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Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel - Abbey Tripel

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99
overall
Brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe (Moortgat)
Style: Abbey Tripel

Achouffe, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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9673.94/5.03.93/5.0Special9%100Trappist glass, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
A unique marriage between the English tradition of IPAs, the new American revolution of Imperial IPAs and the classic Belgian way of brewing. Houblon Chouffe, although very much hopped as it is, showcases the unique balance between a very strong IPA and a very special Belgian Tripel exclusively created for this ale (Big malty body, distinct dryness, expressive estery fruitiness). - IBU: 59, Original Gravity: 1092
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 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
May 18, 2009  
Cloudy golden appearance with a thick frothy off-white head. Aroma is of citrus, yeast, dough, and peaches. Taste is of orange, citrusy hops, dirt, grass, earth.


 ansermadide (496), Kyle, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
May 17, 2009  
Sample at 3rd Annual Great Austin Belgian Beer Festival on May 16, 2009. Losing memory for the review (too many samples by this time), but I did manage to write down the numbers. Wow, this one was good. Nose was a little sour and yeasty. A lightly astringent flavor with hop notes. Alcohol is apparent. Great job trying to mix an IPA with a tripel...


 Cavie (1317), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
May 16, 2009  
Clear yellow. Light amount of hops. Fruity yet holds the bitter finish attributed to hops. Interesting to say the least. Extremely dry finish however. Meh, this didn’t do much for me.


 tomer (365), Rishon Le Zion, Israel
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/514/20
May 16, 2009  
0.75L bottle. huge extremely thick head that lasts for ages and looks and feels almost solid, golden colour. Aroma made of tropical fruit, peach whiff of rose petals and a pronounced flavour of vanila pod. svery strong hoppy bitterness with flavours of grapefruit and lemon. the bitterness is so overpowering that it becomes a bitter aftertaste of extreme lenght that does not fade for a long time


 PaulHegedus (458), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
May 11, 2009  
Bottle. Pours transparent, golden with a fantastic, foaming white head and lots of lacing. The lacing is super dense like a cloud of fog across the whole glass. Carbonation is light. Head is really densely thick, beautiful. There’s apricot in the aroma with something herbal (juniper?), some alcohol, light hops, wood. Mouthfeel is resinous, coating, smooth. The flavour has strong hop bitterness up front, juniper, pine. It has a gin like quality. There’s lemon and other hints of citrus fruits, a wonderfully subtle taste of grains, then a light hop finish.


 ChrisThomson (378), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
May 10, 2009  
Bottle. Pours hazy golden colour with big foamy white head. Aroma of hops, yeasts and ciitrus. Taste is amazingly well balanced mix of citrus, and spicy tripel character with nice hoppy IPA blast. Great beer!


 YK23 (253), Haifa, Israel
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
May 9, 2009  
Bottle: lovely beer, quite hoppy, alcohol well hidden, fruity, some dusty yeasty character, some lemon and tangerine notes, overall bitter but very well balanced beer, very enjoyable.


 jvmiller (532), Bel Air, Maryland, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/519/20
May 8, 2009  
Very earthy, bready yeasty, musty aroma. I think this beer is the epitome of balance. Its got fruitiness, spice, a hoppy bitterness, although i think its more of a English hopping, a bit earthy imo. Very light and dry, perfectly carbonated. Alcohol is nowhere to be found. The hops are not as prevalent as described to me, although they fit in nicely. This is just well done all around.



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