Tres Tripel Comparison!

[shanez]

Doing a little direct comparison taste test tonight.

The Orval is great but the St. Bernardus is noticeably better. The Tre Fontane is on another level.

 

[LotusEater]

I may have to try this myself.
Orval is a favorite of mine, I haven’t had St.Bernardus in a long time and I’ve never had Tre Fontane.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Love me some Belgians.

 

[jaingorenard]

I've never thought of Orval as a triple - it's one of my favourite beers, it's so distinctive. If you can get it, St Bernadus 12 (the blue label) is very good, and is made to the same recipe and with the same water as Westvleteren 10, which regularly gets voted 'best beer in the world'.

 

[SBC]

The Orval is great but the St. Bernardus is noticeably better. The Tre Fontane is on another level.

Lovely. I prefer quads, but tripels hit the spot sometimes. Orval and St. B are good. Tre Fontane I've never had the opportunity to try.

St Bernadus 12 (the blue label) is very good, and is made to the same recipe and with the same water as Westvleteren 10

What! Here all these years I've wondered whether I'll ever get my hands on Westy 10, and the whole time it was the same beer as St. B 12!? I had no idea. I do like St. B 12 very much.
I got my hands on Rochefort 10, once, and at the time it wasn't obvious to me that it was lightyears better than St. B 12 or Chimay Bleu.

 

[JOHN72]

I love beer that's very cold, or too cold, and then I can't remember if it's Belgian or Nepalese.

 

[jaingorenard]

Lovely. I prefer quads, but tripels hit the spot sometimes. Orval and St. B are good. Tre Fontane I've never had the opportunity to try.



What! Here all these years I've wondered whether I'll ever get my hands on Westy 10, and the whole time it was the same beer as St. B 12!? I had no idea. I do like St. B 12 very much.
I got my hands on Rochefort 10, once, and at the time it wasn't obvious to me that it was lightyears better than St. B 12 or Chimay Bleu.

Having just googled to check I wasn't talking bollocks, it seems to be called Westvleteren 12 (I could have sworn it used to be called '10', no idea where I got that from!), and lots of people think they are actually quite different.

I missed a ferry a few years ago in order to get some, and it is fantastic. Our local Belgian beer pub started selling it last year, but at £15(!) a bottle I'll stick with the St Bernardus. I also loved the old bottles with no label - made you feel you were getting something special!

 

[LotusEater]

I've never thought of Orval as a triple - it's one of my favourite beers, it's so distinctive. If you can get it, St Bernadus 12 (the blue label) is very good, and is made to the same recipe and with the same water as Westvleteren 10, which regularly gets voted 'best beer in the world'.

I don’t think of Orval as a triple either. If anything it is more of a farmhouse ale but really it is its own thing and I find it to be delicious.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Monk beer! My favorite..

 

[orlandofurioso]

Westvleteren is hard to come by and imho a trifle overrated.
St. Bernardus is widely available and an absolute favourite.
Orval is very agreeable; TF I'm not familiair with.

 

[Indygrap]

I’ve had all 3, but the only one I’ve had recently is Orval. I do enjoy Orval & I recall liking the other 2, but I rarely see them on shelves.
Sounds like a fun experiment & no matter which one you liked best, the winner is clearly you.