Marzipan aroma. Orange amber, champagne bubbles. Fruit and yeast, restrained slight raisin. Med to light body - sparkly.

[At Fete de la Biere 2004, Lausanne] A hazy orange beer with a beutiful white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of coriander. The flavor is sweet and spicy with a dry end from hops and coriander. A nice beer.

The bottle noted best by 10/2001 and we drank it 2/2004. 11.2 oz brown bottle. Pours a very dark brown color with a small light brown head. Slightly tangy aroma. Strong cherry flavor, although slightly medicinal. The cherry lingers on the aftertaste. Overall impression was a middle of the pack dubbel - although it may be better when fresh.

Cloudy brown color, short to medium brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, rye, alcohol, molasses, grapes. Alcoholic taste, malty, some vanilla. Acidic and alcoholic sharp palate.

Cloudy light amber color, creamy head. Hop aroma, and malt, delicate. Strong malty taste, with a good hopping; well structured and mature; interesting.

An amber beer with a beutiful head. The aroma is sweet of caramel. The flavor is of caramel, cloves, and hints of alcohol. It has an OK bitter end to compensate for the sweetness. A quite nice beer.

Amber colour, rather clear body. Off-white frothy head. Not lacing. Light hoppy aroma. The flavour is quite neutral in the beginning. The aftertaste has a second bittereffect, which is quite lasting. --- Beer merged from original tick of Brugse Tripel on 30 Dec 2002 at 14:44 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Beautiful amber colour. Malt aroma. Intense and complicated flavour: caramel, malt, ... Dry palate.

(What is this? Of course, the sucessor of Brugse tripel. But - is it the same and where is it brewed? The label says Palm breweries site DGB-Brugge. I hope so, many people doubt it. The ABV has been lowered (that's at least the third version). A taste difference seems clear.) Lighter amber, very clear to the last drop; good white head, big bubbles and quite lacey. Crystal malts & cookies in the nose, and faint hoppy smell. Bitter taste, but as from burnt malts, harsh, with an imminent alcohol impression as a Bisquit-based liqueur. Mouthfeel has obvious alcohol, burning sensation, but rather empty texture and not at all dry. Aftertaste is rather unpleasantly bitterish, not hoppy. There is quite some sweetness, but is remains well hidden. Is it suggestion - but the bitterish taste reminds me of the first Palm-edited Rodenbachs. That has been rectified since. On the positive side, the cloying sweetness has gone. --- Beer merged from original tick of Brugse Tripel on 15 Jul 2003 at 11:49 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: (Fairly aged sample) Colour: clear light-amber. Thick creamy head, quite stable. Nose: straw, spicey, coriander, a bit fruity. Some caramel, figs. Cloying sweet taste, syrupy, toffee. Vague spicey notes. Some burnt malts as well. Liqueurish finish. Cloying mouthfeel, quite some alcohol. Again some fruitiness at the very end. Last quarter of the contents resembles yeast starter. Warming, it gets frankly undrinkable. Maybe I'm biased, but I recall 't Hamerken tripel (jet black) as superior to this 'Brugse' descendant. This, anyway, is too sweet for a real tripel, just not dry enough. If you're in for sweet strong beers, this is it.