Brugge Tripel
De Gouden Boom (Palm) in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
6.56
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The Bruges city beer of old, potent and bitter-sweet BRUGGE Tripel has a beautiful golden-blond colour and a firm, rocky head, leaving a trail of Bruges lace on the glass. The aroma has a typical touch of smoked phenolic, and the flavour is bitter, rich and creamy.
The secret of the BRUGGE Tripel city beer is the unique composition of the “gruut” blend of herbs and spices used to enrich its flavour and aroma. In Bruges, anyone brewing beer was obliged to purchase “gruut” from the city’s herbs and spices shop, known as the “Gruuthuse”. Jan van Brugge and his descendents, who later changed their name to Van Gruuthuse, had a monopoly on the sale of Bruges “gruut” that lasted late into the 16th century. At the same time, taxes were levied to the Count of Flanders. In BRUGGE Tripel, this medieval tradition continues.
The secret of the BRUGGE Tripel city beer is the unique composition of the “gruut” blend of herbs and spices used to enrich its flavour and aroma. In Bruges, anyone brewing beer was obliged to purchase “gruut” from the city’s herbs and spices shop, known as the “Gruuthuse”. Jan van Brugge and his descendents, who later changed their name to Van Gruuthuse, had a monopoly on the sale of Bruges “gruut” that lasted late into the 16th century. At the same time, taxes were levied to the Count of Flanders. In BRUGGE Tripel, this medieval tradition continues.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark blond colour, white head. Aroma of banana, quite sweet, yeast, malts and sugar. Sweet malty flavour. Finish banana.
Quite a generic tripel. Not bad, just not great either.
(From 75cL bottle @ home)
Quite a generic tripel. Not bad, just not great either.
(From 75cL bottle @ home)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2013
at 01:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, Brown 33cl. Brewed on the old Gouden Boom site by Palm. Best by 13 April 2008, drank 20 May 2008, a little behind the BBD. Poured into a Hoegaarden Grand Cru stemmed tulip glass. Good deep amber, dirty old gold colour with a full slighty off-white head. Very little sediment got into the glass, but what did could be clearly seen through the otherwise misty body of the beer. Aroma of Toffee Apples and Candy Floss, was I at the fair? The taste tells you this is serious stuff, the alcohol is there straight away. Is it dry, bitter and sweet at the same time? Maybe, it doesn’t carry the Candy Floss into the taste, but toffee and cooking apples are in there. The mouthfeel isn’t right, it isn’t watery, but it isn’t rich, thick or creamy in any sence of those words either. A kind of alcoholic mix containing a headache making formula. Not sure about this, I’ve had it in Brugge and liked it a lot more than I did during the tasting, if I have another under reviewing conditions and it is a different drink I’ll re-do my review.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2012
at 03:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle at Estaminet. Near-clear, golden body, white lacing-head. Floral to the nose with fruits and wheat. Taste of ripe fruits, rather sweet. Some alcohol and yeast. Above par (Brugge, 02.05.2011).
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2011
at 05:54