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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle. Nearly clear brwon amber colour, medium-size very persistent head. Fruity aroma. Fruity flavour with hints of bitter orange/marmalade, slightly sweet and malty with pleasantly bitter hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2007
at 03:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Clear, amber golden with a white head. Aroma of yeast and fruit. Medium body with plenty of fruit - peach I believe. Lots of yeast and diacetyl also. The finish is bitter. 280607
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2007
at 11:26
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Clear orange golden color with a large good lacing mostly lasting white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light hoppy, fruit, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter in a good balance, with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2007
at 13:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled. Hazy orange amber, creamy head. Aroma of orange with an evident addition of alcohol. Sweet and fruity, some syrup. Solidly malty with very light yeast character. More syrup than anyting else - perhaps alcohol is the closest rival. Drying out somewhat towards a finish with some cardboard. Pretty disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2007
at 12:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
This is a very light tripel. Simple light fruit and malt aroma, no coriander or other spices, and what is there is not very interesting. Light malt and fruit in the flavor. Clear with a moderate head. Tasted at the Snuffel bar on Draught, Bruges.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2007
at 18:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from a store in Split. Poured a lovely murky orange/red colour and a medium sized thick white head that went away slowly. The nose is nice, malt, honey (it’s quite flowery too), weak hops and alcohol and even weaker notes of lemon. Not bad, but not great. The taste is at first an assault of alcohol and hoppy bitterness, but a rather pleasant sweet, subtle honeyish malty background balances the severeness of the first two nuances of the flavour. Bitter hoppy lemon seed like aftertaste. The alcohol warms the mouth and, like the bitterness it’s way out of bounds for the style. No, I don’t like it all that much, but I can respect it in a way. Still, I’ve had far worse and this is possibly underrated (not by much though).
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2007
at 14:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Had this beer at the Bauhaus Hostel in Brugge. Nice strong beer that made me have a huge craving for Doritos (which I later found down the street). Beer certainly has a bite to it and a nice sweet fruity taste. Well worth trying by any beer afficianado.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2006
at 22:13