Wednesday, January 28, 2009

St Bernardus Tripel


day 3 of 12 hour days at work. Decided to break out the Belgian beers again while waiting for dinner to be made

First Impressions: very fizzy. I opened the bottle while making dinner but didn't poor it for a few minutes. In that time the carbonation had crept up the neck of the bottle and spilled over. And this from a bottle that had been in my fridge for a few weeks. Its orange colored and has a lot of sediment(see pic). Smells sweet and slightly of pears.

Taste: slightest of bite at first followed by what I would call a smooth malty warming flavor, a bit fruity. Slight alcohol flavor and a little sweet. slightly malty aftertaste

overall: good/great This is by far the best Tripel Ive had. Most that I remember tend to be sickeningly sweet, and have nasty aftertastes and altogether not good. I'm still not a huge fan of the style though with this I can definitly appreciate it

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