Description
  • Brewery: Brouwerij Bosteels
  • Country: Belgium
  • Style: Abbey Tripel
  • ABV: 8.4%
  • Volume: 330ml / 750ml

 

Tripel Karmeliet is still brewed to an authentic beer recipe from 1679 originating in the former Carmelite monastery in Dendermonde. Written over 300 years ago, this recipe describes the use of three kinds of grain: wheat, oats and barley.

Tripel Karmeliet has a complex gold to bronze color, with a creamy head. This is partly due to the cereals but also to the limited use of Styrian hops, the abundant herbs and fruity aroma (banana and vanilla) of the used yeast. This beer has not only the lightness and freshness of wheat, but also the creaminess of oats, and it also has a spicy, lemony dryness almost reminiscent of quinine.