I’ve written before about our love of the Troubadour Magma, so click on some of the other ‘Magma’ beers if you want to read more about this renowned beer.
Once a year, the ‘Musketeers’ decide to do something different to their famous Magma beer. For 2022, it was decided to finish the Magma with a wine yeast.
Now without getting too technical, there are different strains of yeast that are used to ferment the different sugars you get from barley versus those you get from grape juice. You don’t normally use the ‘wrong’ one. But after testing lots of different wine yeasts, the guys found one that converted the sugars in the wort at the same time as producing a really fruity aroma as a by product. That is what we have in this beer.
The Magma was first brewed as a big Belgian tripel style, then hopped up with Simcoe like a West Coast IPA would be. It is the collision of two nations’ brewing styles, and a lovely beer. So we have the big caramel malt body, with lots of tropical fruits notes from the hops. And then the wine yeast supporting those fruit notes with hints of apricot, mango, apple and star fruit (the last one is the suggestion of the brewer!) A really interesting version of the Magma, with lots of flavour that is really well balanced and hides the ABV very well.
by Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs
A tasty Belgian style blond ale from the always reliable Abbaye des Rocs
by Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs
A dark tripel, full of fruit and malt sweetness, and enough hop bitterness to match
by Brouwerij der Trappistenabdij de Achelse Kluis
A smooth, full-flavoured classic triple style beer from the Achel Trappist monastery
A Belgian tripel with coriander, candi sugar and curacao
A brewery label which has done the rounds of Belgium, this is their classic Belgian Tripel
A Farmhouse Tripel is one of the new offerings from Alvinne, but it isn't exactly traditional
A little sweet, a little sour, lots of body and complexity
A very drinkable tripel style Grand Cru from Van Steenberge
A Belgian tripel made at Brouwerij Huyghe for this lambic brewery
The spring seasonal beer from Kerkom, a lot like a sweet saison/tripel mash-up featuring honey and pear
by Brouwerij Palm (Swinkels Family Brewers)
A tripel known as 'The Beer of Bruges'; though no longer brewed within the city walls.
An organic tripel, which also is gluten free thanks to an enzyme which removes the gluten during the brewing process
Is it a Blonde or is it a Tripel? Either way, it is big and tasty!
This beer screams Belgium - from the squat bottle to the monastic label, and the quintessential Belgian tripel style ale inside
by Brouwerij Corsendonk (at Brasserie Du Bocq)
A full-bodied blonde tripel, a lively beer with a herbal bouquet and hoppy aftertaste.
This beer is the Petrus Tripel, with Amarillo and Cascade added, plus 15% foederbier
The 'Mad Bitch' is an insanely good tripel from De Dolle Brouwers
A beer slightly out of the box, somwehere between a big Belgian blond and a tripel style. And it's sugar free!
The 'Tripel of Antwerp' is a quintessential Belgian Tripel
This beer is known as the most bitter Tripel style beer in all of Belgium!
An old-style Belgian tripel with early fruit and malt sweetness, giving way to a sustained dry, herbal bitterness
The iconic pink elephants adorn this delicious tripel which utilises three different years in a triple fermentation process
De Molen's take on a Belgian Tripel style - lots of sweet malt and generous hop bitterness
A fantastic rich and creamy triple style ale, made from three grains - wheat, barley and rye
A Belgian tripel that is tasty, well balanced and easy drinking
A special Tripel brewed by Van Steenberge for an annual gourmet degustation
A traditional Belgian Tripel, as all good Belgian breweries have in their range
One of our favourite Belgian triples from Brouwerij Het Anker
A Guten Free, Organic beer that sits somewhere between a tripel and farmhouse ale
A brilliant variation to the normal tripel style; a crisp, dry delicious ale with a strong hop aroma and flavour.
A big strong tripel style ale, with a sweet malt body, peppery spice and a big alcohol kick
A self-styled Baltic Tripel from this crafty German brewery
This tripel from the Kasteel brewery is big, rich, sweet and a little savoury.
by Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven
Traditional tripel style beer from the famous La Trappe Trappist Monastery in The Netherlands
The biggest and best beer of the Leffe range - a 9% tripel style ale.
A big Belgian Tripel from one of Belgium's big family brewer groups in Duvel-Moortgat
by Mokke Bier
Quite an interesting beer from Mokke that we'll nominally label as a red tripel style
A typical Belgian tripel from one of Belgium's Traditional Family Brewers
The Postel Tripel is a stock-standard Belgian style Tripel brewed at the Affligem Brewery, for the Heineken-owned Alken-Maes group
The first new beer from Rochefort in over 60 years is this delightful Tripel
Rochefort's first light coloured beer in almost a century is this beautiful tripel
The Hobby Brewers have taken their successful Tripel recipe and upsized it for this Grand Cru...then left it lying about in some Cognac barrels for a while
This is the annual winter (rum barrel aged for 2020) version of Het Nest's signature tripel
A classic tripel from one of our favourite little breweries in Belgium
An Abbey Ale in the classic Trappist tripel style - a perfect balance between bitter and sweet.
A classic Belgian Tripel, often held out as an example of the style
An abbey style Belgian Tripel from Bruges De Halve Maan brewery
The Strafe Hendrik Tripel is refermented with a wild Brettanomyces yeast
The Straffe Hendrik Tripel which has been refermented with a wild Brettanomyces yeast strain
Once a year the Straffe Hendrik Tripel is bottle fermented with a wild Brettanomyces yeast strain
A Tripel style beer brewed by Brouwerij Haacht under the Tongerlo label
The world-renowned three-grain tripel, still brewed to a centuries-old recipe.
by Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor)
A true to style Belgian Tripel which was awarded World's Best Tripel at the 2018 World Beer Cup
A tasty beer that is somewhere between a Belgian Tripel and Strong Pale Ale
An uncomplicated but delicious tripel using only two hops and one malt
The 'second' tripel from the St Bernardus brewery is less well known, but still delicious
by Abdij Der Trappisten Van Westmalle
Known as the 'Mother of All Tripels' - this is the benchmark for all tripels.
A typical Belgian Tripel from one of Belgium's old family breweries
by Trappistenbrouwerij De Kievit
A tripel style beer from the 9th official Trappist Monastery
A clean, crisp and sessional IPA from the team at Troubadour
Dedicated to the hero of Antwerp, a dry-hopped spicy blond ale
Fruity aroma and hoppy, spicy flavour make this an extremely drinkable beer.
Four malts, roasted barley and two hops create a beautiful Imperial Stout - with a Belgian twist.
The body of a Belgian triple style beer, hopped like an American Imperial IPA - the best of two brewing cultures in one beer.
Another riff of the Troubadour Magma, this one is a more sessionable, last of the summer sun type of beer
The 2015 variant of their flagship Magma, with the addition of Brettanomyces yeast at all three fermentation phases
The 2016 variation of Troubadour's flagship beer Magma features Maris Otter premium malt
The 2017 variant of Magma sees a change in malt and hop quantities, resulting in a fruity, earthy and dry IPA
The 2019 variant of Troubadour's Magma is a beer that has been made more sessional, with the addition of El Dorado and Nelson Sauvin hops
A rich, smooth and complex dark ale - a perfectly balanced mild stout with a Belgian body.
Amber ale with a spicy and malty character, crisp and light with a dry, slightly bitter finish.
A Belgian west coast Imperial Black IPA, made using 100% Belgian hops
A beautiful imperial black IPA that uses all-Belgian west coast hops
