has anyone had this brew with 2 and a half years of age on it? it's fantastic, still super bright but light and effervescent with dried fruit flavors such as banana and pear with a faint perfumey flavor. this beer is so easy to get your hands on and reasonably priced for a trappings ale. beers like this will forever over shadow limited run once a year brews that are almost impossible to get your hands on.
We are going to do a beer tasting next week and was trying to decide on a few Belgians and perhaps a few Trappist brews to feature . I have had most of the 'monk brews' in the past but have trouble remembering (great thing about B.A.). The date on my bottles are b.b. 23/05/14 . Your description sounds delicious
I'm sure you can find some "shelf fermentors" at your local shop, I've noticed a lot of the trappist stuff moves rather slowly at stores so you can often buy them with some age on them already. my store has 3 different vintages of orval on the shelf and 2 different Roquefort 10 vintages
One of my favorite all time beers. I was so excited when I found it on tap in Belgium back in the very early 1990's. almost always have a bottle or two around. Enjoy
I haven't had great experiences with this one, I found that even after 1 year it was nothing like it was fresh, I just put my last 2 in the cellar into the fridge. I don't think I will age tripels anymore as I had a not great experience with a 1 year old Norrebro Vartripel this weekend as well.
For what it's worth, I've had some Victory Golden Monkey's (750ml) that I've aged up to 4 years. Very tasty stuff. I'd say any good tripel is a candidate to age for a few years.
I'm gonna go against the grain and say that I've found most tripels don't age too well, at least not for long times. I like dubbels and quads with time, but tripels and saisons not so much. Farmhouse styles, especially those with brett do well with time, of course.
Had a bottle with a best by date in November 2012 in December 2012. Was not impressed; each of 5 people had it as their least favorite in a blind tasting with other Belgian tripels and American interpretations. Maybe we got a bad bottle, but all I tasted was straw.
