Belgian Tripel
Dick's Brewing Company in Centralia, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
6.82
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Golden colored, crisp, high alcohol Belgian-style ale. Simple ingredients lead to a very complex beer in this case. Northwest two-row malt is mashed without the addition of specialty malts for a light, golden color. The Wort is lightly hopped in the kettle for minimum bitterness and Willamette Hops give the beer a subtle, hop flavor and aroma. Light sugars are also added during the boil in the Belgian tradition to achieve the desired higher alcohol percentage and unique fermentation flavor by-products. We ferment this beer with a classic Belgian yeast strain which results in a crisp, golden champagne-like ale with perceivable fruity overtones and warming alcohol undertones.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught from Blind Tiger. Poured gold, some sweetness, otherwise rather unmemorable.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a orange burnt copper with a whispery white thin head. Aroma is strong on sticky fruit and caramel malt. Taste is sticky slick caramel, boozy fruits, and light hops bitter. Finish is peppery and spice, slight drying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2012
at 15:53
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Shipped to me by my wife on a trip to Portland. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very cloudy golden color with a large foamy yellow-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was apricot, honey, bread and clove. The flavor was sweet candied apricots and pears with notes of bread, sugar, plum, clove and honey. Rich and full of flavor this one really impressed me. The finish was long, sweet and fruity with bread and alcohol lingering. Thick and full bodied. Wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2011
at 14:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Location: Bottle at Max and Andy's Fantasy Tasting, 5/1/10
Aroma: The nose is fairly sweet, light spice, malty notes, yeast
Appearance: It pours a clearish golden color with light lacing
Flavor: Taste is similar to the nose, spicy and sweet flavors, some veggie notes
Palate: The body is medium, fairly soft carbonation, with a slightly astringent finish to it
Overall Impression: Overall, this is an OK Tripel, but not great. It's a lightly too sweet for my tastes and the vegitation and astringency in the finish don't really work that well either. Not terrible stuff, but not great either.
Aroma: The nose is fairly sweet, light spice, malty notes, yeast
Appearance: It pours a clearish golden color with light lacing
Flavor: Taste is similar to the nose, spicy and sweet flavors, some veggie notes
Palate: The body is medium, fairly soft carbonation, with a slightly astringent finish to it
Overall Impression: Overall, this is an OK Tripel, but not great. It's a lightly too sweet for my tastes and the vegitation and astringency in the finish don't really work that well either. Not terrible stuff, but not great either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2011
at 18:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours hazy gold with a weak, white head. Plenty of phenols and clove in the aroma. Flavor is sweet with some light syrup, tart fruit and Belgian sugar. Medium in body with fizzy carbonation and mild warmth. Finishes lightly dry and very sweet. An interesting take on the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2010
at 10:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. bottle, pours a vibrant orange with minimal head. Sugary aroma of apples, orange, honey and candy. Flavour is extremely sweet - candy sugar, green apple, honey / syrup and alcohol. Too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2010
at 20:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled (8.0%), from Spokane, WA. Clear amber, smll head. Evident banana aroma. Sweet and fruity, near full bodied. Some bubblegum and wheat character. Warming and potnt with slight bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2010
at 22:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a spicy yeasty aroma with some hints of citrus. Sweetish fruity spicy yeasty flavor with some hints of citrus. Has a sweetish fruity spicy finish with some hints of yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2008
at 03:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
12 oz bottle from BrewDad; Nose of vanilla, clovey spices, and candisugar; orange copper with a small beige headflavor of hop bitterness, vanilla, and light sugary sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2008
at 22:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Poured clear golden amber with a thin white head. Powerful aroma of bananas, cloves and allspice. Sweet malty flavour with much alcohol Lingering pepper, spice and alcohol finish. Sip this one
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2007
at 00:04