Westmalle

You know this Saturdays. Working the whole day on all the things you never touch during the week and with all that business work. Then you forget the time around you.

This happened to me and as I recognized it, I went to my fridge to do something against this. What would be better as a beer for a Saturday with too much work.

A bottle Westmalle tripel was hiding there in the cold and called me for some help.

BeerSaturday with Detlev

I like this different Beer as it is a real trappist and as it has this wonderful taste.

The Story of Westmalle

In 1934, the successful opening of the new Westmalle brewery was celebrated with a ground-breaking new ‘super beer’, brewed on the very same premises. Widely acknowledged as the first 'tripel' in the world, it was based on a recipe by Henri Vanderlinden, master-brewer of nearby Witkap in Brasschaat. He was then acting as an advisor to Westmalle

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At the wodden plate

Ok, the beer was already gone as I called the bottle to show up at my wodden plate for a series of pictures

Character, Tastes & Aromas

Looking up the Website belgium.beertourism.com they write about Westmalle tripel:

This Triple lures you in with its sweet banana aromas, but then provides a hoppy bitterness as a background to the aroma symphony. Its malty body is enriched with yeasty alcohol esters and hop flowers. The character is predominantly herbal and earthy but, it is enlivened by CO2 pearls, ensuring a lively character overall.

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