Chimay Tripel (White)
750 ml into a Chimay Goblet A - Pours an extremely hazy dark golden to almost brown color. Very strong head, off white in color. Apparently very carbonated. S - Loads of grainy pilsner malt and just a hair of a belgian yeast ale strain in the background - almost bready at times. Just a bit of phenolic undertones. T - Starts off with a pilsner malt note, sweet and yet grainy and husky. Mid-stream gets more dry, some alcohol burn. No hopping comes through to me. Finishes with a very strong bread yeast note that is immediately bombed with more pilsner malt flavors. Finishes with a dry, bitter aftertaste. M - Very strong carbonation, very effervescent. Stinging to the tongue at times. Beer itself has a warming effect to the tongue, but otherwise finishes pretty clean. D - I need to decant this beer more - it's very filling due to its strong carbonation. ABV will sneak up on you, but is obviously hidden - not boozy. Flavors are dry enough that this may be a one and done beer. A beer that is much better on draught to me. It just doesn't feel the same out of the bottle - which could be a freshness issue.