Westmalle trappist tripel brouwerij westmalle beeradvocate. I was 15, it was in a hotel in ostend during my first holiday on the european mainland. Brother tims triple is a belgian tripel style beer brewed by lake louie brewery company in arena, wi. Trappist westmalle online bier kaufen belgian beer factory. By the way, ive also heard that westmalle don t ferment at as high temps as some other breweries, but keep in the low 20s c. There was another early blond, witkap pater, developed by the same brewer who formulated. Wednesday beer westmalle tripel the first belgian beer i ever drunk was stella artois. This homebrew recipe is an extremely easy one to make that yields great results, we.
Westmalle tripel is a clear, golden yellow trappist beer that undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle 9. In westmalle, brewing is far from being a purely commercial activity. As an exercise, pour these beers aggressively down the middle of the glass and wait for the bubbles to calm down, killing some of that carbonation. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Trappist dubbel and tripel beer recipes home brewing. You might recall that this wasn t the original matchup but ray had a cunning plan to keep the tasting just a tiny little bit on the blind side for jess. I found westmalle by accident and its much better than leffe.
First introduced in 1934 it has an alcohol content of 9. Very few hops were harmed in the making of this ale. Tripels are the strongest trappist ales, running from 7. This product is not for sale to people under the age of 18. Yeast strains for belgian strong ales brew your own. In 1956, the superbier recipe was modified at the abbey by brother thomas and the westmalle tripel was born. In a blind tasting, adelberts would seem perfectly belgian more, perhaps, than westmalle. This beer has a glowing orangegold color and an aroma of fresh herbs and flowers. Stan hieronymus recorded a few key examples in brew like a monk brewers publications, 2005. Trappist westmalle dubbel tripel recipes homebrewtalk.
We age our tripel a belgianstyle golden ale in bourbon barrels for seven weeks then blend in coldbrewed coffee. If you really haven t tasted an aged westmalle before, i would urge you to have a couple of years patience yet. Those benedictine monks have been brewing up unique beers since 1836 with an unsurpassed focus on labor, prayer, and charity. Soft and creamy in the mouth, some bitter hoppiness is balanced by a delicate sweetness with the suggestion of orange. Until that beer came along in the 1930s, amber and brown beers were the overwhelming norm in belgian brewing. For hops, i have guessed at this based on the book again, but they only said 39ibu and that these types of hops were used. I consider blam brew like a monk and yes i like blam as an acronym to be probably most accurate, as there is documentation, footnotes, etc, and photos. Westmalle is located in the province of antwerp in the flanders region of belgium. It is a complex beer with a fruity aroma and a nice nuanced hop scent. They are highly alcoholic, but brewed with high carbonation and high attenuation yeasts to reduce the taste of alcohol. Westmalle brewery is a trappist brewery in the westmalle abbey, belgium. Originally popularized by the trappist monastery at westmalle.
In the forthcoming issue of all about beer magazine, i discuss brouwerij westmalles tripel, one of the most important beers in the belgian canon, in my classic beer column. It is enriched with complex flavors that meld malt sweetness, warmth, and hops resulting in powerful drinkability. Flavor notes include vanilla, caramel, and a dash of coldbrewed coffee. Westmalle trappist tripel is a belgian tripel style beer brewed by brouwerij westmalle in malle, belgium. It has a very smooth taste and although the alcohol content is higher than most beers, it doesn t detract from the taste. Examples are belgian beers hoegaarden pictured, westmalle tripel and echt kriekenbier, which are rich in probiotic yeast. All practical information such as the dimensions and weights of our beers, cheeses and pos materials we brought together on handy data sheets. An exceptional beer, with a great deal of finesse and elegance.
