Westmalle Tripel

Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle
Style: Abbey Tripel
Malle, Belgium

Honey pour with a beautiful head that forms a mountain of frothy goodness. Aroma is loaded with sharp citrus and spices. Clove, grapefruit, and a very defined and unique yeast character provide for an enjoyable sniff. Flavor is citrus to the max with excellent yeasty spice character that lasts nicely through the finish. Citrus is multi faceted and expertly balanced. Palate is full for the style, ending clean and very dry. A very well put together creation.

Pours a milky honey with a 2 finger (in a chalice) eggshell head that has great retention and leaves a few specks of lacing. Aroma is Sweet grainy malt, lots of grassy hops, yeasty bread - fresh from the oven, some citrus(mostly lemon), a little banana, clove and ginger, some black pepper and some ethanol. Flavor is lots of yeasty bread, I mean lots and lots, grass, cardamom, corriander, light caramel, light wheat bread, tree fruit, fruity and herbal glycerine soap, acidic citrus, passion fruit, cucumber, peppery yeast, perfume hops and artificial strawberry flavored hard candy. Finish is fruity, peppery, yeasty bread(y) and a bit of ethanol. Palate is medium body highly carbonated and has a syrupy entry that quickly transitions to a dry alcoholic finish. Good stuff overall, nice and complex, but not really that impressive.

Poured into a Westmalle chalice; blond with a good bit of haze; foamy head that lacks much retention. Aroma is of lemon, bitter orange and something else, perhaps bergamot? Dry, almost aggressively spicy flavor up front, followed by a fruit (pear?) esters in the middle, and a nice clean finish. Easily the most drinkable Tripel I’ve had.

Really surprised by how light this is. Looks tasty and creates a really great white head. Quite soapy with hot cross bun and banana aromas, very boozy. Rich caramel with really absolutely delicious biscuit and crusty bread finish. Lovely, savoury and bright.

Pours yellow with a tint of orange. Cloudy with a massive white head. Strong fruity esters of banana. Alcohol and yeast also present in the nose. Sweet, fruity flavors. Very yeasty. Prickly carbonation and light mouth feel. I just can’t get into this beer. No hop character, very yeasty,dominant alcohol flavor.

33 cl bottle. Pours a hazy yellow colour, with a minimal white head. Complex spicy aroma, fruits as well. Lovely soft mouthfeel, as velvet.Herbal semi sweet taste, bitter end.

33 cl. bottle. Best before date 3/26/10. Pours a thinnish white head, over a slightly cloudy golden orange SRM 10) body.....nose loaded with spice, (coriander, allspice) fruit, (banana), citrus (lemon)....taste initially seems sweet, but rapidly the spice/fruit combination arrive to balance, it is dry throughout and becomes rather bitter through the finish....mouth feel is light, carbonation high, and there is an alcohol presence in the background. The spice is wonderful, and the empty glass has overwhelming honey aromas.

Golden straw in color maybe a slight brown tinge, big flakes of sediment float everywhere, a good sized white cap floats on top that had phenomenal retention, very nice looking beer. Yeast and apples, lots of apples fill the nose, the aroma over all is soft and smooth maybe a touch of sourness is in the back ground and on big deep inhales I can detect a touch of dish soap. Sour bitter wood and yeast comprise most of the flavor and I can detect cherry in the finish, the cherry seems out of place. The after taste is flowery and bitter. This is a good beer and highly enjoyable but for a triple and the reputation it has I was slightly disappointed.