Bornem Triple

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

again another nice belgian, not my fav triple but a nice one. Again had it at Smokeless Joes, Hope thats ok with everyone. nice head yeahsty a little high on the alcohol flavour

Great pear aroma, on a whatever yellow beer with a big white head. Taste is sweet and a bit astringent. $3/11.2oz

Poured from bottle - Belgian sampler. Smells just like white wine. Cloudy, wheat-like appearance, with persistent, whipped cream head. Flavor, at first, seems like a beer/wine hybrid, malt and grape notes compete with each other. The Beigian ale qualities arrive about 1/3 of the way in, with notes of yeast, bread, banana, alcohol and spice appearing and taking over. Tastes better with each sip. Finishes with you wanting more.

Somewhat muted aroma, what’s there is lightly musty and yeast-smokey. I liked the throwback label. LIghtly hazy yellow, big white cushiony head which lasted a couple of minutes and then sublimed away quickly. Astringent, chemical, dry, very fizzy. Some light sourness. Nothing doing here, didn’t do well back-to-back with the Augustijn, which was a much sturdier. Medium body, finishes out with a lagerish nastiness. There’s actually a chance that this beer may have gotten some bad yeasties in it, but I wouldn’t count on it. A bit cidery-sour on the lips.

Cloudy amber color with a decent sized foamy head. Malty aroma with banana flavors. The strong alcohol is present but not overpowering.

Cloudy golden body. Huge head retention. I had to wait a long time for it to settle down. Yeasty banana esters along with orange and a medicinal quality. The nice thing about the huge head phenomenon is that it forces you to let the beer warm up (a good thing for belgians as this releases more flavor). I was a little let down by the flavor. Slightly sour and some bitterness, but not the type usually enjoyed in a hoppy beer and not typical for this style. A little rough and unrefined, and can taste too much of the alcohol. There are better examples of the tripel style out there.

Pours golden in colour with a persistant white head. Aromas of alcohol, apples and belgian yeast. The taste is all alcohol at first, with some yeast flavours kicking in as it warmed, it also had a bitterness(not good) like jalanga root or something, weird fizzy carbonation. Not a good beer.

Bottled 0,33 [Old Buccaneer Reserve].
Compact and adherent head, good persistence. Yellow gold color, good fizz, dense and fraught. Alcoholic and aged scent with wine cellar notes, yeast, must and wine. Prickly and full bodied taste, dense, warm, structured and winy. Decidedly alcoholic but rather balanced and pleasant.