Witkap Pater Tripel

Brewed by Brouwerij Slaghmuylder
Style: Abbey Tripel
Ninove, Belgium

Pours a hazy blonde color with a small, creamy, white head that lasts. Aroma is like a strong white beer aroma. It has citrus and spices, but also a slight alcohol presence. Flavor is a bit strange, it starts of slightly sweet and moderately bitter, but then evolves into nothing. Also a slightly muddy flavor enters the palate. The mouthfeel is quite good with a creamy texture and lively carbonation, but I somehow don’t really like this beer.

Bottle from Cavie. Pour is cloudy and yellow with a white head. Aroma is sawdust, dark fruit, and banana. Lots of banana flavor.

Clouded yellow pour. Smell has skunk out the butt. Taste is metallic and grainy. After it breathes for a bit the skunk tones disappear. Taste is of dirty grain.

Bottle, dranken Geers. Bottle opens flat. Pours hazy wheatbeer-like with a minimalistic head. Yeasty and citric nose, spices. Faint coriander smell and aroma. Bottle might be a flaw but this one had a dull still mouthfeel. Watery texture, short finish. Actually worse than a lot of pilsners.

A nice bitter hop and acidic citrus in the flavor. Moderate alcohol percentage for a trippel. Nice light golden transparant color. Quite a revelation for a tripel. Very drinkable

Dark amber color. Aroma is of malts, dried fruit, and raisins. Taste is of malts, caramel, and raisins. Has a smooth caramel aftertaste.

Pours a cloudy apricot orange with a medium white head that recedes slowly. Aroma is definitely fruity and much hoppier than expected. Grapefruity/citrusy aroma. Bitter hops and acidic citrus again in the flavor; very IPA-ish for a tripel. Typical Belgian creaminess/yeastiness isn’t apparent here. Spritzy mouthfeel, bitter finish. Different for a tripel, but nice. Very easy to like this one... Overall, very good.

Huge head on a golden poor with a fine smell. Sturdy bitter in balance with pronounced alcohol ande excellent mouth feel makes up for this fine tripel.