Witkap Pater Tripel - Brouwerij Slaghmuylder

Denali

Pennsylvania

4.38/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Presentation: 33 cl bottle. Best before July 2007.

Appearance. Ultra thick white foamy head. Insane lacing. Yellow-gold slightly opaque liquid.

Smell: Nice and yeasty. A little malt sweetness comes through, along with a little bit of apple. Some spices in there too.

Taste: Wow. Nice and light. Good yeasty and sweet malty flavor. Bitter and dry on the finish. Apple like fruity tartness also comes in on the end, along with some hops to balance it out. My response on my first sip was "wow".

Mouthfeel: Very mellow. Very light carbonation.

Drinkability: Nice and light. Beautiful. Boy can I drink this. I want another but I only have 7 bottles left and I want to save these.

Comments: What a nice mellow triple with a really nice touch. Never heard of this before but based on previous reviews I included this in my order.. Way to go BA. Beautiful triple.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2006 03:55:48 | More by Denali

oberon

North Carolina

4.08/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured a light golden with just a touch of orange hue with a huge blooming whit head that takes its time settling leaving sheets of lace behind.Big yeasty phenolic aromas,spicey with a noticable smokiness over top of a lemony citrus.Full creamy mouthfeel no harshness it glides down with ease,more fruit flavor wise than in the nose citrusy,lemon pith and a overipe pineapple note finishing with a yeasty coriander-like spicey finish.A well made tripel here not over the top in phenolic elemants quite well balanced in its fruitiness to spice components.

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2006 03:25:11 | More by oberon

RoyalT

Ohio

4.38/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance – This one is a light and very hazy yellow in color, kind of straw-like, with a nice, moderate, retentive head. It has the promising look of delicateness.

Smell – This is a very even nose. The alcohol, yeast, malts, and spices are all on par with each other. The fruit does have some orange in it but it doesn’t dominate like many other examples of the style. There’s some nice peach and watermelon in this bouquet.

Taste – Wow, this is much bigger at the taste. It is very fruit-juicy but with some nice yeast and pleasant spicing. The alcohol is there but it is very subdued. I’m getting some grapefruit flavors as well, but more like a good high-quality drink than that harsh hoppy grapefruit that you find in IPAs.

Mouthfeel – This is a bit larger than medium-bodied and is incredibly refreshing. The flavors are well-blended and the alcohol is just right. The carbonation is light and fluffy in between the cheeks. This is the ale’s strongpoint, IMHO.

Drinkability – They don’t get much more drinkable than this. It is not a big, sledge-hammer Tripel (not that there’s anything wrong with that) but it’s plenty big and will almost certainly satisfy all but the most delusional of palates.

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2005 00:18:09 | More by RoyalT

Andreji

Colombia

4.33/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Tried at Gollem in Amsterdam. during the day, because the place is a bit poorly lit.

Poured into the bottle you can instantly se a frothy head emerge, the type of head that seems is going to overflow but turns out rather an unusual tripel because 1)the head is rather small albeit thick, and 2) the head is completely white, and the beer is clearly orange, bright with a slightly cloudy body and some yeast deep inside against the glass.

The smell is a nice full bouquet of peaches, apricots and pears, perhaps some cloves as to give off a bit of a weizen sensation. not too citrusy rather focusing a bit more on the sweet side of tripels (as if they weren't all SAH-WEET).

The taste is also very elaborate. at first prevails the fruity sweet sensation of the range of fruits that also includes kiwi, but imposing within is your good old tripel strong yeast/alcohol feel that goes through the back of the mouth up to the nose. this minders the transition to a bitter finish that as it passes down your throat gives you a slight grassy taste (in a good way, this one).
the carbonation is well abundant but consistent to the style, as is its full body that makes it worth having it over and over- for those with a tougher palate and a resisting stomach.

Serving type: bottle

07-05-2005 10:15:12 | More by Andreji

paterlodie

Belgium

4.35/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Wow as soon as you start pouring in the witkap you know that you have a good beer in hand. Great whit foam that lasts forever. Nice color, not a 100% clear but who cares if the rest is ok.
Smell is hoppy green, yeastspice and malty. All beautifully mixed together what makes you thirsty. And what a taste it has; malty, spicy and bitter. Bitterness maybe a litle yeasty but mostly good hops. Aftertaste is just bitter and dry( as it should be for a triple). Great beer that's always worth a try!

Serving type: bottle

01-18-2005 19:47:27 | More by paterlodie

Naerhu

Japan

4.25/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Huge white head on a sligthly opaque orange-gold body. Massive lacing and micro bubbles.

Lovely apple and kiwi fruit aroma with slightly yeasty overtones.

Vibrant hoppy bitterness. Surprisingly dry finish. Not very exciting for its complexity, but very refreshing.

Body is on the light side of medium.

This is a nice little triple, kinda wheaty and very enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

09-23-2004 02:09:05 | More by Naerhu

GreenCard

Oregon

4.25/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: beauteous deep gold color, good clarity, huge fluffy pure-white foam, nice lacing (left a nice crown on the glass at the "high-water mark")

Aroma: banana, clove, sweet maltiness, a tickle of minty/piney hops, a bit soapy

Flavor: a nice even malt sweetness is delicately balanced with a firm hop flavor and bitterness, a bit spicy, nice phenolics, finish is semi-dry with the hop bitterness returning and lingering in the smooth aftertaste

Mouthfeel: medium body, silky texture, a not-overwhelming alcohol warmth, gentle carbonation

Overall Impression: The friendly brewmaster at Slaghmuylder gave me a three-pack sampler of his beer when I visited. I think he felt bad that he couldn't hire me!

Anyway, the brewers there wear lab coats. Quite fitting because this is a precision beer. Superbly crafted, well-balanced, highly artisanal. My only qualm is that thier labels are a bit on the cheesy side, look sort of amateurish. Also, the abv is on the low end of the tripel range, but that is a welcome change.

Serving type: bottle

10-03-2003 17:09:00 | More by GreenCard