I'm all in favour of screwing with tradition for the hell of it. It makes the world a more interesting and diverse place. So I was amused when I saw that
La Trappe, not content with the usual
dubbel and
tripel styles of Trappist beer, also make a "
Quadruple". For all the iconoclasm of the name, however, it's a fairly normal strong, dark Trappist ale, weighing in at a fairly hefty 10.9%. It remains drinkable despite this and is chock-full of varied fruit flavours. Nice for a change from the Belgian norm.
"Nice for a change from the Belgian norm."
ReplyDeleteBut it's Dutch...
It's also great stuff, though, which is more to the point.
Yes, 'cos if it was Belgian it wouldn't be a change from the Belgian.
ReplyDeleteWow. 2005 eh? Everything seemed so much bigger...