Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

A golden beer with sediment floating around under a whipped cream like head. The aroma is sweet with lots of spices and malt notes. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of citrus and spices, the notes of spices grows in intensity towards the end, which is quite dry. An OK Belgian ale, but I had expected much more hops in it.

(Bottle 75 cl) Pours a cloudy golden with a tall, white head leaving laces. Aroma of yeast and very refined, lightly perfumy hops. Medium body with flavours of yeast and quite some maltiness. And then a solid dose of hops in the finish. Must be one of the most bitter Belgians. 011206

[Bottled at Akkurat, Stockholm] Hazy pale golden, very rich and firm head. Powerful flowery hops combines with estery raspberry candy in the aroma. Sweet with soft, light, sparkling mouthfeel. Rich on hops with intriguing yeasty character. The alcohol is noticable and lifts the beer even further. Candyish finish with good bitterness. A complex beer with an unusual cross of rich hoppiness and superb malt character.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a slowly collapsing yet quite stable head. Off-white. Aroma is fantastic, smooth and mellow yeasty, mild spiced and caramel malt in a classic and almost supurb mix. In addition the aroma hops of amarillo, tomahawk and saaz join in giving a great twist to this. Flavour is dense spiced mixed with a nice mellow mix of yeast and caramel malt. Again the oily hops work quite well with this mix providing even more strength to the classic triple flavour. This is so smooth and so flavourful a triple - fantastic. Only downside - a vague bit too strong flavoured perhaps.

Bottle. Pours yellow hazy with yeast. Big white head. Aroma is hoppy, malty and spicy. Taste is bitter and malty. Long bitter aftertaste. Very smooth and refreshing.

Bottled. Hazy yellow colour, mediumsized white creamy head. Aroma is spices, hops, malts and slight yeast. Pleasant. Flavour is smooth hoppy with some hints of spices. Big hoppy aftertaste, and enormously dry mouthfeeling.

Bottle. Fruity, citric hoppiness in aroma. Teaish, yeasty aftersmell. Cloudy golden colour. Quite bitter flavour with some tea to it. Drying out my mouth and then turning sweet again. Creamy, insistingly stable white head, clinging onto the sides of the glass.

Bottle. Cloudy golden coloured with a huge white head. Aroma of fruits, spices, pine needles and hops. Flavour of fruits, spices, pine needles and hops.