Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle Extra

Extra

 

Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle in Westmalle, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular
Score
6.94
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 267
Westmalle Extra is the table beer served to the monks and their guests and is brewed with water, barley malt and hop cones. The Westmalle Dubbel and Tripel yeast is also used for this beer. Westmalle Extra is also top-fermented but it is considerably lighter, at 4.8%, alcohol-by-volume than its brother brews. It has the characteristic Westmalle aroma with hops coming through in the finish. It is a real thirst-quencher.

De goudblonde Extra wordt slechts tweemaal per jaar gebrouwen en is alleen bedoeld voor intern gebruik. Dit bier drinken de monniken en hun gasten immers enkel bij het middagmaal. Typisch voor de Extra is dat hij alleen met water, gerstemout en hopbellen wordt gebrouwen. Hij deelt zijn gist met de Dubbel en Tripel en is dus ook een bier van hoge gisting, al bevat hij maar 4,8% alcohol. Het aroma is typisch Westmalle en het hoppige karakter zorgt voor een dorstlessende droge afdronk.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 330mL bottle (bottled 24/11/2022; bb 24/11/2024). Clear blonde with white head. Light Belgian yeast, floral notes, decent.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2023 at 17:33


7

Yeasty

Tried on 06 May 2023 at 12:18



7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Klare gelbe Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger, hefiger, leicht grasig hopfiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, hefig, grasig hopfig, leicht fruchtig. Mittlere Süße mit mittlerer Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

Tried on 02 May 2023 at 16:40


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from Cheers Liquor Store, Todmorden. Golden with a creamy-frothy head. Mild fruit notes, some yeast, but not the most exciting of Low Countries brews, feeling a little lager-esque, somewhat bland, and is quite gassy too.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2023 at 16:29


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

From bottle at MB2 11.04.23. Very pale and clear straw colour. Bright white foamy head. Superb aroma and taste of Belgian yeast, hay, pale malt, coriander and grassy hops. Fine bitterness is lingering on. Excellently balanced.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2023 at 21:45


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours hazy gold into a trappist glass. Foamy white head crackles and recedes to a one finger head. Biscuit, coriander and citrus aromas. Crisp with sweet toasted herbed bread and melon upfront turning to mildly bitter pith and peel in the dry, lasting finish.

Tried on 26 Mar 2023 at 21:48


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle 33 cl. Yellow gold color, foam is white, lush, with lace. Aroma: spicy yeast, shades of pear, apple, coriander, gray bread, flowers and herbs spicy, light sourness. Taste: light, but quite rich, malty biscuits, hop and yeast shades, a little grassy and spicy, apple, pear, light and refreshing sourness and delicate bitterness in the end. Very good light beer!

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2023 at 19:47


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Been waiting a long time to try this, big thanks to the shaw of PTC. From the start its clear pale with a big rocky foamy head that does not dissipate. On the nose it does come across with a slight metallic eel. Up front its got a very good cutting co2 impact, sizzling. Rather smooth and certainly in the class of Orval but it has a bitter bite hiding in the back that keeps sticking its head up to greet me. I'm actually having fun drinken this stuff. I'm to the end of the bottle already. DARN! I need to get a 4 pack of these, just to try this again; one after the other, 4 in a row. I really appreciate the low alky content in this stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2023 at 20:57


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330mL bottle, pours a hazy pale golden with a medium white head. Aroma brings out a wonderfully fragrant, spicy, moderately floral Belgian yeast character, with a touch of dough and light lavender. Flavour is on the dry side, with a really nice spicy Belgian yeast character upfront, followed by light lavender and other floral notes, and a crisp doughy, biscuity malt base. Wonderful Belgian yeast expression and highly drinkable. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2023 at 05:12