Westmalle tripel is a clear, golden yellow trappist beer that undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle 9,5% alcohol. Westmalle dubbel is a dark, reddishbrown trappist beer with a secondary fermentation in the bottle. Its not easy to find recipes that do credit to fresh westmalle tripeldry, with surprising hops characterbut homebrew chef sean paxtons clone comes very close. The name tripel first appeared in the brewery westmalle, in the 1930s. Besides, these yeasts can handle quite a lot of everything. This type of beer was first brewed in westmalle abbey in 1934 when the new brewing hall came into use. Westmalle dubbel trappist ale dark 7% 330ml tesco groceries. Most of the sales revenues from the beers are pumped back into the brewery to be invested in good working conditions. The current formula has stayed practically unchanged since 1956, thus more. I can t remember much about it but i did like it i recall a little offlicence right next to harringay station in the late 1980s that used to sell little bottles of. See bars, beer stores, and restaurants near me selling westmalle tripel with prices and whether its on tap or in a bottle, can, growler, etc. You wouldn t think that the long voyage across the atlantic would diminish a beer like this, but i have to say that fresh westmalle tripel was a revelation. Belgian tripel recipe westmalle tripel clone brewgr. One shareholder the trappist brewery of westmalle, belgium.
Some of the most famous belgian tripel varieties, like the westmalle tripel, are brewed in monasteries by monks. Westmalle tripel is credited with being the first golden strong pale ale to use. Ever the perfectionists, westmalle s esteemed brother thomas tweaked the recipe to include more hops. Westmalle tripel blond trappist beer 33cl beer merchants. Golden and slightly hazy, this beer has a fantastic deep fruit and spicy aroma, with banana breadlike flavours and herbal notes to balance the sweetness. Add the lovely creamy collar and the bubbly champagnelike pearls and you will understand why westmalle tripel has topped world rankings for many years. It is soft and creamy in the mouth, with a bitter touch carried by the fruity aroma. Big aromas of banana and bubble gum, bread and yeast cake.
Westmalle was the first brewery in the world to brew a strong golden ale and call it a tripel. More info on westmalle brouwerij westmalle abdij westmalle antwerpsesteenweg 496 b2390 malle belgium. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. I don t have the foggiest how to get to 39 ibu though, or when to use these 3 hops, so just guessed at this. The monks then used their upgraded brewery to concoct a superbier, which was later renamed tripel. It produces three beers, designated as trappist beer by the international trappist association. The full name of the abbey is the abbey of our lady of the holy heart of westmalle. Trinity tripel community beer company beeradvocate. Aroma and flavor runs along complex, spicy phenolic, powdery yeast. The creamy head has the fragrance of special malt and leaves an attractive lace pattern in the glass. The trappist beers produced by the abbey of westmalle are famous all over the world. Our book 20th century pub was released in 2017 and is an awardwinning rattle through the development of the english pub from beerhouses to micropubs. It was used to name their new beer since they started using a tripled amount of ingredients as before.
Buy westmalle trappist dubbel online from waitrose today. As youll read in the label, this beer is made by trappist monks who use the income for the upkeep of their monastery. These trappist monks plan to construct an abbey, based on the plan of notre. Westmalle introduced its tripel, and newly built brewhouse, in 1934. The name tripel actually stems from part of the brewing process, in which brewers use up to three times the amount of malt than a standard trappist simple. Westmalle tripel is a clear, golden yellow trappist beer that undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle 9,5%.
This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients. However, the first tripel was actually launched by henrik verlinden in 1932. Trinity tripel is a belgian tripel style beer brewed by community beer company in dallas, tx. The dubbel is not quite a big as a tripel or strong golden at 67% abv but is. As far as i know, what you wanna do with this beer is adding some sugar during fermentation, so the starting gravity won t be so high. The community was founded in 1794 by monks of the order of cistercians of the strict observance and was granted abbey status in 1836. Unless youre really curious, have a westmalle of a couple of years, like yours, next time youre in belgium you know where to get those. But once a westmalle has, say, 78 years of age, the changes get interesting. The name tripel originally was first used in 1956 by the westmalle brewery to name their strongest beer originally produced in 1930 and named superbier, it was renamed to tripel. A dubbel, unlike the tripel and strong golden, is a dark beer focused on rich caramel and plumlike maltiness with a complimenting complex ester character and a slight contrast of spicy phenolics. It is made with pale candy sugar and has a very pale colour produced. Tripel has become a stalwart among the belgian exports.
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