La Trappe Tripel

Serving: 330 ml. bottle. Appearance: Very slight hazy amber color with a large, foamy, off-white head. Very good head retention. Aroma: Dusty, ripe old fruit notes, a bit stale, woodsy, and light vinous notes. Flavor: Lighter than I was expecting. Notes of tobacco, leather, dark honey, and paper. Earthy in nature but a bit on the shallow side. Palate: Medium carbonation with a medium mouthfeel and a medium-short finish. Just kind of there. Overall: Not bad, but it doesn’t have the complexity and subtleties of it’s higher ranked peers. Take it or leave it.

Very nice. I never check the price of beer until the receipt is in my hand after I unpack in my house. A 750ml bottle cost CDN $8.25. I think it was deal. That says it all.

33cl bottle poured into a La Trappe Trappist glass. Copper with a small off-white head. Aroma is candy sugar, fruit, spice, slight alcohol. Flavor is the same. The alcohol is a bit warming. Good beer for a cold day.

330 bottle from L.C.B.O. in Ottawa. The color is amber with a thin off white head..The taste is of malts and a touch of hops,also in the taste are fruits like banana and pears.In the aroma there is a very sweet smell.

I do like this. The set of bottles I got hold of were coming up to the best before date, and so had the benefit of maturity on their side. The coriander in it had mellowed to the effect that it worked in nicely with the wild yeasts giving it a spicy, orange flavour that lasted from scent to dregs. I would go back for another of these beers a hundred times if I could.

Smells of bubble gum and must. Has a taste of red licorice, banana and spice. Nice lacing.

30cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex brew, balanced, hazy, good head, good Trappist

Copper colored beer with off-white head. Fruity aroma. Mild bitterness. Good aftertaste.