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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Café Gollem. Golden amber colour, white head. Aroma of fruits, sweet malts, caramel. Flavour is soft, caramel, malty and some fruit. Alcohol bitterness. Very soft beer. A bit too sweet, but rather nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2008
at 08:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
What? Rated this more than 2 years ago. Have my rating been deleated? 33cl bottle. Golden/amber with a large egg white head. Lots of fruit & yeast with a lightly spiced undertone. Alcohol is extremely well hidden. Very quaffable tripel from De Gouden Boom now owned by palm!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2008
at 13:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[i] [b] Bottle from Glen Imdownthepub, cheers for this one Glen, had this 29-03-08 [/i] [/b] Bottle dated BBE 06-09-03 so quite well aged. Pours amber in colour with some haze, some spice on the nose and yeast. The alcohol pushes through and whilst this feels quite soft in the mouth it also has a lot going on, some nice spiciness but also a dash of tropical fruits sits on a solid malty base, aroma has softened with age, and this beer goes down surprisingly weel with my fiery lamb curry, once again cheers Glen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2008
at 02:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33 cL bottle. Pours slight hazy orange with a lacing off-white head. Yeasty, fruity and mild butterish aroma. Classic fruity belgian yeast and dark caramel malt dominated flavour. Medium sweet with a solid spice note and a strong maltbase. Nicely balance of these notes into the finish. Quite malty tripel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2008
at 13:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Amber coloured with a decent white head. Aroma of sweet malt, spice and grassy hops. Flavour had more sweet malt, some yeast, coriander and cinnamon, capped off with some hops in the finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2007
at 17:38
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3
Fruchtiger, etwas hefiger Antrunk. Alkoholisch-süß werdend, irgendwie unpassend und ungeordnet. Langweiliger und muffiger Abgang, etwas malzig. Test vom 26.12.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 11,6,6,4,8,5 - 5,90
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2007
at 07:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.33 l bottle. Dark golden colored with lot of ebony head. Nice, moderate carbonation. Aroma of floral, maybe citrus hops. Generally strong flavor, but for triple not at all. Alcohol is really obvious, but after few sips easily drinkable, like any other beer. Good finish, very long and full. Nice beer, but I think for a triple should be a it less watery and with more pronounced components.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2007
at 16:51