Westmalle Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Small bottle. Big, sharp, ester floral nose. Huge, foamy palate. Piquant hop finish, ends dry. So well balanced.

Bottle. Pours golden with a white head. Flavor is candy sugar sweetness and spice with a hop bite. Excellent beer.

bottle. nice color and head. fruity flavour with nice palate. very drinkable.

An excellent example of Trappist beer. I still prefer St. Bernadus, but this is one damn good beer.

Sicuramente una delle massime rappresentanti dello stile triple.E’ una birra di gran classe ma il notevole grado alcolico ben evidente nel suo gusto non la rende adatta a tutti.Dal colore giallo dorato presenta una schiuma compatta e persistente.Al naso malto,fruttato e luppolo.In bocca entra morbida per sprigionare poi la sua forza alcolica con un finale luppolato,asciutto e pulito.

Pours golden yellow with nice lacing. Aroma is a nice bouquet of friut and spice. Taste is dry hops with some alcholol and sugar. The ideal triple.

Drinking this beer for more than 20 years on many occasions. The taste has never been changed and thus I call it the Mother of all Tripels. I use this beer as a reference against the other Tripels. Some other Tripels have more outspoken taste and palate than the Westmalle Tripel and perhaps scores more points than the Westmalle Tripel. A good exemple is the Tripel Karmeliet wich is a great one. However, I always will return back to Westmalle Tripel. Am I conservatieve? Could be :-)

Amber brown body with a light brown head. Aroma is slightly funky with notes of barnyard, grass and earth. A quite carbonated mouth feel. Flavors are slightly bitter sweet and more grass and some bready toast characteristics. Finishes off with a bitter taste that nicely balances the grassy sweetness.