Postel Tripel

Brewed by Brouwerij Affligem / De Smedt (Heineken)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Opwijk, Belgium

Appearance: amber orange color, transparent and homogeneous bubbles. Great head, rocky, consistent and very persistent. Good adherence al glass. Aroma: malty, soft candy; fruitiness of peaches, orange and tangerines. Intensive herbal-hoppy. No complex smell. Flavor: sweet pale malty; slight candy, vanilla and honey touches. Fruitiness of peaches, tangerines and ripe pineapple. Light sourness, coriander touch. Herbal-hoppy, with medium bitterness and high permanency. Bitter-fruity finish, like peel grapefruits. Palate: medium body, semi-oily texture. Low carbonation. Good balance, not very complex, nice hoppy. Advisable.

8.5% 33cl bottle bought in Belgium. Weak, snowy head witha beautiful golden colour with bubble columns. Clear; looks almost like a pils. Bitter taste with very little sweet. The palate is grainy-watery with not much of anything except for a bitter-sour taste which develops into the aftertaste.... hints of banana. Either the beer was too cold or it wasn’t a good bottle - I’m sure I’ve had it before and it was a LOT better....

Bottle. Golden beer with a very strong head. The aroma is lightly spiced and vinous and the flavour is quite bitter and yeasty spiced. Overall a reasonable beer.

Golden with a lot of sediments and a huge head. The carbonation is rather high. The aroma has notes of fruit, sweetness, flower and alcohol. The flavour is lightly sweet and spicy with notes of fruit and flower, and it has a nice citrussy finish. A nice trippel, but I would like the alcohol less dominant.

Cloudy golden colored pour with a medium sized head. Spicy, hoppy aroma with a nice bitter sweet hoppy finish. Not bad at all.

Bottle, 8.5%. 1999 vintage, 5 years past BB date. OK bready aroma. Quite cloudy orange colour. Small, creamy white head. Good bready flavour with a little flavour hops and spicy aroma hops. Creamy aftertaste. Very rounded finish, slightly warming.

(Bottle) Pours hazy amber with green and grey hints. Medium sweet, light sugary aroma with notes of spices and fruits mostly apricots and pears. Hints of hops. Light caramelly. Subtle citric notes both in the aroma and in the flavour. Maybe some almond paste. Medium sweet, a bit sugary but refreshing flavour with notes of fruits. Light sourish ending. Medium body.

(33 cl bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Shady orange color, small white head. Fruity sweet marzipan and yeast, sugary scent, also metal. Sweet marzipan and yeast taste. Sweet and alcohol aftertaste. Spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness.