De Graal Tripel

Bomber from Forest City. Pours gold with a nice fluffy-white head. Aroma of esters, yeast, and candi sugar. Smooth palate with prickly carbonation supports flavors of lemon, flowers, and yeast primarily, with gentle hoppy qualities. Goes down smoothly, with a refreshingly bitter aftertaste. This is not the most dynamic beer out there, but it is superbly balanced and true to style.

Date: November 01, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy yellow, wispy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma with lots of spicyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of balancing spicyness, light bitterness follows the spicyness, candy sweetness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

(750ml bottle) Pours a lightly hazy yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of coriander, yeast, citrus, and pepper. Flavor of coriander, yeast, grass, and alcohol.

Bottle, october 08. Hazy golden yellow color with a medium, white head. Spicy aroma with some graininess and fruit. Very perfumy but a bit sweet and cloying. Fruity, spicy. Not as sweet as expected from the nose. Kind of unidimensional. Medium, vivid, enveloping flavor. Alcohol well hidden but warming. Nice, warming tripel. A tad too gingery.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. pale yellow with a thin white head. fruity, yeast and some musk on the nose. nice flavor of spices and yeast. clean finish with a funky aftertaste.

Bottle thanks to Bu11zeye. Pours a cloudy yellow with white fizzy head. Aroma of some fruit, faint malt, a little bread. Flavor is spicy, fruit, malty, some farmhouse. Palate is medium body, high carbonation. Not bad at all.....

Appearance: Pours a hazy, yellow body with a smallish, white head. Some sediment rolling around in there, too. Smell: Belgian malts coated in candi sugar, honey, spices, hunks of fruit, and even some flower petals. Taste: Pale maltiness augmented with a kick of candi sugar sweetness. Fruity tastes of lemons and pears. A tad floral. Spoonful of orange blossom honey. The tiniest pinch of Chinese Five Spice. Mild hop bitterness. Slight yeastiness. I must say the 9% ABV is well hidden. Sweetish, fruity finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-high, effervescent carbonation. Drinkability: My my, that’s not half bad! Reasonably tasty and surprisingly easy to drink down.

bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, clear yellow pour with 1/4" foam head, aromas are light herbal, flavors are vegetal and herbal such as celery and mint