Westmalle Tripel

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Pours a cloudy gold with a thick white head. Aroma is of yeast, alcohol and a hint of bananas. Nice carbonation. Spicy warm mouthfeel. Taste is of alcohol and yeast with a hint of some spices and banana. Very good.

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2012 A nice triple from Westmalle. Grainy, good hopped and spiced, golden coloured with a nice foamy head. Edit: Aging helps with this one for sure. Tasted an aged (close to or over the expiredate) bottle a couple of times now, and only good things about it. Nice bitter-earthy dryness at the end. Enjoyable

UPDATED: DEC 9, 2011 Bottle, 14C. Pours orange with some particulates. Really lovely downy white head. Honeyed yeast/ orange peel aroma with cloves and white pepper. There’s fruity malt things going on but they’re overwhelmed. Quite hot alcohol/ pepper. Dry, spicy and salty finish. Pretty but very brash. Probably a lot better aged. [3.3]

Bottle, bought with the last. So 21 months older, but still in date. Slightly hazy gold with a lovely white head that’s well retained. Doughy aroma with orange, vanilla, cloves, pepper. Taste has sweet oranges, dough, slight sourness, spicy and dry finish. Still quite boozy but rather less hot. Spices are less brash. Better, but still not quite my sort of tripel.

750 split with the wife! Pours a hazy blonde with a big remarkably loose head that leaves lots of spotty lace. The aroma is honey and springtime flower with some orange and maybe a little soap. The flavor is spicy with some good mineral character. The first thing that strikes me about this beer is how hoppy it is, there are lots of what my un-skilled palate perceives at noble hops in the flavor of this beer. Pear and citrus fruitiness present themselves very well here also and there is just a slight tinge of alcohol. Overall this is very well balanced.

has one of the longest lasting heads ive ever seen, no matter how you pour it. its like sea foam. aroma is astringent with some apple and tobacco notes. flavor is brighter than expected with none of alcohol burn i was expecting. buttery somewhat with a dark roasted rye and wheat flavor. very good.

22 oz. from Bottleworks. Yummy Belgian on recommendation from Bottleworks employee. Spicy, cloves, very un-tinny. Smells like flowers (which I eat) and cotton candy. Enough carbonation to make it seem soda-like (save for the bitterness).

bottle dated 05/2009 from metzlers in denton tx. poured hazy yellow with a head that would not give up and left tons of lace behind. aroma was a very good blend of lemon, banana, cinnamon, and vanilla cream. flavor was lemon, banana, and a whip cream type flavor. body was mediumish with medium carbonation. an excellent beer.

Sample at the Belgian tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 1/28/10. Pours a hazy gold color with a medium white head. Malty nose with caramel and Belgian yeast. Malty and yeasty flavor with some bread character and a semi-sweet finish.