Filed under: Abbey Tripel (trappist), St. Bernardus | Tags: apples, beautiful packaging, crisp lace, faint, flowery, focus on sweet, Fruity, golden, hazy, heavy sweet malts, less balanced, less hops, longer muted finish, nutty, peach, rich fruity wash, salty, simple, spongey, terrycloth, thin white staying head, wheaty
Style and Glass: Abbey Tripel; Trappist
ABV, Volume & Calories: 8 % in11.2 fl oz. estimated at 200 C
Purchased at: Canal’s Lawrenceville for $17.00 as a part of a 4 part gift pack complete with glass.
Aroma: faint, flowery, fruity, and wheaty.
Visuals: simple, beautiful packaging, golden, hazy, thin white staying head, crisp lace.
Taste: less balanced, heavy sweet malts, less hops, focus on sweet, fruity, apples, nutty, salty, peach.
Palate: rich fruity wash, terrycloth, spongey, longer muted finish.
Overall: A very nice dry tripel. I’d love to have it again. Quite enjoyable — would pair fantastically with fruit, chocolate, chicken.
Filed under: Belgian Strong Ale (trappist, tulip, tumbler), Browerij Het Anker | Tags: angry, bitter, bitter finish, brilliant, cherry, dark, dry, floaters, Fruity, long, long lasting white head, medium craft, red, roasted, sour, spongey, subtle, subtle lace, warm, washy, watery
ABV, Volume & Calories: 8% in 11.2 fl oz. estimated at 200 C
Purchased at: Canal’s Lawrenceville, NJ for $3.50 ($13.99 Belgian sampler)
Aroma: fruity, cherry, sour. 8 out of 10.
Visuals: floaters, brilliant, angry, red, long lasting white head, subtle lace. 5 out of 5.
Taste: cherry, sour, watery, warm, dark, roasted, bitter, medium craft. 7 out of 10.
Palate: washy, dry, spongey, long, subtle, bitter finish. 5 out of 5.
Overall: Seems like a kriek, but much less intense than something from Cantillion. I would not go out of my way to have it again. Craft seems strangely lacking. 16 out of 20.
Filed under: Belgian Strong Ale (trappist, tulip, tumbler), Huyghe | Tags: banana, dark, fruit, good finish, hazy, hefe, hoppy, no head, sandy, spongey, yellow
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RateBeer rating: 88
Calories: estimated at 185 C
Volume: 11.2
Glass: tulip
Purchased at: Circle Liquors Super Saver, Pennington, NJ
Price: %5.50
Consumed at: home
First Impression: banana, fruit, spongey body with nice sweet overtones. Aroma is pure fruit. Visuals are a hazy yellow gold body under no head at all. Taste is a typical hefe with some nice hoppy finish. Palate is well rounded, wet sandy, with a long dark finish. Second Impression – not a bad beer at all: great finish, classic hefe body, and a good color and haze. Aroma is nice, finish is nicer.
Aroma: 8 out of 10
Visuals: 4 out of 5
Taste: 8 out of 10
Palate: 4 out of 5
Overall: 16 out of 20
