BAB 401

Brewed by Brouwerij Strubbe
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ichtegem, Belgium

Bottle, from... can’t remember. Pours clear and bright yellow-gold with a big frothy head. Tangy, boozy nose like unripe pear drizzled in white rum. Quite a sweet beer, with a clean, even bitterness arriving late with a face-warming smack of alcohol. More sticky than lively. Bittersweet aftertaste. Sweet and strong and that’s the gist, there must be 100 tripels in Belgium just like this one.

(33cl bottle) Pours a clear pale yellow body with a medium white head. Aroma of earth, floral, and yeast. Flavor of grass, florals, and light grain.

gold blond coloured body with a white head a malty aroma a malty fruity hoppy taste with a spicy bitter finish

Clear goldblond coloured beer with small white head and no carbonation. Bit alcoholic malty aroma. Full palate. Finish is bitter which gets stronger near the end. It’s ok.

Bottle. Hazy golden yellow. Soft sweet flowery aroma. First taste is the same sort of sweet, goes into more bitter and malty. Not too alcoholic but still has that ’warm’ feeling. Soft bitter aftertaste, hop taste somewhat to the background. Overall not a spectacular, but certainly very pleasant tripel.

Draught: Poured a hazy yellow to golden with a white fluffy head. Aroma is fruit and hops. Taste was a bitter metallic with hops, blends well with the fruit and malts.

(Bottled) Hazy golden with a large, firm and lacy head. Dry aroma of pale malt, with hints of acidity and grassy hops. Nicely dry, yet honey-malty flavor with a mildly acidic, grassy-hoppy finish. Smoother with yeast, with typical tripel fruitiness coming into picture. Hides the ABV completely. Medium body with balanced carbonation. The aroma was not that inviting, but I liked the dry and solid-malty flavor, and reasonable grassy hop bitterness.

Botte Blond, bit hazy body. White, creamy head. Excellent lace. Aroma of hops, flowers, citrus, vanilla, honey. Nice and well balanced aroma. Moderately bitter flavour (citrus, hops).