Lupulus - Brasserie Les Trois Fourquets

3sheets2wind

Texas

2.61/5  rDev -28.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5

This beer smells good and it looks good, but it is simply too sweet. This is common for tripels, but this would benefit from additional fermentation. I would definitely try the same beer with a brett infusion. Sourer or drier would improve what it already has going for it. Beer is very light gold color and pours with a firm white head. It smells like Orval (hoo baby) but the cloying sweetness prevents this beer from joining such sublime company. Not a bad beer and decent price ($9 for a 75cL bomber), but I will not be getting this again.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2013 02:26:28 | More by 3sheets2wind

ExaltedNecrosis

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +15.8%

05-11-2013 21:34:05 | More by ExaltedNecrosis

RandyPuckett

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +15.8%

05-11-2013 21:24:53 | More by RandyPuckett

GRUUMSH

Belgium

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

05-05-2013 07:51:24 | More by GRUUMSH

valkyre65

Texas

4/5  rDev +9%

05-03-2013 00:28:29 | More by valkyre65

macrosmatic

Florida

3.56/5  rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

Reviewed from notes. Poured from 750 mL bottle into a CCB pint glass.

A: Hazy dark yellow with a very large white foamy head. Low visible carbonation. Head recedes relatively quickly.

S: Pilsner malt, Belgian fruity esters (apple and grape primarily), some grassy hops that remind me of drying hay.

T: Light cracker and pilsner malts, hop bitterness, Belgian yeast esters. The sweet/dry/bitter combination of flavors is a lot to work through. End is strangely vinous dry plus the hop bitterness.

M: Medium body, not as much carbonation as it looked. Alcohol a bit more noticeable than the ABV would lead you to expect.

O: Kinda weird. Not awful. Defies any style, so it's difficult to judge - but in the end just not my preference.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 01:24:43 | More by macrosmatic

hopkrid

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%

04-28-2013 00:33:37 | More by hopkrid

Jwale73

Rhode Island

4.28/5  rDev +16.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

On-tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas on 4/7/2013. Pours a golden-yellow with a frothy, bright white head that slowly dissipates, leaving thick strands of lacing as the brew recedes. Nose is light, floral and bright with a hint of honey and melon. Taste is delicate and floral with a a subtle sweetness and just a kiss of light malt at the back. Mouthfeel is light and lively - soft with a pleasant, mild acidity interspersed from start to finish and a semi-dry finish. Overall, for a simple, delicate beer, I found this offering surprisingly nuanced, despite the 8.5% abv; which is quite deceptive. Best enjoyed fresh in my opinion.

Serving type: on-tap

04-19-2013 23:29:45 | More by Jwale73

crosenkrantz

Switzerland

3/5  rDev -18.3%

04-03-2013 23:54:07 | More by crosenkrantz

Dinkel

Texas

3/5  rDev -18.3%

03-16-2013 02:29:53 | More by Dinkel

jheezee

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

02-04-2013 18:10:00 | More by jheezee

Gagnonsux

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

12-22-2012 21:35:37 | More by Gagnonsux

kjkinsey

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

12-18-2012 01:58:49 | More by kjkinsey

JRHeikk

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +29.4%

12-07-2012 03:54:10 | More by JRHeikk

melissajtai

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

12-04-2012 22:15:38 | More by melissajtai

peddani

4/5  rDev +9%

08-27-2012 00:05:05 | More by peddani

Absumaster

Netherlands

3.45/5  rDev -6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A golden, yellow beer with a settling head and large chuncks of yeast swirling around.

Smell is spicy and has a strong pilsnermalty smell, as well as a light sulfuric smell. Some notes of straw and coriander.

Taste is light and spicy. There are notes of straw, complemented by a nice and sublte noble hoppy aroma. The beer is nicely balanced between the light maltiness and the hops. The yeast adds another layer of sublte tastes. The drinkability is good, but not too high.

Serving type: bottle

08-11-2012 20:29:34 | More by Absumaster

BlackHaddock

United Kingdom (England)

3.33/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

27th May 2012: On tap at the Lupulus brewery's restaurant, "Les 3 Fourquets"; poured into one of their 25 cl chalices. I had two of them during my stay.

Light blond/yellow body with a hazy look and a good solid head on top of each glass.

Yeasty nose with not much else to report smell wise.

The taste was refreshing and yeasty (like the aroma) with a fruity hop feel in the flavour: bitter but with some sweetness giving the beer a pleasant balance.

Very different to most Belgian Tripels I've encounted but most enjoyable.

Serving type: on-tap

07-30-2012 15:15:55 | More by BlackHaddock

Altrurian

New York

3.68/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

On tap at the Lupulus brewery's restaurant, "Les 3 Fourquets" in Courtil. Served in 25 cl chalice. 1.5 finger head. Lasting lacing. Minimal aroma.

Taste is easygoing. Faintest hints of citrus and hops, balanced by similarly unobtrusive maltiness. Despite the subtlety, the beer has character. Worth seeking out.

Serving type: on-tap

06-30-2012 11:36:23 | More by Altrurian

WynnO

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%

06-13-2012 11:59:06 | More by WynnO

ygtbsm94

Virginia

3/5  rDev -18.3%

02-22-2012 05:51:32 | More by ygtbsm94

whartontallboy

New York

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%

01-03-2012 02:21:24 | More by whartontallboy

Brabander

Netherlands

3.9/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This was a gift from my buddy Matt (CRooney5787) which he gave me the last time we were in Belgium together. Thanks Matt!

This was a 75 cl bottle, best before december 2014.

Poured in my Struise glass the beer is cloudy yellow with four fingers head. There are thousands of particles floating in the beer so i guess this is an unfiltered beer.

The smell is ok but there is a chemical smell which comes in my nose, like benzol. Not much but it is there.

Taste is good, quit crisp with citrus fruit. Drank it together with Mrs. Brabander.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2011 09:26:25 | More by Brabander

nmann08

Maryland

4/5  rDev +9%

11-15-2011 21:53:46 | More by nmann08

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.78/5  rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Bottle at L'Autre Oeuil in Aylmer. Fun to get this hard-to-find.Light yellow coloured body with bubbly head. Very lacey. Above average carbonation.Yeasty bite to it, good drinkability and edgy, a good supper accompaniment. Above average full mouthfeel.

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2010 21:34:35 | More by northyorksammy