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Maredsous Triple

Maredsous
Belgium·Tripel
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Served in the abbey on special occasions. The bouquet layers fruit with banana, raisins and other dried fruit over a touch of caramel that recalls sweet syrup. A slight spiciness and yeast character join in, the bitterness stays soft in the background, and the sweetness contrasts with 10 % alcohol that leaves a warming finish. Refermented in the bottle, aged for two months in the cellar.

ABV
10.0%
Bitterness
Lightly bitter
Malt-forward bitterness
SRM
golden5
PaceSipper
Where this beer sits
Body
lightfull-bodied
Sweetness
drysweet
Bitterness
mildbitter
Texture
crispcreamy
Balance
malt-forwardhop-forward
What makes this beer itself
fruitybananacaramel
fruity
banana
caramel
dark fruit
yeasty
spicy
Aroma
The bouquet opens with prominent dried fruit notes—banana, raisins, and dark fruit—layered over a subtle caramel sweetness that recalls syrup.
also:bready
not found:hoppy,roasted,clean,smoky

Tasting Notes

AI-generated sensory profile for Maredsous Triple

◎ Appearance

Maredsous Triple presents a pale golden hue with excellent clarity and fine carbonation that creates a persistent, delicate head with good lacing. The light straw color is characteristic of the style, and the beer maintains a fine mousse throughout the glass.

pale goldenbrilliant claritypersistent headfine carbonation

◌ Aroma

The bouquet opens with prominent dried fruit notes—banana, raisins, and dark fruit—layered over a subtle caramel sweetness that recalls syrup. Yeast character and a gentle spiciness emerge in the mid-nose, while soft noble hop aromatics provide a refined backdrop without dominating.

banana, raisinsdried fruit complexitycaramel sweetnessyeast spice

◐ Taste

The palate enters fruity and smooth, with banana and dark fruit flavors balanced by caramel malt sweetness. The 10% alcohol provides warmth and body without harshness, while bitterness remains restrained at 25 IBU, allowing the fruit and sweet malt to take precedence throughout the mid-palate.

fruity, smoothcaramel maltbanana forwardsoft bitterness

◑ Finish

The finish is warming and lingering, with the alcohol heat complementing residual sweetness and subtle dark fruit notes. The aftertaste remains dry and bready, with a gentle yeast character that invites another sip.

warming alcohollingering sweetnessdry bready finish
82
hopIQ score
Aroma
84
Taste
82
Appearance
80
Finish
79
Serve at 9–12°C

Serve at 10–13°C in a goblet. The yeast character and carbonation are the stars — cold would suppress both.

Goblet

The wide mouth and heavy base promote head formation and channel rich aromatics toward the nose. Traditional for Belgian strong ales.

Drink within 2 years. Some complexity develops with age but the yeast character is best relatively fresh.

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What is a Tripel?

Tripels are strong Belgian ales with 8–10% ABV. Deceptively pale, they offer fruit esters, spicy yeast, sweet malt and a warming finish.

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