6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

The tripel in this series of classic but still young Belgian ales, bottle from Stadsbrouwerij Koelschip in Ostend. Egg-white, cobweb-lacing, thick and frothy yet large-bubbled head on a hazy pale orange blonde, peachy beer with lively sparkling. Aroma of apricot, spoiled leek, soggy white bread, cold green vegetable soup, candy apple, honey, rose petals, coriander seed, sweet honey, onion jam, straw, yellow plum and something iron-like. Estery onset, a tad ‘messy’ in that respect with notes of peach, banana, apple peel and pineapple with even a touch of strawberry sweetness, which continues as a layer of residual sugary sweetness on top of a sweetbread-like and lightly caramelly malt body, softly carbonated; meanwhile a notable sourish undercurrent stretches through the whole, possibly a first sign of infection, which would also explain the somewhat ‘dirty’ aspect of this beer. Ends with this sweetness piercing through a soft, floral hop bitterness which gives an impression of old, bit ‘dank’ hops, with an ‘old onion’- and withered lettuce-like aspect retronasally; something vaguely metallic lingers in the end. Bit too sweet and rather messy, gives a somewhat amateurish impression. Not at the same quality level as their quadrupel, though I only had that one once and I am uncertain it has maintained its quality up till now.

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Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

7.3

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

29/10/2016 @home - 33cl bottle from a trade with jerre. Hazy orange, just a small fading lacing. Nose is sweet malts, ripe banana, orange. Taste is sweet malts, banana, orange, boozy. Feels more like a quad than a tripel.

6.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dull golden colour. Aroma features yeast and aniseed. Flavour is very sweet and also quite herbal.

6.8

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

From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is phenolic, toasted malty. Sweet, fruity and toasted malty. Bitter and dry phenolic. Slight herbal finish.

6.5

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

Sampled at BAB 2016. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours unclear blonde, no real head. Smell is sweet, thick malts, yeast. Taste is sweet, grains, aromatic yeast (overripe fruits ). Sugar, meh...

6.3

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

Sampled bottled @ Bierfestival Brugge 2016. Thank you for sharing! Very hazy brownish amber with little off-white head. Nose is rotting banana, sugar, old dull plaster lager, herbs, sugar, spoiled bready grains. Taste is sweet rotting grain soup, rotting herbal grains, spoiled banana, heavy plaster yeast. Body is grainy spoiled bread. Unfortunately there is still a large market for this kind of beers in Belgium it seems or at least far too many new & established brewers keep churning out beers like this.

6.3

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

Fast klare goldene Farbe, geringe weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig, süß. Geschmack süß malzig, leicht hopfig, trocken im Abgang.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Meester Tripel (by De Meester):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

6/II/16 - sample @ Brugs Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2016-129) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!

Little hazy orange beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: fruity, sweet, bit sugary, some banana. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: yeast, pretty sweet, banana, sugary, some alcohol. Aftertaste: spicy, quite some coriander, lots of yeast, banana. Text book tripel, but nothing more. Bring nothing new to the table.