Maredsous 10 - Triple
Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV

 

Hazy dark orange‑amber pour topped with a large, fluffy white head. The aroma leans malty with notes of fruit and candy‑like sweetness. The flavor follows suit: malt‑forward, fairly sweet, and finishing with a noticeable warmth from the alcohol. Overall, a serviceable but unremarkable Tripel.

Copenhagen 16/6 2017. 75 cl bottle from Meny. Usual Abbey design with a shield with a cross on it and such effects.

Pours lightly hazy light amber wit big white head. Settles as 1 cm thick layer of thick foam. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is sweet malts and humid basement with some marzipan and sharp sour notes. A prominent alcoholic streak.

Medium strong carbonation and medium thick palate.

Flavor is medium sweet followed by quite strong bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and rather boozy where you notice the considerable ABV. Dry finish.

Muscular no-nonsense Belgian which can sweep your legs away and get you seriously drunk.

Beer pours with a dark orange color, with a 1/2" head that slowly disappears and nice carbonation bubbles in beer. Smell is kinda faint for a 10% beer overall, malt is the predominant scent. Taste is very even across mouthful, medium carbonation, slightly bitter but mostly malty with some fruit and a little alcohol warmth. Beer finishes with a slightly tart taste and a little sticky.

 

From a 330ml bottle, poured into a beer glass. A dark gold/amber pour with high clarity. A nice foamy head with great retention and lacing.
The caramelized malt flavor has hints of Pilsner like malt that add complexity, and is accompanied by a very nice hops profile. Hints of banana, pleasant yeastiness. Moderate bitterness does not overpower the pleasant flavor, as much as the 10% booziness tries to.
I handed this to my wife to have a taste and almost didn’t get it back.
A very tasty Belgian Tripel!

I had this on draft 8/30/25 @ Monk's Pub.

Semi-opaque dull orange appearance.

Minimal off-white head; decent lacing remained.

Apple cider, mild banana & faint clove notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Apple cider flavor up front; mild banana & dry clove notes on the finish.

Not my favorite tripel, by a long shot, but it's certainly drinkable. Not one I'll seek out again.

RB transfer

 

Bottle 0.33L.
Clear amber body with huge, creamy, off-white head, fully lasting with very good lacing.
Moderate malty (bread) and light-to-moderate hoppy (citrus) aroma, with notes of sugar, spices (cloves) and alcohol.
Moderate-to-heavy sweet and moderate bitter flavour with a light acidic character; bitter/acidic aftertaste.
Medium body with oily texture; soft carbonation.

Real excellent beer all around, despite the high alcohol content it goes down real smooth and taste fantastic, i like beers that are high in malt so this one was right up my alley!

 

330 ml bottle poured into a Spiegelau wheat beer glass.
Best Before 02/2025

L: 3 finger white rocky head, mostly clear lively amber pour, meringue like foam is persistent and leaves good lace.
S: Banana bread-like malt and Belgian yeast aroma to open, then spicy phenols and alcohol pick up
T: Sharp overall with apparent alcohol, fairly dry except for some mildly sweet malty notes and a little banana flavor, finishes spicy.
F: Medium body, decently carbonated but mostly soft, has a little heat.
O: Decent Tripel, nice yeast character, but alcohol is a little strong.

 

 

I was disappointed to see Glucose Syrup as an ingredient in Maredsous Triple. I’m not sure if that influenced me before tasting it, but there’s something in the flavour that put me off.

Good mouth-feel and great look however.

I don’t think I’d buy it again.

750ml bottle courtesy of (and split with) my brother-in-law; picked up at East Shore Smokehouse in Polson, MT
Poured into a Baerlic Belgian-style tulip

P deep copper/amber w/ a 1-2f foamy slightly off-white head; looks good
N sweet fruity notes (predominantly apple); unique and inviting
T a tasty blend of fruity notes (mainly apple again) and a vanilla/honey element over toasted malt; really nice
Mf med to med-full bodied; med carb level
O different than what I expected, but really good nonetheless; would have again

review date: 07.15.23
bottle date: not captured

The brown label and dark brown bottle hide the fact that this Belgian "tripel trappist" is a blonde beer. It is a 10% and is actually pretty malty, boozey, and smooth for blonde, but I still feel fooled. Overall, decent for this style of beer, but the color (and thick head) surprised me.