Bornem Triple

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ertvelde, Belgium

Poured a hazy straw colour with the substantial head that I am becoming accustomed to with these beers. Aroma is astringent, bordering on rubbery. The alcohol is apparent in the nose. Palate is sharp and biting. Flavour is sour on the end, the front made up of the elements that make me pucker my lips...lemony. Lots of lemon. Very interesting. The palate is too sharp for my enjoyment.

300 mL bottle in gift pack from LCBO. App.: pours cloudy golden with a very substantial and long-living, foamy white head. Aroma: a bit of horsey-stink, some honey, fruits (stone fruits and pome fruits), somewhat yeasty. Palate: med bodied, effervescent carbonation and slight astringency. Flav.: spicey, sweet start, something fleeting....maybe the horse-stank(?), surprisingly bitter finish, and not in a good way. Alcohol is definitely present. Not my cup of tea...er, tripel.

Bornem Triple 12 oz bottle Soft pour in a tulip glass Unknown bottling (FL 29CD 15:12), beatified 12/06 Poured a hazy straw yellow with a huge white fluffy rocky fully lasting head with excellent lacing. Smelt of strong sweet apples, peaches, honey, herbs and light barnyard stank and white bread. Taste was upfront strong sweet and sour apple cider with light honey and bitter grass hops followed by a strong dry bitter stale dusty cobwebs yeast with moderate honey, herbs and on a long finish. Palate was medium bodied, oily, softly carbonated, and moderately alcoholic and astringent. Overall, it’s easy to drink and satisfyingly flavorful, pungent and stinky. In the winter time, it make me nose and fingers tingly.

Pours a hazy peach like color with a thin head in a trappists glass. Aroma is yeasty with a little fruit and alcohol. Taste is sweet, and a little sour as well with a strong finish. Decent Belgian ale but the Dubbel really was better from what I remember.

Fizzy golden with lots of head. Slightly sour and fruity aroma. Light fruity flavor. Not bad.

330 ml bottle. Cloudy light, pale peachy-yellow with white head. Aroma is sour but then turns sweeter, almost getting a brown-sugary malty sweet aroma. Mouthfeel is soft. Flavor lightly lemony-citrus with some breadiness, sweeter malt and yeast flavor. Complex and a great palate. This beer find you in differents etikets.

Drank in a trappist glass. Golden hazy poor under a nice off-white sticky head. Aromas are floral, caramel, orange peelings and bananas. Sweet creamy feel with a nice dry finish. You can feel the alcohol. Just the right bitterness. Very well balanced. Sweet hints of caramel and citrus. Maybe a little to carbonated but stiil impressive!

330 ml bottle included on a "Exclusive Belgian Ales" -pack of bottle fermented beers bought from Achel abbey store. Quite high on alcohol and it tastes quite much too. Good palate with lively carbonation.