--- Beer aliased from original tick of Gouyasse Tripel (Triple) on 12 Nov 2012 at 20:50

Bottle. Pours hazy golden with quite a lot of residue, and a thick creamy head. Aroma is very nice and sweet, with flowery meadow and Belgian yeast. Full body with soft carbonation. Flavour is sweet with Belgian yeast and oak, as well as some funkiness and citrus. Long yeasty finish.

Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks avrashi. As Goliath. Hazy yellow golden. Yeasty aroma with a bit of wheat, some overripe fruits, a bit of spiciness, light acidic hints and a bit of alcohol. Yeasty and spicy flavor with some fruitiness and a spicy alcoholic finish. Medium-bodied.

75cl bottle shared at a Ratebeer evening at ABCBeers. Thin white head. Hazy blond pour. Nice triple, coriander in the aftertaste

750 ml bottle into chalice, no bottle dating. Pours lightly hazy golden orange color with a nice 1-2 finger fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings to the glass, with a nice amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of pear, apple, grape, light orange zest, bread, honey, herbal, floral, light pepper, and light yeast spiciness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good complexity and balance; a touch muted. Taste of big honey, apple, pear, grape, light caramel, light citrus zest, bread, floral, herbal, light pepper, and light yeast spiciness. Lingering notes of light fruits, honey, caramel, bread, herbal, floral, and light yeast spiciness on the finish for a bit. Nice flavor balance and complexity; with a very malt forward taste with low yeast spiciness; and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a slick and lightly creamy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very good Belgian Tripel. Very nice flavor complexity with solid balance; and very smooth to sip on for 9%. Even though I prefer more peppery Tripels, this was very enjoyable. This likely had some significant age on it though.

New Beer Distributors, NY 330ml ($3.50): Pours a very light amber with a white head. Aroma is liqueur, fruit, and booze. Taste is much the same. The beer is rather sweet. It definitely has some hoppy punch, which melds ok with the light booziness. This isn’t a great tripel, but it’s ok I suppose.

Pale gold colour with a nice light foamy head that laces well. Aroma has a light orange citrus and a touch of yeast. Flavour is quite yeasty and peppery becoming dry and a little warming in the finish.

33cl Brown bottle, best before 4-2013, drank and reviewed 8-2011. Poured into a Corsendonk badged stemmed tulip glass: looked good, clear deep golden amber body with a huge crown of snowy white bubbles for a head. Belgian yeasty aroma, with some sweet traces of candyfloss in there too. As the beer warmed in the glass a hop presence reared it’s head a little. The taste is semi-sweet initially, then a bitter harshness arrives as the mouth begins to dry. I prefer the first impression to the non-citrus but dry hop feel towards the end of each sip. Well carbonated, bubbles rising through the clear body throughout the tasting. The head leaving some good lacing too. Sadly, the alcohol also becomes conspicuous towards the end of each mouthful, which again, I’m not keen on.

A pretty spicy flowery flavor. A clody amber color with a white lasting head.