 kidmartinek (733), austin, Texas, USA
May 12, 2008
Apple juice colored. 1/2 inch white head only lasts a few minutes. Light sweet and sour flavor. Light fizzy texture. Body is medium heavy though. Flavor is overall a little malty, sour and fizzy. Finish remains spritzy for a while. It comes across as somewhere between a champaigne an a beer and hides its alcohol well.
fidelis83 (70), Clinton, Iowa, USA
Oct 12, 2008 Pours gold with a 3 finger off white head that fades to .5 finger then sustains with carbonate from the beer.
Aroma is belgian yeastiness with banana, bubble gum, and that tangy fresh sourdough bread note. Also in the nose is a notable coriander and nutmeg spice, plenty of citrus, soap, and malts are not absent with a wheat sweet bread note that is quite inviting.
Flavor is spicy at first, coriander, black pepper, cloves. Then the fruitiness rolls in sweet orange glaze, lemon zest, raisins, candy spiced plums. The yeast is notable coming in with the fruits with a bready banana, nutty, clove bite.
FInish is spicy, with some honey, oat and wheat sweetness that comes to a very clean and crisp end for a Tripel.
Palate is thick but not so much so for a tripel. Oily, then astringent on the palate, then sticky on the lips.
Overall a pretty decent tripel. It may trade a little heft and complexity for ease of drinkability but is really very enjoyable despite that fact.
Suttree (2355), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Oct 12, 2008 Clear gold, loose foamy white head. Very yeasty aroma, with banana and bubble gum notes. Very "Belgian" flavor, musty and fruity, and a crisp, white winey finish. Tasty stuff.
donfardz64 (116), Wellington, New Zealand
Oct 11, 2008 Bottle from Regional. Pours slightly cloudy golden with a thick smooth white head. A sweet nose on this one, smells like a tripel should! Aromas of clove, citrus, corriander and sweet wheat beer character. Aroma is dominated by clovey citrus. Flavour is full of citrus and clove, with a sprinkling of corriander, spice, and a sweet malt flavour. Spice lingers with the sweetness. No alcohol detected at all, this drinks so easily and at 8% you’re feeling quite nice at the end of the glass. This is the closest thing to the original Westmalle Tripel I’ve found yet. A simply first-rate beer. When tasted next to a Westmalle Tripel the flavours are much more pronounced with a far longer aftertaste in the Westmalle. Tripel Karmeliet is the perfect introduction to the Tripel style of beer.
awiseman01 (48), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Oct 9, 2008 75cl. corked Bottle. Pours verry bubbly which carries over to the taste. Excellent smooth belgian wheat taste, and I say that even though I am not a huge fan of belgians. Not a whole lot of character, flavor, or happenings beyond the wheat, but I will note that this smells like a bowl of lemons, and has a slight lemon taste as well. Decent.
xpimptastikx (24), Austin, Texas, USA
Oct 7, 2008 Pours a hazy yellow with a full white head that laces the glass. Smells of citrus, oranges. Tastes smooth with citrus and coriander. A great tripel.
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