Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

Brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe (Moortgat)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Achouffe, Belgium

Pours orange with a generous white head. Smells fruity with nice hoppy elements splashed in. Tastes semi sweet with noce bitter and tea like hops. Finish is string and sugary. Mouthfeel is full and syruppy.

Fragrant piney hops and sparkling pineapple esters expand into complexity...Green, resinous hop flavor and bitterness is in love with the plentiful tropical fruit...The head is a 3-D map of an unknown planet, and the body the perfect creamy vessel for the wide flavor spectrum...A palate-expanding experience which I hope to relive regularly...

Bottle: Almost clear, pale golden coloured, bigger fluffy persistent white head; solid fresh piney-hoppy nose; robust bitter-sweet flavour, smooth & medium to full bodied; lingering fresh hops in the bitter-sweet (-fruity) finish with the umbels sticking to the palate. Great..........

12 oz bottle, batch 2. Hazy very pale golden with a massive white head. Fairly thick sediment layer in the bottom of the bottle. Zesty saaz aroma over the top of a spicy/citrusy yeast note. Light bubble gummy notes and a touch of dustiness as well. Bright triple-ish aroma with a slightly more prominent hop character. Flavour is much nice than I found in the tap version with none of the grassy notes I found previously. Moderate bitterness, but mostly some noble spicing playing out over the normal spicy yeast. Apple and pear esters linger thoughout. Creamy body despite the dry finish. Wheaty and peppery. Very dry in the finish despite all of the sweet esters up front. It’s more triple than IPA but I can see where they were going with it, and I like it much more than I did the first time around. Tap at the Hop Devil Grill. Hazy yellow beer topped by a thick pillowy white head. Beautiful appearance. Sweet honeyish aroma, pale malt, light aromatic Belgian yeast. Triple-ish smelling, for a lack of better descriptions. Light with a hint of candi sugar aroma. Flavour is okay, lean bodied and dry tasting as it should be. Spicy hop flavour, but not as much as I was expecting. Long bitter finish. It’s a nice beer, but like the Hop-It, I don’t think it’s a great one. 7/4/7/3/15

750ml bottle, purchased at Cairo Liquor, Washington DC, July 2006. Soft glowing golden body, slightly murky from some small bit of yeast which made its way into my glass. Huge overflowing white head with thick lacing. Dusty, pungent hop and candy sugar aroma, punchy and fruity. Very lively and carbonated on the tongue, with a kick of alcohol across the back. Full of yeast, candy sugar, pineapple fruit flavors, also earthy and musty, just slightly. Very good stuff.

Bottle, 75cl. Hazy, golden body, topped by an off-white, fluffy head. Hops dominates the aroma, leaving a nice fruityness, but there’s also a malty sweetness. The flavor has piney hops, malt, and a Belgian-style sweetness. Full body, and a nice, bitter finish. Lovely blend of Belgian ale and American-style hopping. Just love those beers. (070928)

(75cl bottle) Hazy, golden colour with a thick foamy white head. Yeasty and moderately sweet malty aroma with fresh and aromatic, slightly floral and zesty hops. Sweet-bitter flavour, full bodied with a calm carbonation. Pale malt-character with light notes of citrus and almost piney, zesty hops, lingering into the lasting well-blended malty and hoppy finish. Superb and moreish brew (22.VII.09).

Bottled. Golden coloured. Unclear. Dense creamy beige head. Herb, sweetness, yeast andd light flowers is in the aroma. Very dense and different. Flavour as well is very dense. Loafds of spices, herbs and flowers. Fruity and sweet notes and a light touch of yeast to balance the hoppy flavours. Complex and very balanced. Full bodied. Dry. Has a balanced bitterness in the end garnished with a pleasant alcholtouch. Very good one. Thanks to Sliffy for sending this very good beer in a trade.