De Ranke Guldenberg
Brouwerij Brasserie De Ranke

Pours a hazy amber color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has fruit and spice hints
Taste has a balanced fruity and spice flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good Tripel

 

Cloudy orange color, medium off-white head. Nice aroma of Belgian yeast, herbs, and hop. Taste is light sweet with floral and yeasty with pleasant hoppy bitterness and dry finish.

 

 

 

 

Bottle from John’s poured into glass. The world needs more tripels! Opaque orange, not a ton of head. Eucalyptus? De Ranke.

Hazy and cloudy with an orange color.
Aroma of white grapes, fruit and mango.
Taste was sweet, but had a tart fruit flavor with light hops.
Medium body and medium carbonation.
Smooth and alcohol was well hidden.

 

I had this on draft 3/9/23 @ the Hopleaf.

Opaque orange appearance.

Small eggshell head; strong lacing remained.

Banana, orange peel & faint clove notes in the nose.

Medium thick mouthfeel.

Banana & orange peel flavors up front; mild clove notes on the finish.

Solid traditional tripel.

 

 

Purchased from Hopheads in Altona, Australia, in November 2021. Drunk in June 2022.

Appearance: Golden yellow-orange. Bright white, thin head. Half a finger head on the edge of the glass, leaving some nice lace on the way down.

Nose: Not sure what's going on here - the overwhelming impression is freshly opened texta (or sharpie, for the Americans out there). There are also lemon alcoholic heat and Belgian yeasty characters.

Taste: There's Belgian yeast, wood, spices, bubblegum, vanilla, anise and lemon, but underpinning everything is an unmistakable hint of petrol.

Mouth: Smooth and creamy, with a long, sweet finish.

Overall: The texta and petrol say unhappy yeast to me. Unsurprisingly, that flavour profile significantly detracted from the overall experience. I've certainly had better, more style-focused tripels.

Cheers!

 

330 ml bottle (I also have a 750 ml bottle of this one), from Vinmonopolet. ABV is 8%. Hazy brownish golden coour, moderate white head. Nice aroma and flavour of spicy Belgian ale yeast, white kandij sugar syrup and herbal hops. Moderate but fairly distinct bitterness.

Poured from 330mL bottle into my BeerAdvocate teku. Best by 4/11/23.

Appearance: rich golden hue with a little bit of haze and a couple little floaties from the lees. Head is three fingers of frothy ivory foam, leaving a nice lace on the glass. Love it!

Smell: sweet malt with a wonderful pear character. There's also a bit of a floral undertone that lends a little bit of a soapy quality, but still, I quite like it.

Taste: sweet malt and slightly soapy pears, just like the aroma! I like this beer, but it is just a bit on the sweet side, even for a tripel. The finish has a solid bitterness, but it builds over time and is never too much due to the sweetness. I appreciate this beer's floral weird-itude, and I always love the pear character in a tripel.

Mouthfeel: medium-rich body with a huge carbonation and a wonderfully silky smooth creamy texture. This is what I was hoping for when I saw those three fingers of head! The sweetness is a bit much in the flavor but it pays off in the texture! Really excellent.

Overall: I am a huge fan of tripels, and I had been meaning to try this particular beer for a long time. Perhaps it's not my favorite tripel in the world, but it is totally solid and has a lot going for it, especially in the mouthfeel department.

 

bottle into glass
Medium frothy, off-white head and lots of small bubbles. Medium dark golden orange, with some translucency to the look. Very lightly spiced, medium caramelized malt aroma. Slight bite to start off the taste, which is an off-dry tinge of spice to a medium caramelized malt flavor.

A tripel-style ale from Belgium. 8.5%. A little drier than most abbey styles I prefer, with some bitter / hoppy notes. Think white head and cloudy golden tone (it is unfiltered).