbal hops, yeast, and slight fruit. Poured deep yellow/light orange in color with a medium-sized, dense white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of tiny particles throughout. Much lighter in color than most Tripels I have had. Flavor is lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of malts, alcohol, spices, and yeast. Light to medium body. Fizzy texture. Lively carbonation. Yeasty, sweet, boring finish.

Pours a hazy bronze color with a nice, rocky white head. Strong citrus aroma with a little grassy hops. Nicely balanced flavor of citrus (orange), yeast, alcohol. Medium-bodied, easy to drink with a lasting finish.

Not as impressive as the dubbel but still a decent trappist ale. It felt forced to be a tripel which inhibited a great natural flavor. Still a good beer. Best served in a trappist glass served by a large breasted bartendress.

Hazy light straw colored pour with a thick white head and lots of yeast floating around. Fruity aroma with spice and lots of yeast. Very bitter with cloves and yeast and lots of alcohol.