sofakingdrunk wrote:Pretty sure I saw New Limburge tripel @ store the other day. I've had both their blonde and wit(two styles I'm not huge on) and really enjoyed them both, great beers. I didn't pick up the triple as my bill was already climbing far too high, but I will.
northyorksammy wrote:side launch terrible
beerstodiscover wrote:northyorksammy wrote:side launch terrible
Really? All their other stuff is solid and just bought one.
The Publican House Eight or Better tripel is also at the LCBO.
El Pinguino wrote:I'm a fan of tripel karmeliet myself. can't think of any decent Ontario tripels...nor any decent quads or dubbels that weren't one offs.
Provost Drunk wrote:I've long lamented the lack of consistently available, good quality Ontario-brewed tripels as it is one of my favourite styles and definitely under-represented. Very few brewers have taken a cut at brewing a tripel, and those that do often feel compelled to put a twist on the style (e.g., barrel-aging or adding adjunct ingredients).
atomeyes wrote:Provost Drunk wrote:I've long lamented the lack of consistently available, good quality Ontario-brewed tripels as it is one of my favourite styles and definitely under-represented. Very few brewers have taken a cut at brewing a tripel, and those that do often feel compelled to put a twist on the style (e.g., barrel-aging or adding adjunct ingredients).
i've talked to a friend of mine who owns a brewery. he says that his tripel was very difficult to sell kegwise to bars and restaurants and that bottle sales were also slow.
i've talked with another brewery friend about us brewing something in the same vein as Dulle Teve - a hoppy tripel that doesn't have that umami flavour that i find Chimay's tripel has, but still has great yeast notes. semi-excited to further explore this, but I also am a bit nervous about the sales side. we'll see if we go ahead with it in the new year.
to be fair, there are few tripels that really blow me away. Dulle Teve is one, but it's atypical. I really enjoy all of St Bernadous's tripels. and Buteuse is also a great tripel.
anyways, we'll see if we brew it come the new year.
Provost Drunk wrote:atomeyes wrote:Provost Drunk wrote:I've long lamented the lack of consistently available, good quality Ontario-brewed tripels as it is one of my favourite styles and definitely under-represented. Very few brewers have taken a cut at brewing a tripel, and those that do often feel compelled to put a twist on the style (e.g., barrel-aging or adding adjunct ingredients).
i've talked to a friend of mine who owns a brewery. he says that his tripel was very difficult to sell kegwise to bars and restaurants and that bottle sales were also slow.
i've talked with another brewery friend about us brewing something in the same vein as Dulle Teve - a hoppy tripel that doesn't have that umami flavour that i find Chimay's tripel has, but still has great yeast notes. semi-excited to further explore this, but I also am a bit nervous about the sales side. we'll see if we go ahead with it in the new year.
to be fair, there are few tripels that really blow me away. Dulle Teve is one, but it's atypical. I really enjoy all of St Bernadous's tripels. and Buteuse is also a great tripel.
anyways, we'll see if we brew it come the new year.
Sounds like an interesting project - please keep us posted! The inherent challenge in brewing a hoppy tripel is achieving balance so that the yeast notes are still expressed and aren't completely overpowered by the hops. Many North American brewers seem to fail in this regard IMO.
The only time that I tried Dulle Teve was years ago at Volo. I liked it, but the bottle had some age on it which certainly had an adverse impact.
What you've heard about the difficulty in selling a tripel makes sense. Otherwise, I'd imagine that simple economics would encourage more breweries to produce this style if the demand was out there. It's frustrating to be a fan of the style in these circumstances but hard to argue with market forces.
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