St. Bernardus Tripel

Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Tripel
Watou, Belgium

Pours out of the 330ml bottle a hazy golden orange with a white head that has very good retention. Aroma has loads of orange zest, coriander, yeast, spice, and floral notes. Tastes very bright, no alcohol showing at all, and not overly sweet for a triple. Orange, apricot, lemon, bubblegum like yeast, cloves, and coriander. Mouth feel is very nice, and so is this beer. I love this brewery!

75cl corked bottle at home. caution. if you don’t pour quickly you’ll spill some beer as it rushes out the uncorked bottle. unckear orange with a large thick that goes messy white head. very nice mild fresh and fruity orangy citrussy aroma, spices. even some wheatbeer notes although i doubt wheat has been used. flavor is stronger than aroma, a bit sweeter, but down the same lane. orange, citrus, nice balance, some bitterness to match in the end. quite fruity in a very fresh and flowery way. after writing all this, the beer has started to push up foam again, even though i poured a large 33cll glass from it. quite lively.

Pours hazy tinted yellow color with a booming, frothy white head that leaves good lacing as it dissipates. Very yeasty and spiced malt based aroma. Peachy and apricot flavor with a heavy dose of cloves. Yeast and alcohol are noticeable at the finish. Dry, yet full bodied, very good beer.

11.2 oz bottle from New Beer Distributors, NYC. Pour a hazy golden yellow orange with good amounts of granulated sediment floaters. Nice looking white head. Mouth is peppery, apricot, bready, and cloves. This beer kicks ass (3.95)

Location: 750 from Gilly’s March ’09

Aroma: Strong fruit and some citrus, flowery hints as well
Appearance: Hazy, golden orange, think foamy white head, lots of movement, really nice looking beer
Flavor: Fruity sharpness, more sweet then sour, malts and yeast
Palate: Full body, strong mouthfeel, lots of carbonated
Overall Impression: This was a really solid, well made tripel, with a bold, but somehow well-balanced sweetness.

Date: 20/2/09 Beer info: Bottled in brown 330ml bottle 8.0% abv bb 13 07 11 Sampling Notes: Served lightly chilled in chalice. Pours a picturesque hazy orange gold body with a thick, creamy persistant white cap of foam. Ripe fruits on the nose, apricot and peach come to mind, possibly some pineapple and banana. Bit of rich, sugary maltiness in the mix seems to deliver the message that this is a big beer, citrus, peppery and clovey phenols are lifting with temp rise. Nice big mouthfeel, creamy with a lively carbonation. Quite a prominant drying mid-palate gives away its hefty abv. Excellent body of flavour; perfume and peppery spice, stonefruits, bitter orange bringing forth a jolt of citric sharpness. Some malty sweetness in the works, finishing very dry, warming with a lingering clove spice. Damn well made Tripel. Bit on the dry side, especially on the finish, but the flavour is what makes this beer.

Pours a hazy golden yellow with a 2 1/2 finger white pillowy head. Lots of sediment floating around. Aroma is yeasty, spices, some citrus in there as well. Smooth drinking, and full bodied. Perfect amount of spice in the taste. Well balanced beer.

Bottle.70cl. sweet aroma, with yeasty piney citrus in there somewhere. another monstrous head on a belgian beer, peach, apricot to mango. Very nice.