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The term Tripel comes from the Low Countries (now Netherlands and Belgium); though the origin of the term is unknown.The two main theories are that it indicates strength, either by a series of marks, such as crosses, on a cask - X for the weakest strength, XX for medium strength, and XXX for the strongest beer, or by reference to the original gravity of a beer which roughly corresponds to 3% ...
Tripel is a naming convention traditionally used by Belgian Trappist breweries to describe the strongest beer in their range. Westmalle Tripel is considered to be the foundation of this beer style, and was developed in the 1930s. Achel 8 Blond, Westmalle Tripel, La Trappe Tripel, and Chimay White/Cinq Cents are all examples of Trappist tripels.
Five of the La Trappe beers: Blond, Dubbel, Witte Trapist, Tripel, Quadrupel. The beers and the brewery are usually marketed under the name La Trappe. However, in some markets, such as the United States, the Koningshoeven name was used until 2010. [3] It is one of five producers of Trappist beer outside Belgium, and produces four regular and ...
Westmalle - The 2 beers: Tripel and Dubbel Westmalle Trappist Beer glass Westmalle Trappists. The brewery produces three beers. Westmalle Dubbel has a purple label and is a 7% abv Dubbel. ' Westmalle Tripel has a yellow label and is a 9.5% abv tripel, was first brewed in 1934 and the recipe has not changed since 1956. It is made with pale candy ...
The categories are varied and include processes or ingredients not usually regarded as defining beer styles in themselves, such as cask ale or gluten-free beer. [2] [3] [4] Beer terms such as ale or lager cover a wide variety of beer styles, and are better thought of as broad categories of beer styles.
Tripel Karmeliet in a glass. Tripel Karmeliet (Dutch for "Tripel Carmelite") is a golden Belgian beer with 8.4% alcohol by volume brewed by Brouwerij Bosteels in Buggenhout, Belgium. It was first brewed in 1996 and uses three cereals: wheat, oats and barley. It is brewed according to a 1679 recipe derived from the old Carmelite convent in ...
The term dubbel (also double) is a Belgian Trappist beer naming convention. [1] The origin of the dubbel was a strong version of a brown beer brewed in Westmalle Abbey in 1856, which is known to have been on sale to the public by June 1861. [2] In 1926, the recipe was changed by brewer Henrik Verlinden, and it was sold as Dubbel Bruin. [3]
Duvel Tripel Hop. To commemorate the end of World War I, the Moortgats named their main beer Victory Ale.In the 1920s, an avid drinker described the beer as "nen echten duvel" (a real devil in Brabantian Dutch) - perhaps in reference to its formidable alcohol content (8.5% ABV) - and the name of the beer was changed to Duvel.