Straffe Hendrik Brugs Tripelbier 9°
Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
7.12
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Traditional top-fermentation beer that referments in the bottle. Brewed by the unique family brewery De Halve Maan, which has been located in the historical heart of Bruges since 1856. Straffe Hendrik is an authentic Belgian Triple beer, still brewed according to the original recipe.
Straffe Hendrik Tripel is a golden triple with a sturdy white collar. The aroma is spicy with hints of black pepper, coriander and ginger, and is even insinuating the presence of oranges.
The beer is brewed with a selection of Saaz and Styrian hops of a very high quality. The subtle blend of six special varieties of malt gives the beer a well-balanced and powerful taste.
The palate initiates a hint of caramel, soon flowing into a certain bitterness. In the finish one can discover citrus fruits and even subtle flavours of banana.
The triple has an alcohol percentage of 9° and the refermentatation in the bottle generates a long natural shelf life.
EBC 19, 19.5° plato.
Straffe Hendrik Tripel is a golden triple with a sturdy white collar. The aroma is spicy with hints of black pepper, coriander and ginger, and is even insinuating the presence of oranges.
The beer is brewed with a selection of Saaz and Styrian hops of a very high quality. The subtle blend of six special varieties of malt gives the beer a well-balanced and powerful taste.
The palate initiates a hint of caramel, soon flowing into a certain bitterness. In the finish one can discover citrus fruits and even subtle flavours of banana.
The triple has an alcohol percentage of 9° and the refermentatation in the bottle generates a long natural shelf life.
EBC 19, 19.5° plato.
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7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2025
at 21:30
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2025
at 08:14
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2025
at 21:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
750ml corked bottle, 2025 vintage. Spicy Belgian yeast aroma with notes of caramel, black pepper, coriander, orange, ginger, bready malt and banana. Pours cloudy golden colored with a finger of white head that has excellent retention and lacing. Starts with black pepper, bready malt, orange and coriander flavors and well as having a light, dry body and crisp mouthfeel. Finishes smooth and refreshing with ginger, banana, spicy yeast and caramel flavors. Excellent Tripel.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Applejack Wine & Spirits
on 24 Oct 2025
at 06:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
From a 330ml bottle on 12/10/2025. Pours a slightly opaque very deep golden with a smallish head. The nose features light fermenting apple and Belgian yeast. Tastes of apple, orange, pear, spice and yeast, with a slightly sour, slightly peppery, very dry finish. The palate is slick, the carbonation lively. Decent, but prefer this style a little sweeter and less dry.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Plonk
on 12 Oct 2025
at 04:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
A beautiful looking, quite transparent, deep orange, a bit more hazy when pouring the last inch. Medium sized, quite frothy head, the slightest off-white, shows pretty good retention and lacing. Average to good intensity in the aroma: a relatively timid malty presence (marzipan most noticeable), fruity notes taking a bit of edge in the overall panorama, with candied orange most noticeable, plus peach and pear. Quite some spiciness too, mainly peppery and perhaps a bit of coriander. Taste confirms a relatively restrained malty/sweet presence, with taste notes as per aroma, plus an underlying citric feel that reminds of chinotto. A bit of (clean) earthiness in a rather dry per style finish/aftertaste. Quite dense bodied beer with average to above average carbonation; a quite full mouthfeel, somewhere in the middle of full/creamy and lively from carbonation; felt a bit too much "in the middle/undecided" too me, also a bit too burpy (not at all an unpleasant mouthfeel anyways). Overall: a rather original take on the style, quite tasty and well made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2025
at 20:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Utseende: Gulbrun.
Lukt: Høy, Citrus.
Smak: Høy, Citrus, karamell, frukter.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-6-7=7, Draft@330ml, ABV@9%, Når@2025.09.20.
Hvor: Mellombels Ølstove, Bryne
Navn: Straffe Hendrik Brugs Tripelbier 9°
Stil: BELGIAN STYLE - TRIPEL
Bryggeri: Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan
Lukt: Høy, Citrus.
Smak: Høy, Citrus, karamell, frukter.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-6-7=7, Draft@330ml, ABV@9%, Når@2025.09.20.
Hvor: Mellombels Ølstove, Bryne
Navn: Straffe Hendrik Brugs Tripelbier 9°
Stil: BELGIAN STYLE - TRIPEL
Bryggeri: Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan
Tried
from Draft
at
Mellombels Ølstove
on 20 Sep 2025
at 08:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
kolor bursztynowy, opalizujący, piana biała, obfita, trwała. zapach intensywny, cukier kandyzowany, gruszki, jabłka, rodzynki, daktyle, karmel, w tle dobrze ułożony alkohol, całość okrągła. w smaku pełne, karmel, spieczony chleb, jasne słody, trochę drożdżówki, owoce, jabłka, gruszki, suszone zioła, stare drewno, trochę liści, lekkie nuty piwnicy i piołunu, w tle destylat. goryczka wysoka, dość długa, alkoholowa, piołunowa, lekko przyprawowa. w ustach rozgrzewające, lekko ściągające, treściwe, ale nie męczy. nasycenie bardzo wysokie.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2025
at 08:36
7/10
Tried
on 13 Sep 2025
at 14:25
7.5/10
Tried
on 11 Sep 2025
at 21:01