Tripel
De Achelse Kluis in Hamont-Achel, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
7.35
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Gebrouwen met toewijding en volgens de eeuwenoude recepten, is deze tripel een eerbetoon aan authenticiteit. De voormalige trappist heeft een verfijnde, volmondige smaak met licht florale toetsen en een natuurlijke hopbitterheid die zachtjes nazindert in een lange, droge afdronk. Laat je smaakpapillen dansen op de harmonieuze tonen van perzik, abrikoos en een subtiele hint van honing.
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simontomlinson (7969) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Fruity tastes of peach, citrus, hops & spice followed by a lovely tangy finish.
Good Tripel.
gave a cheers!
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy and moderate yeasty aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Inoven (3737) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Fles gekocht bij de abdij en thuis gedronken.
Goudgeel helder bier met mooie witte schuimkraag.
Aroma is kruidig en fruitig.
Smaak is fris kruidig en fruitig met een hint van honing.
Nasmaak is licht bitter en iets rokerig.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
The new embodiment of the old Achel 8 Blond, the Limburg trappist tripel which ceased to be a trappist beer since two years ago, the last trappist monk left for Westmalle and the abbey - including its brewery - was sold to a private investor. This investor promised to keep the site alive and maintain the brewery it became known for since the late nineties, vowing to leave the recipes unaltered - but it seems rather hard to believe that in new hands, the recipes and brewing methods are still exactly the same and the only change that was made, is the addition of a few new beers (see the Passeur entries). In any case I already found last week that the Dubbel version, corresponding with the old Achel 8 Bruin, was not entirely the same anymore, though still very close; I expect to find the same here, but let us see. Snow white, foamy, pillowy, fluffy, uneven-bubbled but dense and irregularly cobweb-lacing head towering over an initially crystal clear, warm metallic 'old golden' robe with almost 'champenoise' strings of tiny carbon dioxide bubbles sustaining the head; turns misty and more ochre-tinged with sediment. Aroma - after that stingy, sourish, sharp carbon dioxide has faded - of wet cereals, chamomile and other field flowers, apple peel, green banana, coriander seed, added iron (unambiguously confirmed by the 'hand test'!), dried clover, cooked turnip, young 'graanjenever', hint cava, grass, wet brown cardboard, vague hint at toasted peanut. Moderately fruity, restrainedly sweet onset, hinting at apple peel, unripe banana and unripe apricot, with lots of stingy, even numbing overcarbonation; a vague - but natural - sourish undertone is accentuated by this carbon dioxide overdose. Smooth, lean body, cereally and sleek, even a bit grainy with less residual sugars than is custom in a tripel; unfortunately the iron effect, added as a head stabilising agent, becomes apparent in sheer flavour early on and will not go away till the end. Pleasant floral and somewhat herbal hop bitterness in the end, lingering a bit, with clove-, thyme- and especially coriander-like traces of spiciness in its wake, while 'jenever'-ish alcohol warms the tail without becoming overly obtrusive. Well, I guess I have to draw the same conclusion here as with the Dubbel: the new owner of the Achelse Kluis site may claim that the recipes have remained untouched, he remains a businessman well versed in selling things to customers - but he is not fooling me with his lies. In this case, the difference with the old trappist version is even more clear than in the case of the Dubbel, so clear in fact that I do not even have to consult my old ratings of the original one: I had it plenty of times when it was still around and kept sufficient memory of it to know that it did not contain any added iron like this one, was rounder and more 'moelleux', with more sweet yellow fruitiness, and even looked a tad more apricot-hued than this follow-up. The great question "to alias or not to alias", to paraphrase Hamlet, is easily answered here: let us simply ignore the new owner's sales pitch and observe the fact that not only does the beer look and taste different from before, it also sports a new name and label - clearly it is not the same thing. By no means bad, do not get me wrong, but is only now that I realise how much I will miss the old Achel trappists.
jamaty (3407) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Dorada, turbia, de escasa espuma efervescente y poco persistente. Aroma ligeramente ácido y especiado. En boca presenta la carbonatación típica de la mayoría de ales belgas, que le da buen frescor y la hace ligera en boca, disimulando mucho el alcohol. Sabor bastante equilibrado, de tono principalmente dulce, floral, miel. Amargor moderado, algo de astringencia, y postgusto más amargo donde al final aparece el calor propio de su elevada graduación.
caribou43 (2255) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 10 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
This beer lets me a good impression. The taste is well balanced, malt, few hop and nice touch of honey at the final. 20.11.2017, buying it at Amstein, St-Légier, drinking it at Lausanne, Prélaz.
gave a cheers!
zage (1313) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy amber color with frothy white head. Cloves, banana, spices, dried fruits aroma. Moderate bitterness with some sweetness. Average body, sticky with light carbonation. Fruity finish
Maakun (16597) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Clear golden with very big almost white head. Spicy yeast, allspice, cinnoman, alcohol, sugary grains, CO2, cognac, bitter green leaves, sweet spicy notes like Jägermeister or something. Solid sweet, medium bitter. Over medium bodied with a lot of carbonation. Not that bad actually, I didn't expect much but this is a decent tripel.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
5/IV/24 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Barjac (FR), BB: 2/VIII/25, 123069 12:40 (2024-206)
Clear gold blond beer, dense creamy white head, unstable, falls down quickly, a little adhesive. Aroma: nice, pretty fruity, a little yeasty, some chlorine, a bit oxidized, quite some orange peel. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit sweet up front, banana, gentle bitterness, lots of oranges, a little spicy. Aftertaste: a bit oxidized, malty, sweet touch, yeasty, some alcohol, gentle bitterness, ok but a bit too sugary.
Pindolaire (1236) reviewed Tripel from De Achelse Kluis 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
En tulipa, color dorado anaranjado, turbio, espuma blanca bien conservada. En olfato se percibe un buen festín de levadura belga, cereal, confitura de fruta de hueso (melocotón, albaricoque...), heno, pan, bizcocho recién hecho, especias... En boca posee un leve amargor que se equilibra perfectamente con un fondo dulcemente maltoso, muy fiel a su perfil aromático. Excelente ejemplo de strong pale belga, e innegable bien hacer trapense...aunque el ejemplar que estoy catando sea uno de aquellos cuya botella viene ya presentada libre de sello. Salud, y excelente cerveza