La Trappe Tripel

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Tilburg, Netherlands

Name: La Trappe Tripel
Date: May 19, 1998
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs
Appearance: golden yellow, thin white head
Aroma: sweet malt aroma with essence of fruit
Flavor: light malt flavor, slightly fruity, touch of spicy hops, low bitter finish

Name: Koenigshoeven Tripel
Date: April 13, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: amber with a slight haze, scant head
Aroma: sweet fruity alcoholic aroma
Flavor: simple malty flavor, needs some complexity or spices or something

Name: La Trappe Tripel
Date: August 10, 2006
Mode: bottle
Source: Wild Wing, Marietta
Score: ii to iii
Appearance: dark hazy yellow, big creamy off white head
Aroma: sweet aroma with candy sweetness and a touch of spice
Flavor: big sweet malt flavor with a lot of fruity sweetness, light bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Name: Koenigshoeven Tripel
Date: January 02, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Appearance: cloudy dark yellow, frothy white head
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma, touch of candy caramel, nice light spices
Flavor: sweet candy malt flavor, lots of balancing spicyness, touch of fruity tartness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Though I never rated it here before, this is a re-rate since production was taken over by Bavaria. At least they still bottle-condition this one, unlike the Dubbel. Dark hazy amber - inappropriate for the style, unless you’re being whimsical but this definitely is not a whimsical rendition. Plasticy, phenolic, estery aroma - like latex paint and stewed peaches. Initial shot of alcohol masks the ruthless palate. Firm maltiness is fine, but the aforementioned off-flavours battle for supremacy, winning out in the end. Very much unpleasant and a steep downgrade.

Gold colour. Some malt aroma, not expecially interesting. Warm malty sensation, quite good taste, with a sweet liquorice hint. Only partially balanced by the bitternes, the palate is ordinary. Pleasant to drink, but nothing really remarkable.

Hazy amber with medium short lasting head. Fruity and sweet aroma wtih yeast and oranges. Sweet flavor with flowers, toffee and fruits. Well balanced and vinous with discrete alcohol touch.

(750ml bottle) Lightly hazed amber body topped by medium beige head that mostly dissipates. Aroma is moderately sweet, candi sugar, pear, some orange, alcohol, light herb, raisin. Taste is moderately sweet, peach, pear. orange, some alcohol/plastic, herb, light caramel. Soft, medium-full body, light stickiness. Too much alcohol presence for the ABV.

Bottled (BB 09/2006)
Clear red-amber color, small white head. Aroma has sweet fruits (lychee, strawberry) and a bit of rye. Sticky, crisp mouthfeel, alcohol in the start. Toffee malty, some hops in the finish. Dissapointing. Not very tripel-like. I wonder if I got a bad bottle, but when reading comments like Oakes’s, maybe not.

33cl bottle from Auchan. Amber colour with thick lasting beige head. Bubble gum and boiled sweet aromas. Some toffee. Some complexity in mouth. Candy sugar and banana flavours. Finish has some zingyness and more banana/bubble gum. Drying hop on end

Nice, silky smooth and creamy head. The aroma is fruity, hoppy. Flavour, well I admit that La Trappe has a very, special place in my heart, I simply like their beers!! I find notes of candy sugar, ripe fruits and a nice bitterness - overall a nice tripel.