Westmalle Trappist Tripel | Brouwerij Westmalle
Brewed by:
Brouwerij Westmalle
Belgium
trappistwestmalle.be
Style: Tripel
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 9.50%
Availability: Year-round
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Added by BeerAdvocate on 11-06-2000
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Ratings: 4,623 | Reviews: 1,772
4.33/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.47/5 rDev +4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Damn this is good and just pure joy and happiness. Amazing head. Large, white and lasts forever--very tasty too. Beer looks like god's piss, like liquid gold and just a bit hazy (god has good piss). Tastes like apples, pears with a hoppy IPA-like grapefruit finish. Just lovely stuff.
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look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Damn this is good and just pure joy and happiness. Amazing head. Large, white and lasts forever--very tasty too. Beer looks like god's piss, like liquid gold and just a bit hazy (god has good piss). Tastes like apples, pears with a hoppy IPA-like grapefruit finish. Just lovely stuff.
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4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a tulip glass. Golden and hazy in the glass. A billowing white head with great retention and lacing. The aroma featured the yeast, floral esters, clove, and candy. Bright flavors on the palate: some bubblegum, slight banana, and some clove. Rock candy finish. Dry and medium bodied. Outstanding.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a tulip glass. Golden and hazy in the glass. A billowing white head with great retention and lacing. The aroma featured the yeast, floral esters, clove, and candy. Bright flavors on the palate: some bubblegum, slight banana, and some clove. Rock candy finish. Dry and medium bodied. Outstanding.
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4.79/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
damn good
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
damn good
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4.24/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Reviewed on 04/14/18, best by date on label 12/04/18 . Poured into a goblet at 50 degrees. Aroma was typically bready and yeasty with various spicy tones my nasal abilities could not really pinpoint. Two fingers of foam that dispersed to a white film by the finish , not much lacing. Very well balanced so , nothing , not alcohol , malt , hops or my imagination dominated. There was a slight tartness and i believe a peppery after taste, or, was that my imagination? Anyway I love this , and , I think I need to do a head to head with Chimay Cinq ,just for fun.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Reviewed on 04/14/18, best by date on label 12/04/18 . Poured into a goblet at 50 degrees. Aroma was typically bready and yeasty with various spicy tones my nasal abilities could not really pinpoint. Two fingers of foam that dispersed to a white film by the finish , not much lacing. Very well balanced so , nothing , not alcohol , malt , hops or my imagination dominated. There was a slight tartness and i believe a peppery after taste, or, was that my imagination? Anyway I love this , and , I think I need to do a head to head with Chimay Cinq ,just for fun.
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3.91/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
2.77/5 rDev -35.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
I am totally disappointed. Drink it only if somebody pay the bill for you. Otherwise do not waste your money. I have tried better tripel and so much cheaper
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look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
I am totally disappointed. Drink it only if somebody pay the bill for you. Otherwise do not waste your money. I have tried better tripel and so much cheaper
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4.35/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.78/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
3.49/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.06/5 rDev -28.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A great commercial tripel. As classic as it gets with plenty of fruit (banana), yeast, with good carbonation and bitterness to balance it.
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A great commercial tripel. As classic as it gets with plenty of fruit (banana), yeast, with good carbonation and bitterness to balance it.
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4.48/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Lovely hit of banana and spice on the nose, banana bread and spun sugar flavor. Lovely golden body, persistent head. A full, lush delicious take that delivers on the classic attributes of the style. Seems appropriate.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Lovely hit of banana and spice on the nose, banana bread and spun sugar flavor. Lovely golden body, persistent head. A full, lush delicious take that delivers on the classic attributes of the style. Seems appropriate.
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4.23/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle into a tulip glass. Bottled 1/19/17, had 7/14/17.
Pours a hazy golden color, with a two inch foamy head with good retention and lots of foamy lacing. Smells of Belgian yeast, light banana, cloves, other spices, light malt, wheat, a light funky wet hay aroma. The taste is similar to the nose, with Belgian yeast, malt, spices- clove and coriander pop out, still a light funk. Bready, with a fair amount of bitterness throughout. Smooth, crisp, a solid body, a high level of carbonation.
A very good, classic Tripel. More bitterness than others in its class, but great aroma and flavor. Worth a purchase.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle into a tulip glass. Bottled 1/19/17, had 7/14/17.
Pours a hazy golden color, with a two inch foamy head with good retention and lots of foamy lacing. Smells of Belgian yeast, light banana, cloves, other spices, light malt, wheat, a light funky wet hay aroma. The taste is similar to the nose, with Belgian yeast, malt, spices- clove and coriander pop out, still a light funk. Bready, with a fair amount of bitterness throughout. Smooth, crisp, a solid body, a high level of carbonation.
A very good, classic Tripel. More bitterness than others in its class, but great aroma and flavor. Worth a purchase.
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3.68/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.23/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
One of my all time faves
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
One of my all time faves
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4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.87/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
3.59/5 rDev -16.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Drunk @ cellar temp and poured into goblet:
This golden orange frothy head beer is nothing special. Not my favorite of Belgians. Smell is a fruity perfume with flavors of burnt sugar malts with a candy banana finish. Nothing worth seeking out, much better Belgians out there.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Drunk @ cellar temp and poured into goblet:
This golden orange frothy head beer is nothing special. Not my favorite of Belgians. Smell is a fruity perfume with flavors of burnt sugar malts with a candy banana finish. Nothing worth seeking out, much better Belgians out there.
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Westmalle Trappist Tripel from Brouwerij Westmalle
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