This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 333: November 29, 2015
Diary entry:
Today did not get to be exciting as I had originally hoped, primarily due to the abundance of rain.
It had threatened rain, and drizzled a little, over the prior two evenings, but the days themselves turned out to be rather nice.
Today, the skies opened up, and it rained pretty much the entire way home.
There were thoughts of stopping at a market or two on the way, but every time we hit a city of interest, it was pouring, so we just push on through to home.
Which was maybe a good thing. I was quite tired after the prior two evenings of Christmas markets.
The Beer:
Name: Tre Fontane Tripel
Style: Belgian Tripel
Producer: Abbazia delle Tre Fontane
Alcohol content: 8.5%
Bottle size: 0.33 l
Purchased from: Proeflokaal ‘t Gelagh in Oisterwijk, the Netherlands
Tre Fontane Tripel by Abbazia Tre Fontane. My original plan for the afternoon: sit on the couch and recover from the weekend road trip. Change of plans though, as I received a message from Bjorn, a friend from Untappd – One of the local bars, ‘t Gelagh in Oisterwijk, was having a Trappist beer tasting day, and on the menu, Tre Fontane from Rome, Italy! Finally – the last Trappist beer I have not yet tasted! (I managed to score Spencer, the other more recent addition, on Day 33, and Nivard by Stift Engelszell on day 249 of the challenge.) I tried, but failed, to pick up a bottle at the bottle shop two weeks ago, but managed to get a bottle at the tasting today. And it’s quite tasty. Malty and bitter. And the aromas just kept growing in the glass as it sat.
Commercial Description (bottle label – translated):
This beer, flavored with eucalyptus leaves, is a unique product born from an ancient recipe of Tre Fontane monastery. Since 1873, the eucalyptus characterizes the products of this Community of Trappist Monks.
