St. Bernardus Tripel

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

Aroma is fruity spices and must. Pours a cloudy (with floaties.) Has a very citrusey flavor - almost like grapefruit. Hoppy in this sense. Flavor is refreshing, slightly sour/slightly bitter but finishes clean.

Bottle. Pours hazy golden yellow with a lot of sediment in suspension. Sweet aroma of banana, vanilla, raisin, citrus, and a little alcohol. Tastes very sweet with medium sourness and bitterness.

hazy amber pour, frothy, lasting white head with good lacing. Malty, citrusy aroma. medium sweetness, lightly bitter.

Golden amber, thin white head, light lacing. Aroma is of gingerbread, high caramel sweetness, some fruit, spices. Flavour has some caramel sweetness, floral hops, spice, yeast and alcohol. Lightly bitter mouthfeel, medium/light body, high carbonation. Finishes long, sweet, warming.

Getting old a year past it’s date, sort of a shock. Would have thought that this would hold up better after having fresh ones bought at the same time.

330ml bottle purchased from the LCBO in Peterborough, Ontario.
Opened on March 1, 2009.
Best before June 5, 2008.

Bottle. Pours a hazy amber brown body with a yellow exploding head. Huge fruity esters. Plum, toffee, and a light caramel apple tone. Dates with spicy yeast accents and lush etoh warming. This ale is rather divine.

Years ago this is the beer that started my love affair with the tripel style. Pours a sunny hazy blonde color with a thick luxurious head that doesn’t look like it’s going away any time soon. As I drink the beer a very thick lace is left on the glass. Aromas of fresh baked baguette, good yeasty spiciness, some hay, and some lemon rind. The flavor reminds me at first of a very good pilsner with the nice mildly spicy hoppiness and the bready bright lightly salty malt character. The flavor turns more complex in a hurry though with some light banana notes some mild sweetness, some spiciness, with some minerally character (the good kind) . There are some citrusy lemony flavors both in a raw lemon and lemon candy kind of way that is not to say that the beer is particularly sour, far from it. The alcohol is really nice well nuanced and mild. What a delicious beer. Exemplary within the style.

Slightly hazy dark yellow with a thick frothy white head. Wonderful sweet aroma of citrus, banana and vanilla. Taste has light sweetness, medium bitterness and has a slightly sour finish. Quite some carbonation and a creamy texture. Good beer.

Cork and cage bottle. This one was a gusher! Hazy golden pour with a large foamy white head. Aroma is yeast, fruity, spiced, citrus. Flavor is very fruity, spicy, yeast, citrus, white pepper. Bubbly mouthfeel.