Westmalle Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

11.2 ounce bottle, best before end: 09/04/11. Served in a snifter, the beer pours a cloudy golden/orange color with about an inch and half off-white head. Head retention and lacing are both pretty good. Aroma is bready malt, yeast, orange peel, and some fruit and spice (it just smells fruity and spicy in general, I couldn’t pick out any one particular fruit or spice). Taste is pretty much just like the aroma, but there’s also a bit of pear and an earthy taste noticable in the brew. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it’s smooth but has a little too much carbonation for me. Drinkability is decent, but would be better if the carbonation was lower. But overall, I liked this beer. I’d buy it again in the future.

Hazy amber orange beer with nice huge white head.Smell sweet malt,mint,fruits,orange,spices,coriander.Flavor,ve sweet,yeast,pear,cheese,coriander,a salty feeling.Dry finish.A good trappist.

Bottle: Pours a typical cloudy medium golden hue with a big frothy white head - Huge retention and big lacing on my bottle - Nice bready spice note on the nose. This brew has a hop bitterness, but it is not overpowering. It is slightly sweet, but subdued - The spice note probably dominates, but it is not overpowering either. I find this one a bit boring , frankly. Perhaps that’s the feel I’m getting for Tripels in general.

bottle. Pours peach gold with floating sediment and a frothy white head. Aroma is both floral and fruity, with notes of apple, pear, lemon, honey, sage, thyme, orange. Medium to full bodied, the 9% is well hidden and it is very smooth to drink, featuring a super long finish which is ultimately dry and somewhat bitter but also features notes of honey, grape. Flavor mainly of floral notes, prominent hop profile, but while still maintaining the essence of a tripel. Lightly spiced. A classic rendition of the style, although not my favorite so far.

Yellow pour with a large, pillowy, white head. The aroma is delicately floral with some light apple, pear and lemon notes. It’s a bit musty and yeasty as well with soft esters, a light honey sweetness, and some bready malt backbone. The flavor is delicate a dry with a fair btt of honey sweetness, some lightly floral hops, touches of banana and bubblegum are interspersed with a bready body and notable alcohol. The mouthfeel is dry, medium in consistency with lots of carbonation.

From a bottle poured a golden color with a good amount of head. Nice light spicy malty flavor with a quick finish.

Almost clear yellow. Not impressive head. Fruity smell, I thought banana and melon after sniff. Sweet/sour alcoholic taste. A bit of hops in after taste. Mostly uninteresting, but not bad.

As tripels go, this is near tops for me. Dry, spicy, light citrus and wheat grass. Not my favorite style, and a bit too hot for my liking, but I can see why people like this.