VårTripel

(600mL bottle from LCBO, 2011) Pours a clear-to-hazy (depending on fraction of bottle) pale gold with a mid-sized and short lived white head, no lace. Aroma has a bit of yeast on top of herbal hoppy notes, candied/honeyed lemon zest and light cereals, bit of spice. Flavour starts with a mix of honey, light cereal malts, lemon and becomes grassy, peppery and with persistent lemon, finishing on the dry side with pepper and hops. Body is medium and slick, carb light but on the prickly side, booze hidden. Not bready like many tripels but good integration of ingredients, spicy and dry enough to balance the honey and good lemon expression. Tasty and refreshing, off-beat tripel.

Nice golden cloudiness, almost a little bit of amber. Head dies pretty quickly, as with many tripels. Good carbonation level. Palate between medium Smells floral hops. Taste has bitter notes, floral notes, a little citrus zest in there. It’s good but not worth the $10 price tag at lcbo when you could buy a westmalle tripel for $3. 600 ml bottle. In any case I’m not the only one who thinks so as the shelves aren’t emptying very quickly.

Another nice find from the LCBO, comes in a brown 60cl bottle. Written 9% ABV on the back of the bottle. Pours a golden colour with lots of sediments floating around. Nice white cap with great retention and lacing. Aromas of alcohol and grain with notes of fruits and spices. Beautiful warming feeling with flavours of grass and straw, with notes of citrus. Good decent hop balancing between the bitterness and dryness. Not a bad Tripel, just a tad expensive compared to their other brews we got here.

Bottle. Slightly hazy golden with small off-white head. Flavour is malt, hops, little sweet, yeast, spices, orange peel,fruit and a little bitter.

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Nice fruoty esters and some licorice. Heavy bitter fruity flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice.

Brown bottle, 60 cl, bottled on 01 03 10, best before 27 02 12, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on March 19 2011; eye: golden, lightly hazy, minimal effervescence, tiny off-white head that turns into a tiny ring, no lacing; nose: perfumy, light floral hops, slight alcohol, slight spice; mouth: perfumy, light floral, hops, slight alcohol, slight pepper, dry perfumy finale with presence of light floral hops, medium body, good carbonation, slightly bitter and sweet, slick texture; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 60 cl, embouteillée le 01 03 10, meilleure avant 27 02 12, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 19 mars 2011; œil : dorée, légèrement voilée, effervescence minime, petite mousse blanc cassé qui se transforme en un petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : parfumée, léger houblon floral, très léger alcool, très léger épice; bouche : parfumée, léger houblon floral, très léger alcool, très léger poivre, finale sèche parfumée avec présence de léger houblon floral, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement amère et sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien bon

Clear orange with a white head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, yeasty and spicy. Flavor is rather sweet and light bitter. Dry finish with warming alcohol. 090410

Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is yeast, sugar, alcohol, citrus. Flavour is yeast, sugar, alcohol, malt, hop, citrus. Nice beer.