Straffe Hendrik Brugse Tripel Bier 9° - Brouwerij Straffe Hendrik / Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan

weazal

California

4.78/5  rDev +21.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Look: Golden, semi-translucent. Nice head on pour that reduces to a fine film.

Smell: Fresh lemon, tangerine, and caramel malt. It's soft and a little hard to pick up, but complex and wonderful.

Taste: Instant onslaught of flavor! Very upfront sweetness that's overwhelmingly banana! Like crazy amounts of sweet, ripe, banana.

Mouthfeel: Perfectly balanced thick-ish body against a front of the tongue spritzy carbonation.

Drink: Ends sweetly, leaving you wanting more - but possibly too sweet which can also be a little turn off.

Serving type: bottle

02-23-2010 04:33:56 | More by weazal

desint

Belgium

2.75/5  rDev -29.8%

05-24-2013 11:26:19 | More by desint

kojevergas

California

2.74/5  rDev -30.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75

Served on-draught into beerfest stemware (Antwerp Beer Passion Weekend 2011). Reviewed from notes taken in summer 2011.

A: Pours a two finger head of lovely cream nice thickness, and good retention. Body colour is a clear gold. Appealing.

Sm: Slight cream accompanied by bland floral hopping. A light strength aroma.

T: Caramelized malt, malts evoking nuts on the fringe, floral hop character, and a full bodied barley foundation. Fairly complex, but not special. Well balanced and decently built.

Mf: Smooth and wet, suiting the flavour profile decently. Adequate carbonation.

Dr: A higher ABV beer that drinks pretty easily. Decent quality. I wouldn't pay over 2 euro for it again.

C-

Serving type: on-tap

05-22-2013 20:47:21 | More by kojevergas

Danny1217

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%

05-12-2013 08:35:43 | More by Danny1217

kayrex

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +2%

04-30-2013 21:13:25 | More by kayrex

kell50

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +2%

04-28-2013 13:32:54 | More by kell50

bum732

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%

04-07-2013 00:04:16 | More by bum732

aztraz

Sweden

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%

03-25-2013 22:11:37 | More by aztraz

halo913

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%

03-24-2013 14:57:25 | More by halo913

OriolesFan1008

Maryland

4/5  rDev +2%

03-24-2013 03:05:01 | More by OriolesFan1008

dokupe

Maryland

4/5  rDev +2%

03-24-2013 02:10:15 | More by dokupe

gunpwdr

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -10.7%

03-21-2013 00:08:39 | More by gunpwdr

saeh

France

4.5/5  rDev +14.8%

03-16-2013 18:25:44 | More by saeh

WynnO

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -17.1%

03-15-2013 06:06:58 | More by WynnO

bsopko

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +2%

03-14-2013 04:40:07 | More by bsopko

JeffreyJDavis

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -10.7%

03-04-2013 13:58:55 | More by JeffreyJDavis

nzerbe

New York

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%

03-03-2013 23:09:58 | More by nzerbe

brbrocc

New York

3.25/5  rDev -17.1%

03-03-2013 16:09:51 | More by brbrocc

DRBiser

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%

02-27-2013 11:39:39 | More by DRBiser

gwydno

Spain

4.75/5  rDev +21.2%

02-06-2013 18:57:38 | More by gwydno

4000qtrap

Missouri

4.25/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25

Source/Serving: 22oz, bottle cellared 3 years

S: Lots of bright caramel/toffee with a seamless, juicy orange-floral-herbal twist. Not peppery or spiced at all, but everything else. Compelling, distinctive nose for a trippel.

T: Unusually sweet upfront for the style, quite a load of staightforward caramel malts. Blends effortlessly with a lot of complex floral and yeast notes which are distinctive, hard to describe, and tasty. Definitely not spicy at all. Edges of orange are pleasant and herbal hops are faint. Sweetness is ever-so slightly balanced by a bit of alcohol and hops, keeping it from being too-too sweet. But, its sweet. More body than a typical trippel by a load too, but very drinkable. Classic Belgian un-interpretation twist to a style, which I like, with this baordering on a lightly hopped Belgian pale ale I'd say. However, since this bottle is 3 years old, it could just be the hops have faded.

Notes: A malty trippel that isn't spicy, but is complex, interesting and floral-orange-y.

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2013 06:16:13 | More by 4000qtrap

Arno

3.78/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

It's a nice golden color colored beer. Not too much foam, but nice sugary lacing. It reminded me a lot of Duvel, but a tad more sweet and possible more tasteful. It has a almost wheaty, white beer, base with some banana bread like etc ... More sweet and heavy then you're regular white beer, without having that big alcohol taste. Quite nice.

Apparently the bottle has a bit more bitter to it. On tap it's a tad more mellow and sweet. So might be worthwhile to have a try from the bottle as well.

Serving type: on-tap

02-02-2013 01:35:38 | More by Arno

RelentlessLefty

Iowa

4/5  rDev +2%

01-13-2013 23:02:18 | More by RelentlessLefty

lookrider

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +2%

01-09-2013 19:12:24 | More by lookrider

Dtrain4

4/5  rDev +2%

12-29-2012 19:07:04 | More by Dtrain4