Affligem Tripel - Brouwerij De Smedt / Brouwerij Affligem

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

4.05/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

330ml bottle, 9% ABV, a single from an Affligem variety pack.

This beer pours a somewhat hazy, bright medium golden straw hue, with tight, bubbly, and creamy off-white head, which leaves a few wildly arching streaks of lace around the glass as it lazily recedes.

It smells of sweet, sugary pale malt, a bit of half-baked, doughy bread, musty yeast, some sharp orchard fruitiness, and a bit of white wine booziness. The taste is semi-sweet, kind of grainy pale malt, a subdued, but equally substantial mixed bag of ethereally fleshy fruit - echoes of peaches, apricots, and white grapes, all nice and blended - a now laid-back earthy yeastiness, and some lurking, understated earthy, drying noble hops.

The carbonation is on the lo-fi frothy side, the body an agreeable medium weight, and dead smooth to boot. It finishes off-dry, with a trending toward fullness of that metric, as the fruit, grain, yeast, and alcohol all seem to lean together in the same direction.

A pretty bang-on exemplar for the style, the big booze not nearly as invasive as even in some of the other world beaters. It's still sweet, sure, but in a seductively balanced manner. I don't using consider procuring another when faced with just one bottle of this particular style, but I would not mind breaking that trend with this one.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2012 08:15:44 | More by biboergosum

desint

Belgium

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

05-24-2013 12:52:56 | More by desint

hotsudge

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -18.3%

05-18-2013 02:43:02 | More by hotsudge

tclang

Wisconsin

3/5  rDev -24.6%

05-12-2013 21:00:08 | More by tclang

buzzed

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

05-04-2013 01:34:14 | More by buzzed

metter98

New York

3.98/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: The beer is clear bright golden yellow in color and has a high amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a two finger high white head that has excellent retention properties and slowly died down, consistently leaving a finger high head covering the surface.
S: Light to moderate aromas of candi sugar and yeast are present in the nose.
T: The taste is similar to the smell except that there are also notes of bitterness and peppery spices as well as hints of alcohol and light fruits.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate to high amount of carbonation. Notes of dryness are present in the finish.
O: This tripel hides its alcohol rather well and the high amount of carbonation and the pepper spices help to cut through the candi sugars and prevent this from being too sticky and sweet.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 23:59:30 | More by metter98

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

04-27-2013 16:02:40 | More by Jason1337

randylangford

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +0.5%

04-26-2013 23:29:27 | More by randylangford

murraymj

Ohio

5/5  rDev +25.6%

04-21-2013 00:36:39 | More by murraymj

Ciocanelu

Romania

4/5  rDev +0.5%

04-07-2013 11:37:04 | More by Ciocanelu

AR_Rios

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +0.5%

04-01-2013 23:24:56 | More by AR_Rios

bacasnax

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

03-31-2013 23:14:28 | More by bacasnax

fionn13

Ireland

4/5  rDev +0.5%

03-30-2013 00:10:04 | More by fionn13

rheimbro

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

03-29-2013 00:02:29 | More by rheimbro

Kuromaru

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

03-28-2013 18:26:28 | More by Kuromaru

JDavidRice

Connecticut

4/5  rDev +0.5%

03-26-2013 23:48:49 | More by JDavidRice

crosenkrantz

Switzerland

4/5  rDev +0.5%

03-24-2013 21:05:47 | More by crosenkrantz

VikeMan

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev -37.2%

03-21-2013 17:03:58 | More by VikeMan

stevenpiers

Netherlands

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

03-19-2013 10:49:07 | More by stevenpiers

Liana

California

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

03-16-2013 00:30:03 | More by Liana

lgmol

Nova Scotia (Canada)

4/5  rDev +0.5%

03-15-2013 00:41:11 | More by lgmol

spycow

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

03-11-2013 04:37:43 | More by spycow

BWH999

California

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

03-10-2013 04:18:03 | More by BWH999

Mike151014

South Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

03-10-2013 00:56:06 | More by Mike151014

napetry

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +0.5%

03-03-2013 00:54:41 | More by napetry