I had 2 questions I was hoping to have some help with. 1. Can you age triples ? Not even because I want to but I’m asking because if I pick up some 4 packs of Blushing Monk I want to know it won’t go bad. 2. If they can be aged or kept for a while will the flavor profile change as it does in other beers ?
I don't know what blushing monk is but I think that you can certainly keep and enjoy a trippel for much longer you might a pale ale or something. With any big, malty beer you are likely to get a melding and mellowing of flavors, and delicate flavors tend to be the first to disappear. I don't think I would hang on to one for years on end but I also don't expect you would be unhappy with a one year old version of most trippels
Blushing monk is a founders Belgian beer with raspberries. The raspberries will certainly fade. Traditional tripel’s will usually have accentuated Belgian flavors after aging: more pronounced Belgian esters, bananas, clove, etc. This beer is not traditional, and i would look into reviews of aged blushing monk from the previous release to get an idea how this beer will change over time.
The "Best by date" on a bottle of La Fin Du monde I just bought is 12/7/21. If I m reading the other code correctly is was bottled on 7/12/18. So this would be a similar beer giving the drinker roughly 3.5 years as a best buy drinking date and I bet it would still be tasty @ 5.
You CAN age tripels, but I personally prefer not to. To me, there is a brightness to most tripels that fades out over time - not to the degree that hop flavor and aroma fades in IPAs over 5 minutes old, but it's still noticeable. I like Saisons and Tripels fresh, and dubbels and quads aged.
