Maredsous 10 Tripel

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Beer No: 72
Page No: 186
Category: Amber

The last in my quick travel through the four oddly shaped 330ml bottles from Belgium, we end with the Maredsous 10 Tripel after having the lovely Maredsous 8 Dubbel yesterday.  Not much new to note here after going over the "Certified Belgian Abbey Beer" label yesterday, but I did enjoy this tripel.  On par with the Piraat as far as alcohol content (10.0% vs. 10.5%), I found the Maredsous to be clearly superior.  So, after declaring the Maredsous 8 better than the Gulden Draak, we have Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat 2, Brouwerij Van Steenberge 0.  However, all four of the beers were above average, and if I were a fan of malty beers like all four of these were, I'd be content to drink them in rotation until the end of days.  And here they are, crazy 330ml bottles and all:

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On a completely unrelated (well, maybe related note), yesterday The Bruery announced their intentions to open a store in Old Towne Orange, just a few blocks (ok, maybe a lot of blocks - 2.3 miles - or 11 minutes on bike) from my house.  And I couldn't be happier.  The Buery Provisions will feature not only their own brews, but also a vast selection of hard-to-find beers, a nice tasting room, and most likely, choices of cheese and other charcuterie.  It'll be absolutely awesome to be able to bike on over, have a couple beers, some cheese, purchase some bottles, and bike on home.  They can't open soon enough for me.  Welcome to Orange.

My review, cross-posted at RateBeer.com:

Maredsous 10 by Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat

Aroma: 6/10
Appearance: 4/5
Taste: 7/10
Palate: 3/5
Overall: 15/20

Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Had from 330ml bottle from BevMo. Pours golden orange with slight white had. Aroma is of citrus hops, spices, and lots of malts. Taste is of alcohol, malts, sugar, spices, fruits with very slight hops in the finish. Pours fizzy with an aftertaste of alcohol and the smallest amount of bitterness. Had in succession with Piraat and this is clearly a superior beer with the same alcohol content. A very good tripel, but not the best I’ve had.