Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

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Pale golden yellow with a beautiful thick and cloudy head. Nose has suprisingly authentic IPA-like hoppiness, grassy and sweet fruity aromas with some wheaty tripel. Flavor strongly hopped with sweet maltiness. Finishes drier, with more of the tripel spiciness. Almost full bodied with quite strong but smooth carbonation. Exotic and sweet, a delicious symbiosis.

Bottle sampled at the Kulminator: Unfortunately this beer seemed to be just a little bit past its prime. Hops were kind of catty, earthy, and dusty, not fresh and citrussy. Poured golden with a tremendous head, that just sat beautifully ontop of the beer. Really beautiful looking. Flavor was less appetizing because it was out of its prime. Kind of catty, with some spicy notes. Mouth feel was very digestible, fine bubbbles and light feeling. re-rate bottle at ABC abbey bar: flavor is initially classic chouffe with lots of pepper and some funk. half way through the hops show up with unique citrus, mango, and spiciness. nice chewy malt bodied in the middle. Quite a synergy of things happening. Very much a tripel with ipa tendancies. excellent mouthfeel, and head retention, that left snowy lace on the glass. I love this beer.

Bottle. This pours a translucent golden with a good amount of sediment and some thick, white head. The lacing is pretty decent as well. The aroma is a blast of an orange-y sweetness with banana, orange, pineapple, and hops. The flavour is very full. Citrus-y flavours are pretty strong as well as a lot of hops. It’s also very sweet, but in a natural fruit sweetness kind of way. The finish is smooth and sweet with some light bitterness. This is a perfect combination of the delicate flavours of the Tripel mixed with the bold flavours of an IPA. The hops are strong, but not overpowering. This is very delicious.

Poured from a 22 oz. bottle and a big white head sat on top of very cool yellow golden color. Modest aromas of sweetness and yeast. Mouthfeel smooth with some carbonation. Great sweet sugar, citrus, malt. Beneath is some bitter hops and not way out front or over the top. Good finish blending the two partners.Very drinkable tasty brew.

bright and well hoped great variation of a classic. bit of fruit flavor with a nice head. great for any occasion. love to see foreign beers make strong use of hops

Pours like a white beer. Huge carbonation. Looked like a champagne opening. Massive fluffy white head that just glues itself to the glass. Aroma is all Saaz hops and I don’t pick up any of the others. Taste is typical Belgian sweetness. A hint of fruit and mostly banana. The hops tame it down in the end. I have stated it many time in my reviews that I am not a fan of Belgians and what I call the dirty-candy taste but this was very drinkable for me. The IPA part of the label is what made me buy and I did enjoy it. I would buy again.

750 Batch # 3 (Best before end of 2009) pours out a slightly hazed gold to light amber color with a very big meringue, plaster, Styrofoam like white head and scary cobweb lace that looks like it could hold tons of weight. The aroma struck me as grassy spring warm weather hops with some yeasty funkiness accompanied by banana clove that takes me straight across the pond to Belgium. The flavor has some solid sweetness and spice that reminds me of cardamom, with some delicious banana to assist. Oh yeah, there is that yeast that fully makes it balanced out by adding complexity. The hops are almost lost here, but they seem to assist the yeast in balancing out the sweetness. I’m really not seeing an IPA (like the bottle says), but rather a really fantastic Triple. This is delicious. The alcohol is very well hidden; can’t find it in the flavor - but I feel it in the tummy. The broth like palate also shines as it has good depth and a nice cleansing body. I could live off this for days. This is great beer.