Your Favorite Tripels

1. Westmalle: the cream of the crop and the golden standard in my book...
2. St. Bernardus
3. Tripel Karmeliet

BUT! Recently had Long Strange Tripel from Boulevard which was Outstanding!

 

Chimay
Velvet Rooster

 

Its such a shame most of you will never be able to try Half Acre's Iron Brass. My favorite American Tripel.

 

1. Westmalle by a longshot
2. Dragonsmead Final Absolution
3. La Trappe/Koningshoeven
4. Gulden Draak
5. La Fin Du Monde

 

Aside from the obvious Belgian classics, I enjoyed Great Divide Orabelle when it was released.

 

St. Bernardus Tripel is amazing.. definitely my fave.. I would drink it everyday if I had an unlimited budget..

 

Far and away the one by de Glazen Toren. Also fond of Fin du Monde and the Watou Tripel.

 

Allagash Curieux (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tripel) - Allagash Brewing Company

a gateway beer to big brews, delicious, the best american
Chimay Spéciale Cent Cinquante - Bières de Chimay S.A.

lived up to my expectations !
Divine Brewing Engelen Tarwe - Sonoma Springs Brewing Co.

totally unknown fantastic tripel

St. Bernardus Tripel - Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV


St B again delivers a big score in a style
cheer
jd

 

The Tide and It's Takers.

 

What? The stuff's dirt cheap here, only 1.70 euros.

 

aside from gouden carolus and st. bernardus, I would have to say la rulles and val-dieu are two of my faves.

oh and ecaussinnes ultra blonde, but I havent seen that on the west coast in years.

 

Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
Westmalle
Gouden Carolus
Trou Du Diable La Buteuse Brassin Special
Anchorage The Tide And Its Takers

 

You can send me some if you want.....????

 

Just drank another The Tides and the Takers last night. Has to be one of my favorite beers of the year! I plan to go pick up a couple more just for safe keeping.

On the more traditional side Westmalle is def #1 with tripel karmeliet following closely behind

 

Merry Monks is at the top of the list as far as American tripels. Allagash tripel underwhelms every time I order it, so I've stopped ordering it.

Overall, you can't go wrong with Westmalle or St. Bernardus. I find Karmeliet and La Fin Du Monde to be a bit too estery for my taste as I like tripels on the dry and spicy side, but if you like your tripels on the fruitier side, these are the best.

 

Aside from the Belgian classics... La Fin Du Monde, Mother Earth's Tripel Overhead (BBA), and Allagash Tripel/Curieux.

 

Update: drank Tide and It's Takers last night. It was amazing (like all of Anchorage's brews seem to be), but I have a hard time classifying it as a tripel. The brett really gives it more of a farmhouse characteristic than anything else.

 

Tripel is one style where my favorites are all pretty much the famous Belgian ones.
St. bernardus, Karmeliet, Chimay, Westmalle, etc. La Fin Du Monde is just as good as those as well.

Belgian ales tend to be much more expensive in the US. St. Bernardus Tripel is about $4 per 33cL bottle here.

 

Allagash Curieux