Westmalle Tripel

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

Bottle. Hazy golden/orange color with a nice white head. Aroma is spicey, lightly yeasty with notes of orange, mandarine and green apples - there’s also some hops there. Flavour is fruity and acidic with spices, orange, apples, mandarine, banana and some light hops. Nicely dry and a bit warming with a bitter finish. Filling on the palate, mediumbodied, high carbonation. Overall a quite nice tripel, but I can’t say it’s a favourite of mine, it’s a bit boozy.

Gorgeous deep amber colour. Slightly bitter start with honey, caramel and spiced notes. Sweet and bitter alcoholic finish. Improves with time and after a few sips.

(Bottle, 0.75 l bottled 240408, at Hilpeä Hauki, Helsinki, on 2008-09-27) Orange. Cloudy. Medium sized quickly disappearing white head. Citric aromas, yeast and some tiny hints of banana in very fruity nose. Medium bodied palate with quite lot of carbonation. Fruitiness, bitterness, grapefruit, malts and some salty liquorice. Long lasting fruity aftertaste.

330ml bottle served i a Trappist glass. Bottle erupted with foam when opened, hope it isn’t infected. Lots of sediment floating around in yellow-gold liquid topped by a lasting white head. Sugary nose with some spicy esters. Tastes of candi sugar, pepper, caramel. Very active carbonation, frothy mouthfeel, some warmth, drying effect. Very solid, but standard tripel.

330ml bottle. Golden, orange body with a big, creamy white head. Aroma is sweet like castor sugar, a bit spicy and alcohol. Flavor is sweet, spicy and a bit too alcoholic. I actually know a few better versions of tripel, maybe it used to be better?

Pours hazy gold, with a fluffy head that won’t quit. lots of lacing as well. Aroma is yeasty and spicy. The flavors are peppery with alcohol being more dominant in the flavor than any beer I can remember off the top of my head.

Good beer, but there is a whole lot of heat going on here. nice muted sweetness in the aroma and a whole world of head in this light amber beer. Overall though, the beer is a nice blend of banana and some spice elements. Good, but not classic.

I was looking forward to trying this. Fortunately, Islay let me enjoy this while waiting for the opening Vikes/Pack game to start the NFL season. Aroma is light cookie, grape, and banana, and belgian sugar. The minimal sourness is a nice touch to an overtly sweet tripel style. Nice and tingley mouthfeel. The carbonation aspect is perfect here. What you have here is a top of the line abbey tripel, that all should aspire to.