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Westmalle Tripel

Westmalle Tripel - Abbey Tripel

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle
Style: Abbey Tripel

Malle, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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16263.81/5.03.81/5.09.5%98.2Trappist glass, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
A strong, dry and spicy trappist ale. The product of a secondary fermentation lasting 5 weeks.
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lucke13 (90), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 25, 2008  
Pours a hazy gold with abundant white head. Smells of fruits and spice. Taste is spices with a bitter component on the back of the tounge. I preferred the Double over this, but it is still a fine beer.


 donfardz64 (406), Wellington, New Zealand
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/518/20
Mar 25, 2008    Updated: Jun 21, 2009
Bottle from Regionals, which has been sitting in my cellar for a while.
Pours hazy orange/golden, a bit of sediment and a filmy lingering white head.
A massively herbacious nose, with the characteristic coriander. Big fruit, orange peel, cloves, quite sweet overall. The perfect Tripel aroma.
Flavour is just a huge as aroma. Mouthfilling and perfectly balanced. Corriander and candy sugar dominate the palate. Some clove spice and a strong bitterness balance the flavour perfectly. The finish is mildly dry, with a fair amount of candi sugar sweetness.
This is my favourite beer, and every bottle I have reaffirms why.


 allfreej (358), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Mar 23, 2008  
Bottled. Pours cloudy dark yellow, with a lacy white head. Nose is yeast, lemon, pears, spices. Flavor is pears, lemongrass, spices, soft malt. Finish is lightly bitter with some gentle alcohol notes. Mouthfeel was softly carbonated.


 borisz (180), Netherlands
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Mar 22, 2008  
33CL bottle, a nice triple one of the easiest triples to get in Holland. Nice golden yellow color, nice white head medium bitterness, medium body, sticky, average carbonation, astringent,


 FishManLA (284), Abita Springs, Louisiana, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Pours with a very large thick fluffy white head that persists. Color is hazy bright yellow/amber. Nose is sweat and bready. Flavor is fruity and distinctly like white wine with malty undertones. Finish is malty, like malted milk.


 TaxiDriver (908), Stadland, Germany
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/517/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Bottle. The beer smells nice like bread and wine, a little bit later the malt shines through. The head is big, white and creamy, it stays long. The body is dark yellow. It started light sour like wine, later on it gets mire bitter. You don’t feel the alcohol in it. The body is medium, creamy and oily whit a soft carbonation. Really a great beer!


 mybestfriend (261), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange colour with a white head. Aroma is (Seville) oranges and loads of yeast and herbs. Flavour is sweet and round with loads of yeast and herbs also some oranges and alcohol.


themightyomega (82), New York, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/517/20
Mar 19, 2008  
Bottle: Pours yellow, slightly hazy, little crudniks drifting around. Thick pale tan yellow head. Nice lacing. Aromas of hops, yeast, "beer". Interesting sweet-sour taste up front, with just the right amount of bitter at the end. Rich n’ chewy, but not heavy either. Good stuff, real good.



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