Watou Tripel

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

Thanks to Hogtown Harry for another great beer beginning with W. The pour is ruddy dark gold with a giant white head that sounds like Alka-Seltzer. The aroma is bready malt, some honey, pear, citrus, amd hops. The flavor is citric, floral ,spicy, and hoppy up front, woth the malt bill flowing up the back door. The palate is medium, and it gets a bit drier and more hoppy as it warms. Very complex.

Deep copper and gold color with a white head and only slight lacing. Spicy cake aroma, some coriander and snise unless I’m mistaken. Chewy mouthfeel but slightly off kilter where you the beer goes back and forth between a thicker and thinner cosistency. Initially bitter flavor that turns malty sweet with a delicious lingering finish. St. Bernardus really knows how to brew a great beer I am continually impressed by their craftsmanship.

Tasting from a generous pour at a St. Bernardus sampling at Bottleworks in Seattle. Medium gold, decent head. Bready aroma. Flavor was also quite bready, with a hint of orange peel and some honey sweetness. Slight bitter clove finish. Not bad by any means, but a bit more loaf than I would have liked.

Pours a hazy orange with a nice white and tons of dark floaty matter.

The nose is orange and honey and (unfortunately) a hint of acid reflux; the flavor is a pleasant blend of caramel and spicy belgian yeast and citrus juice and orange peel hops on the finish.

Not bad at all - a very drinkable tripel even if (or perhaps precisely because) it comes out somewhat on the light side for the style.

Cloudy orange colored pour with a nice frothy head. A sweet aroma, with a hint of honey. Nice sweet finish to it. Pretty good beer.

Muddy orange-yellow w/ lots of sediment & a large, rocky white head. Aroma is malty, slightly toasty, mildly yeasty w/ notes of caramel, honey, toffee, orange peel & clove. Mouthfeel is softly carbonated. Flavour is sweet & malty w/ a dry, alcoholic bitterness in the finish.

Bottle. Cloudy yellow coloured with a huge white head. Sweet fruity aroma with notes of yeast and spices. Flavour of fruits, yeast and spices.

Pours a large frothy head which turns rocky. Amber/orange colour with lots of yeast. Aroma is lightly hoppy and yeasty with average amounts of alcohol. Light to medium body with a dry alcohol finish. I found the flavour to be too acidic.