De Dochter Van De Korenaar (which translates as ‘The Daughter of the Ear of Corn’) is a fabulous family brewery in the town of Baarle-Hertog, a Belgian enclave within The Netherlands.
This was the first DDVDK beer I tried and was the reason I planned a trip to visit the brewery many years ago. My lasting memory of this beer was that it was a delicious tripel, at once smooth and creamy but also sharp and spicy. It has been a while since I’ve had this beer again, so we’ll see how that memory holds up.
It pours a hazy orange gold colour with a thick white foam and an inviting aroma that is a mix of malt and fruit sweetness, classic Belgian yeast notes and spicing.
The beer is smooth and sweet up front. A good bready malt backbone carries the additional fruit flavours of peach, apricot and pear along with some hay and light spice. And that creaminess is still there, probably more early on than late.
The finish is somewhat dry and spicy, pleasantly bitter while still full and flavoursome. Not exactly the average Belgian tripel, it has a three-grain malt bill of barley, wheat and rye. Deliciously different to the norm – that is what this brewery is all about!
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 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
The 2022 Magma variant is finished with a wine yeast
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
The new beer from the good 'Dochter' is a dry-hopped saison with bitter orange
An old-school triple dry-hopped IPA, with a solid malt body and a Belgian yeast
A tasty sweet milk stout with the addition of smoked wheat malt and whole vanilla beans
A Belgian double IPA, with fourteen different hops added continuously during the brewing process
A (restrained for the style) American Pale Ale from the good Dochter
A bigger, hoppier version of the Noblesse Belgian Pale Ale
A delicious Imperial Stout with the addition of Rooibos, a little lighter and drier than a typical IS
A strong dark ale pitched somewhere between a trappist quadrupel and a Belgian stout.
A balanced Belgian blond ale, with a beautiful hop bite that lasts.
