 ChainGangGuy (1602), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Jun 7, 2007
Appearance: Pale straw-colored body topped with a profuse, foamy white head.
Smell: The aroma is marked by citrus, green apples tartness, and candy sugar. Slight hints of the alcohol content peek through in the nose.
Taste: All at once, it’s sweet, citrusy, and spicy. Very much like a dry white wine. Wraps up with a rather pronounced alcohol finish full of yeasty notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body that is slightly watery with a fizzy cabonation.
Drinkability: A rather dispiriting experience. Sadly, this is one of my least favorite of the trappist beers.
swooper (94), Kladno, Czech Republic
Oct 5, 2008 banana, bread, citrus aroma, golden, hazy, frothy, rocky head, medium bitterness, medium sweetness, full body, thick feel, fizzy, long finish, bitter,
Ljunkan (140), Karlstad, Sweden
Oct 4, 2008 Bottle. Hazy golden/orange color with a nice white head. Aroma is yeasty, very spicy with notes of orange. Flavour is sweet with lots of spices, fruit, citrus, green apples and orange with a slight bitterness at the end. Palate is quite filling with medium carbonation. It’s not that drinkable though, but still a quite nice sipper. Tripels is not one of my favourite styles and I think Chimay White is the best one still. It gets a bit too sweet and alcoholic after a while.
JonnyDr (107), , South Yorkshire, England
Sep 28, 2008 Gorgeous deep amber colour. Slightly overstrong start with honey, caramel and spiced notes. Sweet alcoholic finish. Too strong.
mjs (576), Helsinki, Finland
Sep 28, 2008 (Bottle, 0.75 l bottled 240408, at Hilpeä Hauki, Helsinki, on 2008-09-27) Orange. Cloudy. Medium sized quickly disappearing white head. Citric aromas, yeast and some tiny hints of banana in very fruity nose. Medium bodied palate with quite lot of carbonation. Fruitiness, bitterness, grapefruit, malts and some salty liquorice. Long lasting fruity aftertaste.
afireinside96 (494), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 27, 2008 330ml bottle served i a Trappist glass. Bottle erupted with foam when opened, hope it isn’t infected. Lots of sediment floating around in yellow-gold liquid topped by a lasting white head. Sugary nose with some spicy esters. Tastes of candi sugar, pepper, caramel. Very active carbonation, frothy mouthfeel, some warmth, drying effect. Very solid, but standard tripel.
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