UncleChuck
Active Member
I picked up a bottle of Tripel Karmeliet tonight, after hearing quite a lot of good things about it.
I was not impressed. In fact I was downright disappointed. It tasted like extremely dry and cheap champagne mixed with Heineken to me. The skunk factor was pretty high. I really didn't get much flavor at all, other than a little spice note. Very little hop or malt flavor, just very bizarre.
Is Tripel Karmeliet supposed to taste like this, or did I somehow get a bad bottle? I've had several other Tripels before that I loved, this one just didn't seem right. I noticed the bottle is green, is it possible it was just exposed to far too much light?
On a more positive note, I tried Rogue's Double Mocha Porter and Oscar Blues Gordon, and found both to be excellent! I was particularly fond of the Gordon, I think it's definitely up in my top 5 favorite beers for now.
Anyway, just thought I would get some input as I really wasn't expecting it to taste the way it did.
Thanks!
I was not impressed. In fact I was downright disappointed. It tasted like extremely dry and cheap champagne mixed with Heineken to me. The skunk factor was pretty high. I really didn't get much flavor at all, other than a little spice note. Very little hop or malt flavor, just very bizarre.
Is Tripel Karmeliet supposed to taste like this, or did I somehow get a bad bottle? I've had several other Tripels before that I loved, this one just didn't seem right. I noticed the bottle is green, is it possible it was just exposed to far too much light?
On a more positive note, I tried Rogue's Double Mocha Porter and Oscar Blues Gordon, and found both to be excellent! I was particularly fond of the Gordon, I think it's definitely up in my top 5 favorite beers for now.
Anyway, just thought I would get some input as I really wasn't expecting it to taste the way it did.
Thanks!