Ommegang Day Triple

Brewed by Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Cooperstown, New York USA

On tap at Max’s Belgian Fest as Wes Tripel: Pours a hazy golden with a well-lacing wispy white head. Aroma of sweet biscuity pale malt and clove spice with some notes of cinnamon and Belgian yeast. Starts with good fullness and sweet doughy malts with some light fruity complexity and good peppery clove balance. Finishes drier and very true to style. A very enjoyable tripel.

[BCTC 07] Poured a hazy golden color with a small, white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus fruits, cardamom, coriander, vanilla, and toffee. Taste of citrus fruits, honey, vanilla, coriander, moderate hopping, and toasted dough, with a bit of alcohol in the finish.

Draft at BCTC. Nose of sweet belgian yeast and spices. Flavor is similar with a solid yeast presence and limited sweetness and dry finish. Pretty frickin’ good tripel in my opinion. I was quite impressed with this one and glad to try it since I missed it last year.

Draft at BTAH. Pours a cloudy gold, with a fluffy white head. Nose is classic tripel - apricot and spicy yeast, a bit of a dry sweetness. Taste is orange peel and citrus, apricots and spicy yeast. Balanced by a fresh, grassy hop bitterness that starts to emerge about midway Bit of alcohol, but it largely keeps its head down. Finishes with a dry, lingering mild bitterness. Very refreshing for a tripel. Crisp carbonation and a medium body. The grassy hops and the citrus up front definitely lend a beautiful, almost saison-like refreshingness to this one. Really well done.

on tap at the Blind Tiger. Lightly hazy golden in color with some orange hues, medium white head. Aroma of light spice, yeasty and a bit musty, in a good way- and some nice fruitry esters and pils malt. Taste is fruity and spicy, with some spicy esters and light spices, but nowhere near as spicy as I expected this one to be. Moderately sweet, with some mild candi sugar and light honey-like sweetness. Finishes with a light hop bitterness. Medium bodied, overall pretty nice.

Anything from this place is good. No exception here. nice golden color with a fluffy head. Typical flavor for a triple. Great aroma. Nice dry finish. Good stuff.

Draft, multiple samples at BCTC 2008. Poured hazy golden, capped with a large, frothy off-white head. Aroma was primarily tripel yeast and wheat, with some tropical fruit, coriander and other spices. Flavor was mainly yeast, with spice, white pepper, citrus, and tropical fruit. Above average tripel.

Draft @ BCTC. Cloudy yellow colored body with a large white head, finely bubbles and foamy. Fresh, festive nose of pillowy yeast, candy sugar, dry cobweb-like minerally yeast notes. Crisp and pleasantly drying on the palate, feels somewhat parched at times. Has some grassy/green vegetable flavor at times, not overly sweet, with dryness fluctuating from mild to intense through each drink and through the entire glass. Well executed.