 MrManning (1448), London, Ontario, Canada
Dec 3, 2005
Cloudy yellow pour, huge white fluffy head. Lots of sediment and flaties all over the place. Bready yeast aromas, matched and balanced by sweet spicy fruit. Very enjoyable aroma. Sweet bready flavours, lots of spices, yeast, and a great amount of hops. I don’t remember the last time I had a tripel that was so hoppy, and balanced. Silky smooth, alcohol not really noticable. If I had to guess at the ABV, I would have said 6 or 7%. But not 9.5%. This is a great brew, and in my mind, the difinitive tripel. Well done.
swooper (90), Kladno, Czech Republic
Oct 5, 2008 banana, bread, citrus aroma, golden, hazy, frothy, rocky head, medium bitterness, medium sweetness, full body, thick feel, fizzy, long finish, bitter,
Ljunkan (139), Karlstad, Sweden
Oct 4, 2008 Bottle. Hazy golden/orange color with a nice white head. Aroma is yeasty, very spicy with notes of orange. Flavour is sweet with lots of spices, fruit, citrus, green apples and orange with a slight bitterness at the end. Palate is quite filling with medium carbonation. It’s not that drinkable though, but still a quite nice sipper. Tripels is not one of my favourite styles and I think Chimay White is the best one still. It gets a bit too sweet and alcoholic after a while.
JonnyDr (107), , South Yorkshire, England
Sep 28, 2008 Gorgeous deep amber colour. Slightly overstrong start with honey, caramel and spiced notes. Sweet alcoholic finish. Too strong.
mjs (576), Helsinki, Finland
Sep 28, 2008 (Bottle, 0.75 l bottled 240408, at Hilpeä Hauki, Helsinki, on 2008-09-27) Orange. Cloudy. Medium sized quickly disappearing white head. Citric aromas, yeast and some tiny hints of banana in very fruity nose. Medium bodied palate with quite lot of carbonation. Fruitiness, bitterness, grapefruit, malts and some salty liquorice. Long lasting fruity aftertaste.
afireinside96 (493), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 27, 2008 330ml bottle served i a Trappist glass. Bottle erupted with foam when opened, hope it isn’t infected. Lots of sediment floating around in yellow-gold liquid topped by a lasting white head. Sugary nose with some spicy esters. Tastes of candi sugar, pepper, caramel. Very active carbonation, frothy mouthfeel, some warmth, drying effect. Very solid, but standard tripel.
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