La Trappe Tripel

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

Vegassssss....
Poured out a hazy amber brew with super fine sediment and a below average sized white cap that hasn’t the power to remain for long. Cool aroma! toffee, candy, wet bark, dark dried fruits, sweet and very interesting spices, dried bananas (faint), pink bubble gum of lower quality. The taste is pretty good but quite sweet, plums, sweet malts which hold up the body of flavour, yummy soft candies, something resembling lemon meringue - no crust, soft, acceptable spice with hints of weak pepper, sour apple on the finish. There is a shit load of carbonation here that is perfect, medium bodied, leaves a bit of a pasty coating - I finally noticed the alcohol on the taste and in my head. Finishes with a nice spice and fading bitterness which never totally disappears. I’ve noticed vanilla on one of my last sniffs before I drained the bottom into my gut and a touch of banana in the taste. Normally I don’t enjoy triples too much but I’ll have to say that I rather enjoyed this in under 5 minutes.

bottle. slight amber gold color. carpy grassy and caramelly. alcohollic on the tounge but not after. a bit annomynus.

Bottled. Poured a deep vibrant orange with some small floaters making the beer appear to sparkle underneath a white head. As I smelled this beer I really couldn’t smell anything at all. At best I was able to pick out a hint of banana that may not even have been there. Really I just couldn’t smell any particular aroma in this one. Flavor was sweet belgian yeast with a dry finish. Farily carbonated with a bit of barn hay coming through in the after taste. Overall it was a very generic offering.

Dark amber with a massive head. Yeast and citrius aroma. A bit sour but quite similar to other trappist ales. Not very heavy.

Wonderful aroma (banana, pear). Powerful, spicy, and fruity flavour. So far a perfect belgian strong ale. However, I did not really like the bittersweet finish.

No 221
Rated: 18.09.2007
Bottle bright brown and a bit greenish, 750 ml
Appearance: Pours hazy orange, bright breakfest tea with the drop of milk like colour, carbonation of body is mild and gentle. head is dreamy in colour, medium to large and frothy, head has a fair lacing, head is mostly diminishing, in body colour there is something like the addition of a juice from wildberries or strawberries. Beer is medium to full bodied.
Aroma: Cookie, yeasty, fresh fruits, milk, honey, coriander, a sweet aroma of flowers, a hint of alcohol that is decreases to a minimum and very well build in considering it’s 8% content. Aroma is very complex, hints of grains, wheat grains, wood, strawberries, fructosis, a hint of hoppy nose but weak, the same with the carbonation, a bit bready (white bread), very weak barley malt aroma, a hint of grapes, butterscotch, brown sugar, very mild, light, gentle.
Flavour: Strong, full bodied, you can feel alcohol warmth on palate, texture is wattery but the taste is syrupy like. Very distinctive grainy taste on palate, like bread, alcohol is very well build in and is present with its warmth on the back of the palate and the throat, while the fruity taste develops on palate and in nose breath, hoppy nose, aroma is sweeter than flavour, bread accid, very intense, full and rounded, cognac, the yeast, fruit and sugar content lower than in Grombergen Tripel but have the bready taste is stronger and more decisive. Light bitter, light accidic and light sweet. Generally, very well balanced and rounded taste. Finish duration is long. Hoppy nose.
Palate: Body is full, texture wattery-syrupy, carbonation is soft on palate but the beer seems harsh. Finish feel is bready, alcoholic, fruity.

Pours a lovely rose-gold with a one-finger head with decent retention and some minimal lacing. Aroma is ripe peaches and sweet, almost tangy malt. Tastes fantastic - buttery and warm with well-balanced yet sweet malting, sharp hops without overwhelming, complex with plenty of caramel and raisin-tart. Good carbonation and slightly creamy body. This is easily my favourite tripel - more like their quad in terms of sweetness and complexity. I like! Many thanks to Robin for the trade!

Bottle. 33cl. This is a classic tripel, alle the way, but not the same class as Tripel Karmeliet, but never the less a good one.