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RATINGS: 215 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.42/5 EST. CALORIES: 270 ABV: 9%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Traditional Belgian Golden Ale. Brewed and Bottled at De Proefbrouwerij, Lochristi, Belgium. The homey little farmhouse brewery at Kerkom is one of the greatest breweries in the world, and hardly anyone outside of Belgium knows it. We brought you Kerkom’s Bink Blond – a wonderfully hoppy and characterful beer, one of our all-time favorites, and one you should be drinking every single day – but it hasn’t even made a blip on the radar over here. It’s because of those little bottles, and the fact that the beer isn’t even 6% alcohol, isn’t it? Then we begged you to notice the little bottles of Bink Bloesem, an incredibly rich and flavorful, but perfectly dry strong amber ale made with pear juice and honey, and Winterkoninkske, a hearty, dark, and unusual strong winter ale with just a hint of very unusual spices, and still, no action on the shelf. Now, it’s really time to focus people! Here at last is Bink Tripel. Look, it’s a big bottle! Not so easy to misplace. And people are saying already that Bink is the best Tripel of Belgium – earthy, deep, complex, but light in color and on the palate, as befits the style, and it packs a very healthy wallop of whole fresh hop aroma. The Kerkom brewery is a shrine to the noble hop, and the brewer, Marc Limet, is the guardian of the eternal flame at a time when most Belgian breweries have forgotten that hops ever existed. So it is no surprise that this beer is purported to be the hoppiest of Tripels. Actually, Bink Tripel isn’t quite hoppy enough for us – not yet. But since things only get hoppier and hoppier at Kerkom as time goes by, we are content to drink, and wait. As Marc says, it’s getting better all the time . . .
Traditional Belgian Golden Ale. Brewed and Bottled at De Proefbrouwerij, Lochristi, Belgium. The homey little farmhouse brewery at Kerkom is one of the greatest breweries in the world, and hardly anyone outside of Belgium knows it. We brought you Kerkom’s Bink Blond – a wonderfully hoppy and characterful beer, one of our all-time favorites, and one you should be drinking every single day – but it hasn’t even made a blip on the radar over here. It’s because of those little bottles, and the fact that the beer isn’t even 6% alcohol, isn’t it? Then we begged you to notice the little bottles of Bink Bloesem, an incredibly rich and flavorful, but perfectly dry strong amber ale made with pear juice and honey, and Winterkoninkske, a hearty, dark, and unusual strong winter ale with just a hint of very unusual spices, and still, no action on the shelf. Now, it’s really time to focus people! Here at last is Bink Tripel. Look, it’s a big bottle! Not so easy to misplace. And people are saying already that Bink is the best Tripel of Belgium – earthy, deep, complex, but light in color and on the palate, as befits the style, and it packs a very healthy wallop of whole fresh hop aroma. The Kerkom brewery is a shrine to the noble hop, and the brewer, Marc Limet, is the guardian of the eternal flame at a time when most Belgian breweries have forgotten that hops ever existed. So it is no surprise that this beer is purported to be the hoppiest of Tripels. Actually, Bink Tripel isn’t quite hoppy enough for us – not yet. But since things only get hoppier and hoppier at Kerkom as time goes by, we are content to drink, and wait. As Marc says, it’s getting better all the time . . .
3.7
UPDATED: NOV 30, 2021 Triple de 9 % abv, dont mon exemplaire avait quelques années.
Son profil fruité est légèrement relevé par les houblons.
La longueur ne montre toutefois pas l'ampleur attendue par
le niveau abv respectable ..
CONCLUSION : triple correcte, mais manquant d'ampleur
3.4
UPDATED: MAR 23, 2019 Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty honey aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.
3.4
UPDATED: OCT 27, 2018 Oklar ljusorange med fint skum. Doftar fruktigt, lite jäst. Smaken fyllig, lite besk och fruktig. Eftersmaken hyggligt lång med lite beska.
3.8
75 cl bottle - vintage 2005 (bbd=2008)
Close to no head. Developed very well, full and complex 12 yr old beer.
3
bottle. Golden with a tall white head. Yeasty fruity start, spicy hints and a dusty-hoppy finish.
2.8
Bottle as "Laakse Tripel" 33cl bought at frituur De Vorst in Laakdal. Pours dark blond with a small white head. Nose: sweet (honey/sugar), malt, zeste of an orange, floral, alcoholic. Taste: low carbonation, metallic feeling with a stronger alcoholic warmth and notes of sugar/honey. Small hints of malt. Slightly floral too. Overall the metallic feeling stays strong.
3.6
bottle oro carico piuttosto torbida buona schiuma persistenza discreta nota citrica erbacea biona secchezza discreto amaro un filo speziato filo riscaldante
2.8
golden colored pour. Big white head. Plenty of lacing. Nose is slight sugar notes and malt. Taste is a dry sweet honey note. Some yeasty presence. Some bready notes. But muted.
2.8
Pours a nice looking orangy beer........thats it......................................
3.5
330cc bottle. Pour dark blond with white head. Sweet but with a bitter finish. Hoppy, spicy and yeasty. Very pleasant strong ale
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