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Steenbrugge Tripel
Brouwerij Palm NV
- From:
- Brouwerij Palm NV
- Belgium
- Style:
- Tripel
Ranked #120 - ABV:
- 8.7%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #16,037 - Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 11.57%
- Reviews:
- 103
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 15, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 17, 2008
- Wants:
- 21
- Gots:
- 38
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Ratings by emsroth:
Reviewed by emsroth from New York
4.18/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.18/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
330ml bottle
Good until 4/2014, so this is a young bier!
App: Beautiful, clear, light gold. Darker than a pilsener: blond ale color. Head that stays and stays with great lace.
Smell: Definitely smoky, as they say on their website. Apparently from the yeast strain. VERY cool! Besides that there is a retrained grape skin aroma. A touch of rosemary and lemon.
Taste: What can only be described as a lemon-custard sweetness and creaminess. The hops hit hard and fast with dry herbal notes, but they never go overboard with bitterness. (I do, perhaps, wish for a touch more bitterness).
Full mouthfeel with a prominent, but balanced hop character. But the dryness almost finishes too thin. The mouthfeel starts thick and ends thin, which is weird.
Reminiscent of Westmalle's tripel, but a bit more reserved all around. Perhaps the age of the bier is related. I will have to have it more aged.
A very odd scent. Definitely smokier than some smoked biers. Not what I look for in a tripel but still nice and worth seeking out.
Jul 20, 2011Good until 4/2014, so this is a young bier!
App: Beautiful, clear, light gold. Darker than a pilsener: blond ale color. Head that stays and stays with great lace.
Smell: Definitely smoky, as they say on their website. Apparently from the yeast strain. VERY cool! Besides that there is a retrained grape skin aroma. A touch of rosemary and lemon.
Taste: What can only be described as a lemon-custard sweetness and creaminess. The hops hit hard and fast with dry herbal notes, but they never go overboard with bitterness. (I do, perhaps, wish for a touch more bitterness).
Full mouthfeel with a prominent, but balanced hop character. But the dryness almost finishes too thin. The mouthfeel starts thick and ends thin, which is weird.
Reminiscent of Westmalle's tripel, but a bit more reserved all around. Perhaps the age of the bier is related. I will have to have it more aged.
A very odd scent. Definitely smokier than some smoked biers. Not what I look for in a tripel but still nice and worth seeking out.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Daniel473 from Netherlands
3.65/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Red-brown beer, it tastes robust, as if brewed in a castle instead of an abbey. It tastes royal dark taste, i like it, licorice comes out good, it defines it.
Apr 30, 2019Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.88/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Catch up rating from notes, 2012: Bottle picked up in Bruge. Poured into a tulip, lightly hazed golden body with a big, thick, creamy head. Aroma is sweet and grassy, Belgian yeast notes, slight savory scent as well. Taste brings the buttery malts and yeast, light fruit sweetness and a gentle hop presence. Feels great, thick and slippery, without being too boozy. Well done tripel.
Aug 23, 2018Reviewed by schavuytje from Netherlands
3.2/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
A delicious golden something ale ale, a nice aroma of bitter and spicy hop herbs, also in taste soft sweet malt light spicy and gummy yeast flavor
Totally subtle
May 28, 2017Totally subtle
Reviewed by Pundit_of_Potability from Indiana
4.68/5 rDev +20.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.68/5 rDev +20.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This is a delicious Tripel of the highest standards. A beautiful golden color with a firm head and good lacing. Some nice sweetness on the sides, with dubbel like maltiness. There is a bit of slight hoppiness on the roof of the mouth. The sizzle here is perfect: the carbonation biting from the start to finish. This is going to rate as one of my favorites!
Dec 05, 2016Reviewed by OlaB from Norway
4.19/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: Gives a clear golden color, gives of a big top of creamy head. The head stays there for a good time.nice lacings on the glass.
S: the aroma is fruity and sweet. Light fruits like pears,peaches and apples. Burned sugar and yeast.some hints of honey and herbs.
T&F: Starts of fruity with yeasty and sugary sweetness in the background.it finish of with nice hoppy bitterness in the finish. I think it was quite good balanced in all the flavours and the aftertaste is lasting a good time and it never get to bitter in the taste. The mouthfeel is creamy and the alcohol content is masked very well.
O: a great triple. Very drinkable and enjoyable. I sure will try this again
Jun 28, 2016S: the aroma is fruity and sweet. Light fruits like pears,peaches and apples. Burned sugar and yeast.some hints of honey and herbs.
T&F: Starts of fruity with yeasty and sugary sweetness in the background.it finish of with nice hoppy bitterness in the finish. I think it was quite good balanced in all the flavours and the aftertaste is lasting a good time and it never get to bitter in the taste. The mouthfeel is creamy and the alcohol content is masked very well.
O: a great triple. Very drinkable and enjoyable. I sure will try this again
Reviewed by Dzu from Russian Federation
4.06/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into chalice from 0.33l bottle.
L: Light amber color with a medium foam head.
S: Belgian yeasts, bread.
T: Sweetness, fruits.
F: Tight body and medium carbonation.
O: Great balanced tripel/ Recommended!
May 04, 2016L: Light amber color with a medium foam head.
S: Belgian yeasts, bread.
T: Sweetness, fruits.
F: Tight body and medium carbonation.
O: Great balanced tripel/ Recommended!
Reviewed by Dentist666 from Russian Federation
3.8/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into tulip.
Pours slightly hazy (sediment poured in) amber/golden beer with thick rocky off-white head, long retention.
Smell - yellow fruits, dust, belgian yeasts.
Taste - sweet, fruity, malty.
Full body, good carbonation.
Mar 01, 2016Pours slightly hazy (sediment poured in) amber/golden beer with thick rocky off-white head, long retention.
Smell - yellow fruits, dust, belgian yeasts.
Taste - sweet, fruity, malty.
Full body, good carbonation.
Steenbrugge Tripel from Brouwerij Palm NV
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
297 ratings
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