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BAB 401 3.16 22

BAB 401

Percentile
62
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Strubbe
Style: Abbey Tripel

Ichtegem, Belgium

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223.27/5.03.16/5.08%30.1Trappist glass, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Een degustatiebier, een tripel van hoge gisting met 8 procent alcohol. Het is een bitter bier, met een smaak waar sommigen wel wat aan zullen moeten wennen. De naam verwijst naar de ter ziele gegane Brugse Brouwerij Aigle Belgica, die in 1953 een BAB 400-bier lanceerde naar aanleiding van zijn 400ste verjaardag. Info: www.babbierproevers.be.
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 MiP (9162), Sønderborg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 11, 2009  
Bottle, 8%. Weak yeasty aroma, hint of sweet fruit. Cloudy yellow colour. Big stable white head. The flavour has some clove, alcohol and a little hint of grain. A little yeasty, too. OK mouthfeel.


 oh6gdx (9115), Vasa, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 11, 2009  
Bottle (from belgianshop.com). A bit hazyish golden colour with big foam head. Aroma is alcohol, some fruityness, yeast, mild spices as well as malts and wood. Flavour is fruity, spicy, malty and yeasty. Also has some slight herbal notes. The alcohol mainly gives a burning feel while drinking, but not too much alcohol in flavour. Clean tripel, but also quite boring...


 TBone (6868), Pori, Finland
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Jul 24, 2009  
Bottled (Bs, BBE 2010, "L01A-2008"). Hazy yellow color, small white head. Yeasty, barnyardish nose with pear sweetness and some iron. Apricot fruity and very alcoholic and spicey flavor. Long sweet alcholic aftertaste. Just like some European strong lagers ...


 thewolf (5838), Kolding, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 9, 2009  
Bottle, bought @ BelgianShop.com.
Pours pale golden with a small, frothy, white head. Dissipates to a thin film. Aroma has lots of crisp malts, light citrusy hops, some peppery spiciness and light fruity yeast. Highish carbonation, fine dry mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet and malty at first, some honey. A fine citrussy and grassy hops bitter finish. Fine tripel, somewhat drier and hoppier than most tripels.


 bu11zeye (5675), Frisco, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 4, 2009  
(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.


 JorisPPattyn (5193), Antwerpen, Belgium
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 25, 2008  
Towering, just off-white head over yellow-golden beer, very carbonated. Vegetable nose, pale malts, dry white candi sugar. Some citrus/citruspeel. Both pale & caramel malts, more white candi sugar, roasted & caramelized sugar. Fleeting sweetness, but maily dry, unless in the aftertaste. Some alcoholflavour and –warming. Quite slick, oily texture and quite spritzy. In the end, long sweeter aftertaste, turning sticky. Bit sweet – but seen the refermentation, heres another one that might perform better with a bit of aging.


 anders37 (4796), Malmö, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 5, 2009  
Bottle @ Vilvordia Bierproef Festival, Jette, Brussels. Pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity yeasty slightly hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty spicy flavor with hints of hops and some hints of yeast. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish with a bitter aftertaste.


 cgarvieuk (4225), Edinburgh, Scotland
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 22, 2009  
Bottle at home ... golden yellow ... small rising bubbles ...big white loose foam head ... soft salty yeast nose ...bitter ... light yeasty ... little lagery... not for me.



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