3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Bottle from 2006. This hasn’t ’traveled’ well over those 6 years. Hazy orange/golden color with no head. Malty and spicy nose with a hint of alcohol. Alcohol up front on first taste, slight burn that detracts from the malt/hop flavor. Having had this brew at Café Trappisten in 2004 across the street from the Westmalle Abbey, anything less is just... less. And this older bottle, not being treated properly, just doesn’t do this beer justice. I do prefer the dubbel but the tripel is wonderful. I hope to find a fresher bottle and provide a ’re-rate’.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
11.2 ounce bottle. Pours a hazy golden yellow with a four inch white head. Taste is of yeast, wheat, spice and alcohol. Similar aroma. Has a decent body. Overall, it’s not bad, but not as good as what I had hoped.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice aroma of slight spice, banana, and fruit. Huge fluffy white head that lasts forever. Pale yellow in color with lively carbonation. Nice bold taste of spice, fruity essence, slight alcohol, some yeasty notes, with a dry slighlty bitter finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle into a fluted glass. Pours dark amber with a big pillow of cream head. Aroma of candi sugar, plums, raisins, spice, a bit vegetal. Taste is big on the dark fruits and sugar. Definitely a sipper. Nice and warming.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours slightly hazy golden with a massive fluffy head that has superb retention. Smell of sweet caramel and malts, yeasty banana, spices, citrus and honey. Taste starts sweet and earthy, bitter builds up into an extremely long aftertaste. In the meantime, the fruits, citrus, spices and yeast make an appearance. Strong carbonation. Aftertaste is dry, bitter and long. Well balanced. Brilliant trappist beer.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: MAY 20, 2013 Thank you Bert! Pours cloudy lemon yellow with a perfect white head of soft foam. Excellent retention and handsome lace. This beer glowed in the glass and was perfect to look at. Nose is banana, apricot, bubblegum, pale malt, lightly yeasty, complex and layered. Slightly medicinal. Some floral and hay. Perfumey with honey and light biscuit. There’s a quick breath of orange peel and a just enough spice. Taste follows the nose all the way. Buoyant on the palate, vivacious, balanced, supple and creamy. There’s a little clove on the palate that wasn’t on the nose as much. Finishes dry and slightly sticky.
This beer is outstanding, cultivated and refined. It’s not assuming but it is assured and significant in it’s exceptional character. A well done tripel like this is a sweet delight.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
It is slightly different bitter, its Iceland Moss bitter that goes in boiling water to make tea against symptoms for cough. Alcohol doesn’t bite, slighty sweet plum or white grapes taste as is the smell but the bitterness really hangs on to every tastebud, it is ok at the beginning, nicer at the end if moss-tea is Your thing.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Blonde claire, pétillance aussi fine que sa mousse. Epicée, florale, un rien fruitée, pétillance persistante, légère astringence sur la fin. Un peu trop de goût d’alcool...
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cl bottle. Hazy yellow with a huge white head. Spiced, slight acidic and yeasty aroma. Taste has caramel, malts and yeast. One of the better tripels out there.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
venivo da due settimane troppo devastanti per poter esprimere un giudizio pieno..rimando il tutto ad un secondo assaggio
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Very golden and light colored with a very foamy white head. Smells like dark fruits. Taste follows the smell. Very citrus, dark fruit, and light malt. Can’t believe how deceiving the color is from how full the body is. Unbelievable beer, highly recommended, again hats off to the monks
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