Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Thuis uit een flesje. Licht troebel, gouden kleur, weinig wit schuim. Een duidelijke tripel, goed, zowel een prima zoete als licht bittere component. Lekker.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Geprobeerd met LiekevdV bij de Bastille te Best. Het is een troebel oranje bier met een volle witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een moutige wat fruitige geur. De smaak is moutig en vol.

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

On tap. Pours a hazy orange/amber with moderate head. Aromas of earthy yeast and fruity eaters. Flavors follow same with additional dried apricot and creamy banana. Quiet sweet and creamy.

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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

Voici une triple en manque d'inspiration où c'est l'alcool accompagné d'arômes fruités simples et d'un peu d'épices qui domine. Un peu de poésie ne ferait pas de mal.... En verre, pas exceptionnel non plus, blond orangé troublé (EBC aux alentours de 24) sans mousses. Le nez est simple, fruité (agrumes, pommes, pêche) avec miel et légèrement épicé. A la dégustation, les arômes fruités sont malheureusement moins présents, étouffés pas l'alcool qui prend une place importante (9 % Abv). Les épices, elles, sont en retrait. En seconde bouche, l'alcool prend davantage de place avec un sucre relativement présent et une touche épicée rendant notre triple lourde en bouche. L'arrière bouche est linéaire et finit par ne laisser que l'alcool en bouche. Le final est long mais sans nous réjouir davantage....alcool, miel, épices....On ne va pas très loin....

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Three-grains tripel (where have I heard that before) by Jopen, basically an offspring of their classic Hoppenbier which has been in existence for over twenty years, though this one does not come far behind apparently so it's a bit strange I only stumbled upon it now... Bottle from a Mitra in Flevoland. Bit thinnish, egg-white, regular head, quickly dissipating in the middle to an array of speckles inside a steady, well-retaining moussy ring, over an initially near-clear, warm 'old gold' coloured beer with sunset orange-yellow glow. Aroma of fresh oven-baked cookies, 'appeljenever', candied apricot, chewing gum, honey, straw, pineapple, dried apple peel, sugared camomile tea, hints of old paper (onsetting oxidation - this bottle is a bit past its prime), moist white pepper, soap, melon, touch of old dried orange peel, vague dry earth which gets a bit more pronounced with sediment. Cleanish fruity onset, sweet with a very thin sourish edge, hinting at pear, dried peach, pineapple and light banana, rather softly carbonated for the style, slick and supple, very subtly soapy mouthfeel, feeling a bit light for a 9% ABV beer. Cereally, bit cookie-like and caramelly, bit honeyish middle, pretty straightforward but with a subtle wheat soapiness, yet falling short in oat 'velvetiness'; ends in a drier, softly but confidently bittering finish in which floral, somewhat rooty hop bitterness is reinforced by a certain 'jenever'-like alcohol wryness, which astringently lingers on the root of the tongue - underneath persisting dried peach- and banana-tinged fruitiness and lightly caramelly malt sweetness. Your classic sweet Belgian style tripel, obviously inspired by Tripel Karmeliet; lacking a bit in body, yeasty-malty breadiness and complexity, but the cookie-ish aspect of it does have a certain appeal. The bubblegum ester, though present, remains at bay in comparison with many 'common' Belgian examples of the style - and there are, I said it before, way too many of them in Belgium - but the alcohol does become a bit wry and fatiguing in the end and should have been better hidden even in this style. Other than that, a perfectly enjoyable tripel, but the style's home country (ironically the country where Jopen's beers were brewed in the company's early days) still has better examples, I'm afraid - and I'm absolutely not being chauvinistic here, as the Netherlands including Jopen have produced a remarkable array of great craft beers in the past fifteen-odd years. This one to me is not one of them, though admittedly the bottle is probably a little bit over the top and I should (and will) revisit this when I encounter it again in better / younger shape.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 3.5

Aus der Flasche am 2016-05 getrunken. Naja nicht schlecht - ansonsten ein typisches und süffiges Triple.

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

Flesje gedronken tijdens weekje Texel. Goudgeel, helder bier. Aroma en smaak zijn fruitig (grapefruit en sinaasappel) en zoet. Nasmaak is iets bitter. Het drinkt lekker licht weg, het alcohol percentage (ABV 9) is goed verborgen gehouden.