Kasteelbier Tripel Blonde 11%

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Bottle. Golden color, big head. Sweet and yeasty aroma. Malty candi like flavors. Alcohol evident but not hot. A bit dry. Med body, effervescent. I would call this tripel. A nice strong ale.

Cloudy golden color with a medium size white head. Nice lacing throughout. Yeasty, citrusy aroma. Somewhat sweet initially, with a dry, hoppy, alcoholic finish.

An aroma of citrusy, yeasty, bannanas. A cloudy yellow pour with a white head that disapates quickly. A spicy hotness in the flavor with some warmth from the abv as well. Carbonation is agressive but not overly so. A decent beer.

Light aroma of banana and marmalade, sweet. You can taste the alcohol in the finish. Deep brown color. Flavor is a little sweet, wish it was a little more carbinated.

Appearance: golden color, transparent. Very live bubbles and homogeneous. Great head, white color, dense and very persistent. Not too much rocky. Aroma: sweet malty, intensive floral-hoppy; citric-fruity like grapefruits and pineapple; sweet-fruity like tangerines. Soft touches like of eucalyptus; and others more intensive like honey and peel orange. Not complex, some liquory. Flavor: hoppy mainly and herbal-medicinal; sweet pale malty, citric fruits like grapefruits and pineapple. Warming and liquory, I remember the chardonnay wine. Softly spicy with clove and coriander tones. Dry and persistent finish; peel yellow grapefruit, menthol and eucalyptus aftertaste. Palate: light to medium body, semi-viscous texture. Medium carbonation. Dry and warming beer, relatively simple, nice hoppy. Not is an extraordinary belgian beer, but advisable.

Hazy yellow gold with a rocky dense white head, though diminishing observably. Yeast esters, light and sweet. A bit of apple, some Belgian funk, some subtle vanilla and cinnamon(?). This seems to defy trippel, by a bit. Creamy subdued think and full, Again, a bit more substantial for the style than I’m used to. Very sweet, with some alcohol, over fruity esters. Dry spicey, slightly alcoholic finish. A bit of spice, pepper(y hops?) and cinnamon, perhaps even some of that Belgian funk.

Hazy golden. White foamy head. Aroma: Banana,yeast and marmalade. Flavor: Sweet malt and peppry.

Bottle... pours a rich golden color white a fluffy white head. Strong aroma that makes you actually want to drink it. A unique flavor with a hint of fruitiness, but just the right amount of hops that reminds you that you are drinking a beer. Good experience.