Beer 193 - New Belgium Trippel

Brewed and bottled by New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO, bought at HEB grocery in Houston, TX and actually drunk at lunch time on Saturday January 29th, 2011 when I am feeling much better than I was on this day.

web site: http://www.newbelgium.com/home.aspx

The web site says "Our Trippel Belgian Style Ale (pronounced triple) opens with a bold blast of hops that slowly gives way to the fruity esters implied by our Belgian yeast strain. In the Belgian tradition of brewing singles, doubles and triples, Trippel is the strongest with the longest fermentation. Remarkably smooth and complex, our bottle-conditioned Trippel is spiced with a trace of coriander. 7.8% alc/vol, 25 IBU with 17.6 OG." (I think when they say OG, they actually mean degrees Plato, which equates to an original Gravity of ~1.073 which also fits approximately with the strength)

I did like this beer, it was smooth and had a very nice taste, where the slight bitterness of the hops was nicely balanced by the slight sweetness of the malt and the hints of coriander.