Brouwerij Strubbe Keyte Triple

Keyte Triple

 

Brouwerij Strubbe in Ichtegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.64
ABV: 7.7% IBU: - Ticks: 74
In 2004, the city of Ostend commemorated the 400th anniversary of the 'Siege of Ostend' that took place from 1601 to 1604. At the request of the 'Oostendse Bierjutters', a group of enthusiastic beer geeks, this unique beer was created. What was intended to be a one-off brew for the festivities, has become an indispensable icon for Ostend.
The malt of this characteristic, golden blonde triple comes from the French region of Beauce-Gatinais. Together with the added German Munich malt both provide a full-bodied finish. A selection of 4 fine hop varieties from Germany, the Czech Republic, Great Britain and Belgium ensures a subtly balanced nose. The careful re-fermentation in the bottle ensures a firm, creamy head.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein trübes goldenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig süß, alkoholisch, Nüsse, Früchte. Geschmack sehr süß malzig, dunkle Früchte, hefig, leicht alkoholisch.

Tried on 06 Mar 2014 at 10:35


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Flat triple with decent notes of grain and hop, but with an unpleasent metallic aftertaste.

Tried on 26 Feb 2014 at 12:01


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330 ml bottle. Pours a light gold with full head and fair carbonation. Aromas of roasted malts, candied fruit, honey, and light yeast/esters. Almost meaty. Flavors of honey, peaches, toasted malts and candy.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2013 at 13:35


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

33 cl. bottle @ home as Keyte Osténdse Triple. Procured from Willems. BBF 04/11/2014 @ apparently 09:37 :) Pours a marketable big brewery, rising bubbles golden with a creamy white head. Nose is typical bigger brewery sized fare of grass, floral bitter notes with some white bread sweetness, almost hint of butter, white sugar, sweet grains with alcohol coming through. Bitter taste with overt notes of medicinal alcohol, cheap hooch style with plenty of grains, grass, bitter Belgian floral notes, white bread and white sugar sweetness. The alcohol comes through to much in a cheap white spirit type of way reminding me a bit too much of cheap hobo swill. Mouth feel is all bubbly like champagne. Typical fare with a nice factory drunkenness assistant flourish to it. I agree.

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2013 at 10:26


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Drank as keyte tripel ( bottle in the picture) best before 4 days from now , yes ! Nailed it ! Still at its best ! Pours guzze blonde , rather small foam , regular stability Smell is kinda aged ... Malts , a strange twist of intresting sweetness Again , to much carbo ! Damned ! Intresting sweet malty taste . Kinda common , no real diffrence than so many other belgian blonds . But i do enjoy this slightly more .. ( the moment ? The palate ? ) anyway worthy of drinking , not searching

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2013 at 15:57


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

29th November 2011
Noted as Oostende Tripel - which is what it says on the label and this RB picture!! Hazy pale gold beer with a little white head. Softish palate with a little carbonated nip. Semi dry. Typical sweet and spicy malts. Semi dry finish. Standard tripel but done well.

Tried on 03 Feb 2013 at 05:26


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle [Oosténdse Tripel, 7.7% abv]. Clear dark golden colour with average, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Unspecific fruity and minimally spicy aroma, roughly grapes, gooseberry. Taste is minimally sweet, slightly tart fruity, minimally spicy, a touch of straw.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2012 at 12:04


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Update 24 Sept ’12: Rating from bottle

Rating from tap
Golden colour, white head. Aroma of sewer, overpowering anything nice. Quite sweet flavour, light sour, lots of butter. Finish sewerage, standing water, butter.
Appalling, especially when compared with the bottled version. Has the Keyte-tap been cleaned this century @ Botteltje?
(Draught @ Botteltje, Oostende)
3-3-4-2-8. Total score: 2

Rating from bottle
Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of citrus, malts, sweet fruity, light banana, quite spicy. Quite sweet, light bitter flavour. Fruity. Light bitter finish, citrus and herbs.
Much, much better than the draught version I had before.
(From 75cL bottle @ Café ’t Pomptje, Stene, Oostende)

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2012 at 10:12


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Imported from my RateBeer account as Keyte Triple (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

10/VI/2012 - 33cl bottle @ my parents' place - BB: 17/I/14 (2012-614) Thanks to my dad for getting me the beer!

Clear blond beer, big aery white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit sugary, very herbal, bit grassy, some banana, bit malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, herbal hops, malty, gentle bitterness, chocolaty malts, some vegetables, bitter hops. Aftertaste: malts, some grains, herbal.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2012 at 09:15


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

June 2009: Brown 33cl bottle, best before Feb 2010, poured carefully into a Westmalle chalice leaving the sediment in the bottle. Pale yellow and slightly hazy/cloudy with a small white wisp on top, a poor collar tried to hang onto the glass but failed after about two minutes. Citrus aromas, grapefruits and lemons, not overly sour but certainly not a sweet smelling beer. The taste is sour and the two fruits mentioned in the aroma really come to the fore and hit your buds. Refreshing and sharp, but missing something, no umph or depth. At 7.7% the alcohol is well defind and more noticeable than other Belgian Tripples because of that shallow feel the body has. Nothing really wrong with the beer, but it could look a bit more appetizing instead of like washing up water!

Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2012 at 05:37