I tried the Watou Tripel from St. Bernardus tonight. I wasn’t impressed. I’ve had several other tripels that are a whole lot better. This one pours a hazy straw color with a thick white head. The aroma is almost non-existent, but there are some slight spicy notes. The taste is decent, but kind of weak. The spices are there, some banana and some malty sweetness. The biggest issue is the body. It’s very thin and watery. There’s some yeasty breadiness to it, but nothing really that great. While it’s not my favorite tripel, the regular St. Bernardus Tripel is much better. I still prefer Tripel Karmeliet or La Fin du Monde. Those are worlds better than this one.
Archive for April 13th, 2008
I had the bottle of Stone Imperial Russian Stout tonight. I’ll start out with I think this one needs some aging. That being said, it pours a thick dark black with a moderate dark tan head. Smells of roasted malts, chocolate, and coffee. Taste is slightly metallic, but the roasted malts come through. It has a dark chocolate bitterness to it and some roasted coffee in there as well. It’s strong, but you can’t taste the alcohol. It seems slightly off, but I think a little aging will smooth it out a bit.
I’m going to buy at least another bottle to age for a year and see how it turns out.
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