Affligem Triple Belgium abbey ale

Produzido por: Belgium

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As the name suggests this triple abbey ale is brewed using triple the amount of malt with more yeast and sugar compared to Affligem blond. The fermentation is also considerably longer, producing more flavoursome esters. Affligem Triple is s best described as an intense version of the blond.

BODY & SOUL POUR

1/. Your beer should have stood chilling a refrigerator, ideally between 7 and 8°C for at least 6 hours to allow the yeast sediment to settle.

2/. Open the bottle and pour most (90%) of the Affligem slowly from a height into a dry glass tilted at 45°, gradually straightening the glass as you pour. You should end up with a firm and silky head around 35% of the total volume of the glass (approximately two fingers thick).

3/. Then swirl the remaining 10% of the beer left in the bottle to release its soul - the yeast sediment settled at the bottom of the bottle. Either pour into your glass or into another smaller glass to savour its fruity, citrus and spice flavours separately.

Shaped to the best present the aroma of the beer, the Affligem goblet also reflects the chalices used by the knights who first established Affligem Abbey.

Avaliação e degustação

Experimentado em 08/06/2014

Aparência:

Clear (when rested and carefully poured), pale-mid golden amber with retentive thick white head and light lacing.

Aroma:

Hay bales, yeast and pear with faint lavender.

Sabor:

Starts sweet and then dries. Bready and spicy with clove, fruity esters and alcoholic bite but the high alcohol content is surprisingly hidden. With the 'soul' added, this abbey triple is altogether richer in flavour with a creamy mouthfeel.

Aftertaste:

Dry, tangy and bready with light spice. Great with spicy food.