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Westmalle Tripel Trappist Ale
Submitted by Bruce Ticknor on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 19:22
Brewery Name:
Beer Style:
Trappist Ale
Serving Style.:
330 ml Bottle
Alcohol Content:
9.5% ABV
Where Purchased?:
L.C.B.O.
Westmalle Tripel Trappist Ale
This beer is Excellent!!! One of my favourites.
A huge bright white head on a beautiful golden coloured beer.
A light cloudiness with some great streams of bubble up the sides of the chalice,
The aroma is sweet, spicy and a touch earthy and the feel is so rich and full it amazed me.
The tastes are SO complex. Some ginger sits right on top with hints of chocolate, berries and honey. A touch of earthiness and a bright but light citrus taste. The beer makes your whole mouth sparkle and fills it with flavours.
It is so rich feeling that you almost have to concentrate to get to the flavours at all, I am having a tough time describing them because they are so complex and well blended that it is difficult to tell them apart.
The finish is very long and lingering with a light earthiness and citrus tingle over a sweetness and honey like flavour.
I have had this one put away for a while now, waiting for a special day to try it again. A rainy, cold, and windy Christmas eve seemed like the time and I was certainly not disapointed.
This Trappist Ale has made it to my (very short) all time favourite list. If you have never had a Trappist Beer before this would be a good one to start with, then you can have a lot of fun trying to find a better one.
Other reviews of this Beer
Other reviews of this Beer
Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale
Click on the Title to Comment on this review.| reviewed by: John H.  | Serving Style: 550 ml. bottle Where Purchased: L.C.B.O. Beer Rating: |
Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale
Reddish copper color with a thin off white head and lots of lace.
Aroma is very subtle. Some citrus and some spices I can't wrap my nose around. Very pleasant though.
Nice creamy mouth feel.
A cacophony of flavors. A maple sugar like sweetness, a citrus hop kick, spices all throughout. This is grand stuff.
If I had a short list this would certainly be there. I'm sure it will make Gimpy's list.
Submitted by Bruce Ticknor on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 18:00.
At the moment your short list looks like anything with the name "Yankee Jim" in front of it.
Maybe it's time you started a real short list?
Hope that's not too difficult ???
Submitted by John H. on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 18:11.
In the words of my hero and mentor...What? Me Worry!
Submitted by Bruce Ticknor on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 19:52.
Funny, I don't remember saying that, must have been a good beer night.
Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale
Click on the Title to Comment on this review.| reviewed by: beerbabe  | Serving Style: 550 ml. bottle Where Purchased: L.C.B.O. Beer Rating: |
Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale
Rich copper colour.
A hint of citrus and a blend of spice on the nose.
Creamy on the palate.
Spices add a little warmth when going down the throat. Both sweet and bitter to the taste at the same time. The flavour improved once it had a chance to warm slightly. A good beer to come home to on a cold winter's day. One to enjoy and savour.
Westmalle Tripel
I lived in the Netherlands for a year. In the grocery stores, this was one of the beers staring me in the face everytime I went to pick up some food. Always ended up buying some of this. If this was there, you can imaging the pickings were plentiful. This was perhaps the best beer I discovered while in the region. It is 9.5%, but tastes divine. Too bad the price isn't the same in Ontario as it was over there...
I can only wish the price and
I can only wish the price and availability were the same.
I'm a happy guy when I see it at the LCBO.