Posts Tagged: Tripels
Holland: Tripel, Koningshoeven, Berkel-Enschot
Posted by on Friday, October 24, 2008 in - 1 comment
I can't believe I have not written about Koningshoeven aka La Trappe. Like the great soda v. pop conundrum, this sixth monastic brewery has divided the planet according to how people describe it. Bah! What's that, you say? BAH, I say. Was not "La Trappe" created for those who could not pronounce …
Triples: Kerberos, Flying Dog, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Posted by on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 in - 1 comment
Stan brought me this one, triggered I think by this conversation instigated by Travis, developing into a bit of a pile-on but joined in by Josh of Flying Dog before it got channeled into a consideration of the concept of styles. All that and here was I never having tried one. • On the pour, this …
Travis Tries A Kerberos Tripel By Flying Dog
Posted by on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 in - 21 comments
A few weeks ago I was the lucky recipient of a wonderful package; a bottle of brew! Not just any brew, but a Belgian beer! I love the Belgian brews. Flying Dog beer mailed me bottle of their Kerberos Tripel. • The fourth member of their Canis Major series, the Flying Dog Kerberos¹ Tripel is a …
Holland: Zatte, Brouwerij 't IJ, Amsterdam
Posted by on Friday, February 29, 2008 in - leave a comment
A beer with an ostrich on the front for leap day. I had the brewer's sibling brew Struis from Amsterdam's Ij last September but for $6.20 for 330 ml was not impressed by the price but enjoyed the experience. Let's see what $4.99 gets you. • The brewer's website is of little help but the wide …
Holland: Urthel Hop-It, Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven
Posted by on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 in - 19 comments
Holland? Not Belgium??? • Let's review the evidence: the caps says "Leyerth Breweries, Belgium" and the label says "Produced in the Netherlands". Licensed beer. How low.¹ The importer explains that the brews are all made in Holland by those Dutch monks of Koningshoeven/La Trappe but designed by …
Quick Note: Ommegeddon, Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
Posted by on Saturday, November 3, 2007 in - leave a comment
A bottle from batch #1 dated June 2007. Light straw ale under a fine white frothy head. On the nose there is plenty to remind me of Goliath triple, one of my favorite beers - candy floss with nutmeg. In the mouth, this beer is drier without so much of the pear juiciness (actually more faintly of …
Tripels: Black Tulip, New Holland, Michigan
Posted by on Sunday, October 14, 2007 in - 1 comment
What beer to drink with baseball? Triples, of course. Or tripels or, like this one from New Holland, trippels. • Black Tulup comes across as vegetative bubble gum. A bit of a shock after that Tripel Karmeliet [which will not go reviewed] and its echos of Hungarian Tokay - honey, almond, that …
About Oaked Beer: Prophacy, Weyerbacher, Easton, PA, USA
Posted by on Sunday, August 19, 2007 in - leave a comment
One of a number of siblings to the previously reviewed Insanity, the brewer tells us that Prophecy is their tripel, Merry Monk's Ale, aged in bourbon barrel. I liked Merry Monk's ale is Weyerbacher that I tried in a group in early 2006 along with a bunch of their other brews - but I liked their …
Belgium: The Week Of Brouwerij St. Bernardus
Posted by on Sunday, December 3, 2006 in - 4 comments
These five bottles have been sitting around since this time last year when they formed a gift pack offered as part of the LCBO Christmas selection. I trust they have traveled through the last twelve months well as they range from 6.7% to 10.5%. • These beers are made commercially so are "Abbey" …
Belgium: Goliath Triple, Brasserie des Geants, Irchonwelz
Posted by on Saturday, September 9, 2006 in - 1 comment
This beer is slightly famous (if only to me) as it was so good I forgot to take notes last time I picked one up at Finger Lake Beverages. No such issues this time. There is some need to be clear about which beer sits before me as the Brasserie des Geants has two beers called Goliath or Gouyasse …
