Duvel Tripel Hop Cashmere
Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV

 

 

 

 

330ml grenade bottle.
L: Hazy, golden colour with a thick foaming head that collapses to a cap but leaves sheets of lacing.
S: Spicy and yeasty but light.
T: Lots of lemon juice and zest plus banana, cloves and Belgian yeast.
F: Very highly carbonated and dry as a bone. Noticeable hop burn.
O: Better than the Citra tripel hop version. The Cashmere hop doesn’t dominate so much. It’s more complementary. I still massively prefer the original and I’m still baffled by putting 9.5% ABV in such an easy-drinking bevvy.

Hazy yellow pour. Rather large bubble head that disappeard quickly. Smells like duvel with a floral and citrus aspect to it. Taste is the same, with a certain lasting bitterness. Feel is standard Belgian really. Fizzy. Overall nice, single hop aspect is interesting.

Really, really great. Hoppy, yeasty and fruity. Full of buzz and life. Herbals and florals, fruit and yeast. Delighted to find this beer . Abv remarkably well hidden.

Aug 22 2023

 

 

LCBO import, so it's not out of the tap. Some hop flavour, boozy and yeasty overtones. Sharp finish. Not everyone will like this, particularly hopheads.

Golden yellow, with the classic Duvel white foam.
Good smell. Beside the classic of Duvel (spicy, yeast, pear), a soft e fruity hoppyness, melon, berry fruit. Medlar?
Same for the taste. Obviously the alcohol is present, a bit warming, but not cloying.
Soft and clean, with a relatively dry aftertaste.

Pours pale, bright straw colored with some haze. The rocky, everlasting head drapes the glass in lace on the way down. Floral, perfumey, lychee, peach hops in the nose. The taste is of citrusy, herbal hops and fruity, jammy Duvel yeast esters mixed with cookie dough malts and some light bitterness. The mouthfeel is full bodied with creamy carbonation. Light bitterness in the malty, floral finish. ABV is well concealed throughout.

This is a very nice Belgian IPA with good balance and a modest hop profile. Worth a try.

 

 

 

Soft, pale yellow body; light cloudiness; excellent carbonation; thick, billowy head piled high and rocky, white and frothy; sticky flecks and spotty rings of foam inside the glass. Citrus smell with a slight brett funk initially; lemon; faint pine resin; berry-like esters as the beer opens. Spicy, peppery flavor; powdered sugar; fruity esters; phenolic bitterness. Medium-heavy body; semi-velvety mouthfeel; fairly dry overall.

The beer brings a lot interesting sensory notes to bear. The aroma, especially, has plenty of complexity and nuance. The taste is bold and strong. A very fine beer highlighting Cashmere hops.

Pouring temperature: 41.9 ℉; bottling data: 05-2023 L12208

L:
-pours a hazy, glowing bright golden with a big,foamy,white head
-medium to high carbonation visible
S:
-herbal,soapy,citrus fruits + zest,pineapple,mango
T:
-Follows the nose with a lingering Bitterniss and a dry finish
F:
-high carbonation
-medium to full body
-Alcohol noticeable
O:
Really nice Belgian IPA with some exotic notes.

Graciously provided by @shanex, the beer pours a fairly dark golden amber color with good head retention and considerable lacing all around. Poured into my hotel water glass tumbler, the beer showcases a large, pillowy white head. So we're off to a good start. On the nose, I'm picking up considerable tropical fruit, light esters, some clove and light banana. Not really picking up any of the Coconut the label predicts I might, but regardless, the nose on this beer is impressive. On the palate, the flavor profile replicates the nose pretty closely in this moderately sweet beer. There's plenty of spice in this rich, full bodied beer, and noticeable bitterness on the finish as well (which tends to dry out the sweetness). Alcohol is pretty well integrated into the flavor profile in this rich, full bodied beer, though you can tell it's up there a bit. Drinkability is still pretty good, though this is very much a sipper.

Very nice beer, though at the end of the day, I think I still prefer the original recipe version. That being said, this is a very enjoyable beer from the folks at Duvel. Impressive effort

Thanks Pierrick!

Thanks to Shanex for this gift.

I can’t say that this one is perfect, but either was Simone Biles at this years Olympics. That being said, I still think it’s damn good. Belgium meets some stoner growing cashmere hops in Washington. Yeasty, hoppy, fruity… Raul drink and Raul like.