La Trappe Tripel

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

750 ml bottle. Dark amber with a thick, bumpy cream colored head. Bands of lacing. Aroma of toffee, brown sugar, banana, alcohol (Bananas Foster?), spice bread and brothy yeast. Sweet (more than ’bittersweet’) flavor basically like that of a cream soda, with toffee and cakey malts, "Juicy Fruit" gum, banana, citrus, herbs and spice. Medium palate, lightly carbonated. Priced well ($5.99 per 750ml) and overall pretty good. My only complaint is that it’s a little too sweet.

Deep gold with a merange head. Yeasty and apple aroma. Very yeasty flavour with some banana. Some bitterness but no alcohol evident in the finish. Very good for a Tripel.

0.75 l bottle opened with big pop. Poured bit murky lighter orange body with big ebony head. Very nice, sweetish aroma of banana, orange, with some spicy fruits. Other component include some caramel malt and at last, typical Belgian yeast. Flavor is quite bitter, even for the tripel, but also sweet on the other hand. Fruity, as in aroma, full bodied and quite nice. Moderate carbonation. Finish is quite long, bitter. Very nice beer all in all, although I had better triples.

pour is medium golden with a strong aroma of alcohol, light fruits, and strong belgian yeast and spices. I got a lot of strong belgian spice which included banana, cinnamon, and some earthy tones. very malty flavors with some alcohol. good brew. would buy again.

Stonework bottel 0.5 l. Bought Kvickly Hilleroed. Color clear golden amber with white head. Pleasnat sweet raisinlike aroma with spicy notes - justa perfect note of corianter and alcohol. Taste is sweet,longlasting and slightly bitter, the coriander is by no means dominant but is present im a perfectly discrete way. Mouthfeel soft with nice carbonation. The classical deeds of the Benedicitins are kept in this beer - simplicity and love.

had two samples of this at egajdzis’ tripelfest, one new bottle, and one best before 95, both from HOPDOG. the older bottle was more malty and a little smoother, the newer was more carbonated and the flavors stood out more distinctly...my scores are a composite for the two bottles. aromas were toasty and had hints of sweet caramels and banana, color was an amber/caramel tone with a thin layer of white head (the new bottle had a bit more head). flavors started out with caramel sweet malts had a banana and clove thread in the middle, tailing off into some citrusy hops and spices. the tail was crisp and tart, with just a hint of chocolate. i enjoyed the drinkability of the older bottle a little more, but the flavors of the new one were a bit more enjoyable. either way, a very nice tripel.

750 ml. bottle. Pours an exhuberant head which rapidly diminishes, color is a lovely reddish tinged golden, nose of spice, yeast, with floral overtones, tastes of spice, malts, many different esters flow through, some better than others, mouth feel is good, late finish includes bitterness and a very late iodine overtone.

Label changed slightly. This was actually inexpensive. Nice deep caramel brown in color. Nice thin head that sits on top and doesn’t fade away. Glad I picked this up because it looks great. Smell is of malt and yeast. I don’t get that deep yeast aroma that I would like to smell, or even that fruity yeast aroma, if you will. Leans more towards the malt aroma. Very much a caramel malt taste. Doesn’t really have too many nuances in the flavor. Yeast comes out slightly in the taste, but too muted for a tripel. Not as carbonated as I thought it would be. It is actually very smooth. Yeast comes out a lot more when this beer warms up. Overall, decent beer, not very complex in the taste, but overall I like it.