Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0.33l bottle, Westmalle trappist glass at Tolkien’s House, Zagreb Finally got to try this one. I love Tripel’s, and you can’t go wrong with the first one, right ? We’ll see about that. It poured a dark golden colour with a medium sized thick white head that went away slowly. Very lively carbonacion, scant lacing. The nose was interesting. White grapes/white wine, acidic in a nice way, some slight fruit (figs?) and a tiny hint of alcohol. Very interesting. Taste...hmm... it struck me as a totally atypical tripel, which is odd considering that it’s the original... Again, a white wine like taste, only more "noble" than any I’ve ever tasted. Bloody great underlying fruity maltiness, that, unfortunately, doesn’t show up much. Some alcohol (though I never thought it was really that evident). Some chewy hopiness in the late taste, which I didn’t exactly love (it was ok), that goes into the aftertaste and sticks in going from a grape seeds taste to a herbal one clinging to the back of the mouth and mixing with the subdued lemon acidity that shows up around the same time. Interesting stuff, slightly atypical, but good.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled. A golden beer with a huge white head. Yeast, fruit, candisugar, alcohol and cellar aromas. Flavor has candi-sweetness, apples, dried fruits and maybe too much alcohol. A lovely beer. Rating: 7-4-8-4-17-4.0. 060228
Bottle. It pours a hazy, sparkling, orange-golden body with some sediments, and a huge, dense, egg-white head sitting on top. Very slowly dimininishing, and leaving nice lacings. Citrus, banana and tropical juice in the aroma, along with a pleasant alcohol touch, a faint spice note and some pale malts. The hops also shines throug in a sort of peppery way. It’s full-bodied and effervescent, slightly warming down the throat, and with a fine bitterness. There’s flavors of fresh fruits, lemon peel, pale malts and spices. Some cellar and yeast notes too. Very well balanced, even though the alcohol might be a bit more evident than I prefer. It kinda suits the beer though. Lasting warm finish with fruits, pale malts and bitterness. A dry, crisp and tasteful tripel, but a bit too warming. 090827
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Very dark brown color with a thick creamy off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts and hints of spice. Light flavor of caramel malts with hints of Candi sugar and light spice.
Fin (18365) reviewed Dubbel from Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330ml Dark Chocolaty brown with a slightly brown head that lasted for some time, plenty of flavours swishing around malty, fruity and a little sticky. Excellent!
Finn (18112) reviewed Tripel from Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle 0,33l.Bright golden. Cloudy. A huge head building up when poured from a distance. A sourish and fruity aroma. You notice the alcohol in the lasting finish. A lot of sediments in the bottle.
Finn (18112) reviewed Dubbel from Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 0,33l. Deep brown. A tanned lasting head. Fruity smell and aroma. Complex flavour with some sweetness. You notice it’s strength in the aftertaste. Very good. A lot of sediments in the bottle.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Dubbel from Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark brown with light brown creamy head. Fruit aroma with a malty hint. Full fruit flavor with a bitter lasting finish.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Tripel from Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Amber in color with a creamy head, Smell of bark and malt with a hint of lemon. Taste is of a sour fruit and a leafy ending. Lasting flavor throught.
saxo (29721) reviewed Dubbel from Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Beautiful beer with a big lasting head. Aroma is spicy and sweet. Taste is complex and lasting.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle says best before 10/07/06. Poured into a trappist glass. Nice solid head quickly disspates with no lacing. Thick toasty caramel. Shows a beautiful red when held to the light. Lightly sweet with a slight sour taste. Quite fizzy with an abrupt finish.