The Belgian Tripel revisited...

Enter Belgian Tripel (triple) land... or as I call it.. a road that needed to be driven once again.

Sometime ago I had a tripel (triple) from Belgium and I remember really enjoying it.

So it seemed like pairing to Belgian products side by side would do the trick.

Enter a yeast, big, somewhat odd, wicked wonderland, where one producer seemed to do better than the other.

Which one was it? Well you'll just have to try them yourself. My thoughts are in the video below.

Pop goes the cork and...

Cheers!

Tripel battle American style

One style of beer I've always enjoyed has been a Beligan Tripel. As I was out shopping for my latest imbibing beer fest I discovered that this was also a style that many American craft brewers have started making. I had a few Belgian tripels and always enjoyed their big bodies and sugary/malt like goodness. It was as if eating cake sometimes. How would American ones taste?

I settled on two, one from nearby Adamstown PA, the other from far West coast of Seattle. Stoudt's from Adamstown makes a Belgain Abbey Style Ale, and the Pike Monks Uncle is another Tripel described using many organic ingredients.

One of these beers should have been from a different planet hardly tasting like a Tripel that I've had before, but not in a bad way.

To see more watch and find out below. Cheers!