Maredsous 10

Brewed by Brouwerij Moortgat
Style: Abbey Tripel
Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

Low on flavor. Dry aftertaste, some hoppines. Nice warming alcohol. Not a very special beer.

Pours a dark orange with a medium head. The aroma was fruits and malts with a hint of alcohol. The taste is almost the same as the smell but a little more bold. It has a very nice depth and just enough complexity... made me wish I had another. This is a Tripel but I thought it had that extra something dark beers have. Great beer.

Pours from the stubby 11.2 oz bottle a hazy orangeish gold color with the typical HUGE Belgian head that settles into very thick collar. The carbonation is also typical of a Belgian...what seems like millions of tiny bubbles race to the underside of the head of foam that remains. Wonderful aroma...peaches, apricot, and hone come to mind. The first sip has a dry, spicy, peppery note that belies the sweet, fruity aroma. Mouthfeel is light and tingly from the carbonation. There is an odd bitterness on the swallow, a somewhat "chemical" note that lingers after the swallow and takes a couple of points off of the total enjoyment. (Note: upon further review, that taste may be from the yeast sediment. In the interest of fairness, i’ll have to pour another one at another time, sans sediment, and see how it stacks up.) There really isn’t much hint of the 10% abv...no harshness or alcohol burn. That makes this a slightly dangerous brew in the sense that it could sneak up on you & bite you if you’re not careful. Overall, a good triple, but not quite good enough to call one of my favorites.

750mL bottle for the third or fourth time. Pours golden with a nice, thick head that leaves good lacing the whole way. Smell is sweet, yet pretty standard for most tripels. Taste is spicy, carbonated, and sweet. A little too much alcohol left on the palate but still good.

Big sale at a local off-sale. Nice rick flavor. Fruit and spice, creamy and sweet but with a fairly dry finish.

Amber colour with a nice head, malty aroma, liquorice and malt taste, I have read lots of reviews of this beer with many varied description of the taste, well to me it tasted like a good, strong, Abbey beer should taste, it was very nice indeed.

Bottle served in a tulip. Best before 06/2011. Well within that window. Clear rich honey in color with a large foamy off-white head. Strikingly similar in appearance to the delicious IPA I just quaffed. A little more carbonation and better head retention. Great lacing. Pilsner nose. Oh, wait there’s more. Doughy, light bubblegum. Gaining momentum now. Lacks the sweetness of most belgians. Flavor is a doughy and mildly sweet and mildly bitter. Mild all-around actually. Light-medium body, some carbonation. Oily, bitter, alcohol finish. Not great.

A clear amber orange with an off white foam with some spotty lacing and falling in different spots faster than others. Aroma is musty, some fruitiness, biscuit, bready. Taste is fruity still but more apples, pears, caramels, dried fruits, raisins, prunes. Then an unfortunate wash of alcohol just ruins it.