4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
330 ml bottle @ Ravintola Gloria, Kuopio. Rated @ 8.8.2009.
Pours a dark brown colour with a minimal white head. Orange, apricot, lemon and spices on the nose. Flavour of slightly roasted malts, dark fruits, spices and alcohol. Full bodied with a slicky mouthfeel. Not as good as Dubbel.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle looks very good, beer in the glass very zippy, huge head. Starts very strong, quite alcoholic. Fruity like lemon and some apple. Finish sharp, still alcoholic. Interesting!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Notes from June 09, 2010
11.2 oz. bottle from Steve’s Liquor Madison
Ar: Big peach head with some funky yeast. A bit of coriander in there as well.
Ap: Pours a beautiful cloudy gold with a creamy 1" head that actually dissipates surprisingly quickly. Leaves a bit of lace.
T: Nice oraneg/citrus notes on the first drink. A bit of doughy maltiness accompanies some classic belgian yeast flavors. Warming alcohol burn on the finish.
P: Chewy mouthfeel complements this beer nicely.
All in all, a very good tripel.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a cloudy muted lemon white color plus a thick foamy head. Clean sweet aroma that’s kind of creamy citrus. Immediately dry on the palate with some spicy notes and a bitter peppery aftertaste. Overall, this is very nice... a good sipping beer for the winter.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
I really dont care for westmalle beers. this one is super thin, watery, not much body at all, hint of grain and candi sugar, hint of yeasty esters. overall just booze water.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
A: The pour is a golden yellow color with an initially towering white head that eventually dies down to a finger’s worth of foam.
S: Sweet malt and candi sugar come through initially with the yeast contributions following that. Pears, apples, and bananas provide some nice fruitiness.
T: The sugar component is quite strong and provides a great sweetness. Some banana bread sort of flavor along with a light bitterness.
M: The body is medium with a very full carbonation. Despite the sweetness of the beer, there’s a nice dryness due to the carbonation.
D: I wish it tasted as good as it smelled, but still quite nice. One of the better tripels I’ve had.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Poured a hazy orangish-yellow. Pale at the edges with a nice white foamy head and terrific lacing.
The nose was weak at first, but as it warmed and breathed, the phenols of peach and apricot mixed with a yeasty middle. There is also a spicy note that I can’t quiet place.
The mouthfeel is rather light and carried by a high but not over done carbonation.
The taste reveals the real beauty of this beer. Fresh and fruity, more mustiness, alcoholic, tart through the middle, with a hint of absinthe, a crisp dry finish and a quite strong phenolic astringency and woody, clove and cinnamon lingering after.
This is an example of the style that some may equal but none exceed. Excellent.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: OCT 10, 2010 wow the head on this...incredible. a cloudy brew to say the least. tons o sediment and i’ve been letting this sit upright in my fridge for about 2 weeks.
can a tripel get more expressive? tons o alcohol and ripe tree fruit and banana bread yeast. wow. on the palate it doesn’t disapoint. the length of this brew is lights out wickedly good. great carbonation and followed by classic belgian yeast and banana bread, butterscoth and maybe even ginger. really complex brew. i’ve never had two taste the same! A CLASSIC.
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