Queue De Charrue Triple
Brasserie Vanuxeem

Tap pour at L’ancienne Belgique in Toulouse, France.
Arrived fully frothed and lovely.
Nose is alcohol forward, fruity notes.
Taste is surprisingly hoppy, fine malt back.
Common triple mouthfeel, medium carbonation.
Overall, good, happy to try, but not as good as many Triples out there.

De Decervecitas. En copa Grimbergen. Jugando a Paths of Sin: Greed y, luego, a Gris. Con galletas tostarica. Tripel bien hecha, con agradables notas herbales y el perfil especiado y seco típico del estilo. Deja una agradable sensación en la garganta durante mucho rato

 

 

Looks good, nice light hazy body topped with a steady and solid one finger head.

Aroma is a touch flat on the nose, difficult to pick anything beyond the the ABV

Taste is hoppy, imagine Leffe houblon and you're on the money. Beyond the hops you get a touch of malt.

Daft thing is despite all the hops, the malt sticks in the throat calling you back for another swig.

Overall, not bad, not great, but very similar to the Leffe special brews

 

 

Light orange haze with a full head of foam that turns into a solid layer. Full smell of lemon, orange, pepper, alcohol and yeast at first, but the flavours get weaker very fast, leaving only alcohol and yeast after a while. Taste is full, with hints of various citrus fruits, malt, some banana, pepper and sour apple. Alcohol is manifest, but mixes very well with the other flavours and even seems to enhance them. Quite a flavour bomb in fact, though it could use some balancing. Smooth and medium-bodied, with some stings from the alcohol. No stunner, but a very adequate, maybe even archetypical specimen of the triple style. Lots of triples of this quality in Belgium: can't go wrong with them, but they're out of the Westmalle/Bernardus/Karmeliet/Gouden Carolus Tripel league.

 

 

 

 

Now being brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge.

330ml bottle, poured into La Chouffe tulip.

A: Golden, slightly hazy, very large thick head, decent retention, lots of lacing.

S: Fruity phenols, more and more starchy towards the end.

T: Apple, phenolic sharpness, starch, sour fruits and a hint of sour dough at the finish.

M: Thick chewy texture, well carbonated, coarse edge from the booze.

O: A typical Van Steenberge beer, it’s very similar to Augstijn ale and Bornem tripel. I’ve sampled quite a few Van Steenberge beers and they’ve never let me down, one of my favourite breweries worldwide.