t IJ Zatte

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Abbey Tripel
Amsterdam, Netherlands

33 cL bottle, snifter, bottle conditioned. Hazy peach/amber body with a tall, frothy, white head. Bread, cookie, straw malts. Herbal hop aroma. Dough and leather yeast. Banana, grape, apple, vanilla, and pepper aromas. Overall, aroma is yeasty first and malty second. Cookie dough...or dough cookie, if you will. Moderate to heavy sweetness, light acidity upfront. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter, lightly acidic in the finish. Hmm...there’s a distinct yeasty sourness throughout. Still reminds me of cookie dough. Medium-full body, creamy/soft texture, lively carbonation. The bottom line is: I prefer my tripels with a little less yeast and a bit more bitterness, but this is pretty damn good. Be careful at the end of the pour, this is a strong tasting yeast strain.

330ml Bottle - Hazy amber with a foamy head. Fruity and slightly spicy aroma with hints of apricot. Fruity taste with some spicy and hoppy elements and a slight sweetness. Not bad and fairly enjoyable.

I’m giving this an estimate for the appearance because it was pitch black when i drank it. But it tasted like it wouldve looked nice. slightly tangy, yeasty and sour for a tripel. thick and dusty and dry at finish.

I wondered what horse blanket tasted like. This beer showed me. The aroma is barn-like, but has yeasty grassy notes as well. The body had some particles, but it had decent lace and white head. The finish was kind of bitter and the carbonation was very active. Overall I will not seek this beer out.

Bottle. Unclear golden-yellow with large lasting head. Quite fruity (peach, apricot), little spicy (ginger), little chalky and dry finish. Easy drinking. Thanks Jbrus.

Man!!!
Wasn’t expecting all that much from this brew but I was Really Impressed!
Another beer sampled while Eric was in town.

Poured a muddled light orangeish-blond body with a thick cream colored head. Fine lacing hangs from start to finish. The aroma and flavor was astoundingly complex: almost farmyard like. Great suggestions of crusty biscuits, Golden Delicious apple, pear and slices of tangerine zest. Suggestions of leather horse saddle a lite funky mustiness… some buttered biscuits….
Evokes nostalgic images of ranch life: Eating lunch on a bale of hay as I sit beneath the shade of a grand oak… I enjoy this beautiful beer from a goblet and smile in content.

you can wait in a long line to get this....out the door of the windmill however, the bar staff i quick and efficient...youlll get your beer soon....and cheap. this one was one of my favs from the windmill. served almost dingy golden in color with a nice mushroom top head. huge flavorful nose of apples, bananas, spices, sweets. follows through into the palate with some wheat character and pinch of foul cheese fills your head. hmmmm?

Errr, ugh, what happened. I only got to try three of the ’t Ij brews and they started good but then plummeted with each succession. This I couldn’t stomach. I suspected yeast infection but the taste was distinct and not related to top fermenting yeast’s by-products. Yes, well, poured a cloudy, even muddy gold with, what was noticeable, very very fine streams of slow to release carbonation. Head rose, a rocky thick pad of beige foam that laced well. Nutty (peanut butter, Nutella™ maybe) aroma with some dank, stale white wine, dank wood, sweaty sock and a little ’too late to be picked’ fruit (I tasted this two months ago, my notes ramble the aroma and flavour, with much profanity, so I’ll keep it simple). Tart, puckering and astringent as the first mouthful enters and exits. A little sweetness dwells upfront. Dry in back, harsh, solventy. Heavily yeasty, soggy carpet here, dank, unclean, with a severe irreversible nutty edge. Higher alcohols play, as they will, this leaked raw alcohol especially at the swallow where it abetted notes of hazelnut praline, used band-aids and plasticine. What happened here. My notes were very long for this one yet I may be barred from using such comments on the site. Bad sample? my point of view? Or just a laxed Tripel? Not my thing!! (33cL, No.20, Int’l Beer Shop, W. Leederville)