Tripel Karmeliet - Brouwerij Bosteels

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rAvg: 4.27
pDev: 10.77%
Reviews: 1099
Hads: 906

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Brouwerij Bosteels

Belgium

Style | ABV
Tripel | 8.40% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (961), on-tap (135), growler (2), cask (1).

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Reviews by jeff1973:

jeff1973

California

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

01-09-2013 04:26:24 | More by jeff1973

More User Reviews:

Kenai4

Minnesota

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

06-19-2013 03:55:29 | More by Kenai4

Kmat10

Alberta (Canada)

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

06-18-2013 22:02:18 | More by Kmat10

Quebec (Canada)

4.21/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

A:
Pours a hazy dandelion yellow with a pristine white head that pours about an inch thick before settling down to a thin covering. Good retention; superb lacing.

S:
Hay, Lemon, and summer days. Towards the end it gets a bit spicier with some pepper and yeast odors.

T:
Rich, big flavor. Touches of citrus and earthy grass tones. Kind of tastes like a "unit" to me. The wheat mellows it so nice that it becomes well-balanced enough to make individual flavors less obvious. Good hoppy hook at the end pulls you out of these delusions.

M:
Good carbonation, round and the tiniest bit sticky. Nice mouth-coating flavor that lasts (got to be too much at the end of the bottle). Both lighter-tasting and heavier feeling than I expected.

O:
Good Tripel. Definitely different than other Tripels, but worth trying. It had a superb head and was good tasting to me on the whole. Towards the end it got a little too sticky for my taste (but honestly that is something I don't like about most tripels). Would drink again.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2013 22:48:29 | More by TheDoctor

jxb345

California

3.5/5 rDev -18%

06-17-2013 01:33:45 | More by jxb345

jaxon53

Connecticut

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

06-16-2013 19:54:51 | More by jaxon53

beerinNV

Nevada

4/5 rDev -6.3%

06-16-2013 15:35:30 | More by beerinNV

adityashekhar

India

4.5/5 rDev +5.4%

06-16-2013 10:17:34 | More by adityashekhar

IchLiebeBier

Virginia

3.75/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: Cloudy; peach colored; small head that dissipates quickly with no lacing

Aroma: Sour; citrus notes; peppery; bananas; vanilla

Taste: Creamy; tart; peppery; very good

Remarks: Did not score A, T, S, M at that time; so please disregard those scores

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2013 23:03:35 | More by IchLiebeBier

shawnw

Indiana

4.75/5 rDev +11.2%

06-14-2013 16:39:31 | More by shawnw

Brewman123

New York

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

06-13-2013 12:21:02 | More by Brewman123

dwren89

Virginia

4.35/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: golden yellow with fizzy white head, slightly hazy

Aroma: banana and clove, floral and spicy hops, soft pale male aroma

Taste: malt heaviness with palate coating flavor, banana and clove yeast flavors on finish, slight spicy hop bitterness of finish as well, non-detectable high alcoholic flavor

Mouthfeel: High carbonation, leaves mouth tingling after gulp, full body, soft malt character with heavy malt mouthfeel

Overall impression: A good example of a finely crafted Belgian Tripel, exhibiting notes of clove and banana with soft pale malt character and heavy malt mouthfeel. Crisp, cleansing carbonation revives palate for next gulp.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2013 21:49:57 | More by dwren89