Westmalle Tripel

330ml bottle, 06/04/07 is date on label. Pours a clear golden with a nice bright white two finger head, minimal lacing. Aroma is a nice blend of fruits and light spice, with some fresh dough, and candied fruits. Flavor is more of the same, and reminds me of a tempered down Stille Nacht in some ways. Not bad, but not very exciting and pretty tame. Guess I was hoping for a little more intensity and complexity in this one, but maybe I just don’t get this style...

Bottle, and wow. Nice cloudy gold color with a good white colored head. Aroma is malty and fruity and yeasty for sure. Flavor is just beautiful. Some sweetness, spice and more yeast on the palate. Wow.

0.33l bottle into trappist glass. Pour hazy gold with foamy pure white head. Smell hops, wheat, grass. Thick mouthfeel. Taste is similar to smell with strong hops and alcohol finish. Very enjoyable tripel.

Poured with a thick white head and hazy golden color. Strong citrus aroma. Aroma, flavor and palate combined to make me think of orange peels. Carbonated feel on the tongue with a tinge of an alcohol after taste.

Aroma is much simpler than the taste. Slightly fruity/lemony with a nice simple malt background. This is beer is very flavorful. Tastes very sugary like candied nuts mixed with fruit candy (watermelon, strawberry, and bit of lemon). Some alcohol comes through here. However, the palate is surprisingly dry and crisp and the finish is nice and clean with a good amount of bitterness. Very flavorful and tasty, but it’s almost too much, especially for something so dry and crisp. Carbonation is nice and the body is right on, but again, the palate doesn’t match the beer.

Bottle into chalice. Pours cloudy gold, with a massive, pillowy white head. Aroma is candied sugar, spicy yeast, some citrus. taste is candy sweetness, beautifully spicy yeast, overripe fruit and a yeasty, alcohol bitterness. Finish carries a clean bitterness, spicy sweetness, rich fruitiness. Sticky, but with a crisp carbonation. beautifully complex, yet balanced. Superb.

Cloudy golden with floating sediment and thick white foamy cream head that lightly laces as it thins. Yeasty citrus aroma. Bubbly, crisp yet smooth, bitter alcohol yeast. Reminds me of a harsher Duvel. Clean aftertaste. Gets better as it warms.

Good looking hazy orange beer with a nice big white head. Aroma is very spicy, where hints of oranges, yeast and some spices are most apparent. First thing that hits you when drinking this is the very apparent alcohol. Unfortunately it feels a bit like they’ve chosen to go with a higher alcohol presence than hops here. Not one of my favorite tripels exactly. Very good beer for smelling and looking at though...