De Graal Tripel

Brewed by De Graal
Style: Abbey Tripel
Brakel, Belgium

a sim rate: Very strong flavour. Very tart triple. Tastes like buttery alcoholic bliss. Nice and tart.

Hazy yellow coloured ber with some yeast particels in it. Average carbonation with a small white head. Heavy, yeasty slightly alcoholic aroma. Herby full palate. Finish is bitter alcoholic, yeasty and herby.

Draft at Beer Circus, Brussels. Looks very blonde, but this one is certainly for sipping, the opposite end of the spectrum from a session beer. Flowers and hers, more like some kind of cordial spiked with vodka? Wut there is a wheat beer kind of softness at the bottom. Interesting, but not quite there!

750mL bottle, courtesy of argo0. Thanks, Aaron! Pours a clear, golden color with lots of fine particulates; significant off-white head with good retention and creamy lacing. Lots of white pepper, yeast, and yellow fruits in the aroma. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: honey, yellow fruits, and citrus; lively carbonation; basic, peppery, solid tripel. Medium finish: breadiness, toasty malts, and white pepper; spicy and dry.

From a 22oz bottle - Pours a rather cloudy pale/yellow color with small quickly dissipating head. Average carbonation. Smells super sweet with some bread and fruity yeast notes. First sip is very bready and biting with a welcomed mild tartness. Extremely tasty. A nice bitter finish.

Bottle. Hazy golden colour with floaties. Bit sweet and bit tart yeasty aroma. Sweet ripe fruity flavour with yeast, citrus anda good amount of ginger.

750mL bottle. Head is initially large, frothy, white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy dark yellow to light amber, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain), lightly hoppy (herbs, flowers), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with strong notes of grains of paradise and coriander, notes of alcohol, clove, and pepper. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium to full body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic. Clearly and heavily spiced, which I don’t understand...why would you add spices to a tripel? It totally clobbers everything else here, which all but ruins the aroma. That really sucks because it seems like a pretty good beer otherwise. Sad, so sad.

Bottled. hazy golden with a low white head. Dryish orangey aroma with light notes of yeast, grass and ginger. A typical tripel flavourvise; dryish peppery orangey notes with notes of banana and yeast. Well-hidden alcohol. Lively finish of speces, wheat and orange-peels.