This is the regular Straffe Hendrik Tripel, but this time fermented with wild Brettanomyces yeast strains.
Belgium- Quadrupel- 11.0% ABV. Pours a beautiful brown color with a creamy head. A malty, yeasty aroma with notes of dark fruit, plums, raisins, caramel & Belgian yeast. A creamy taste of molasses, bready malts, caramel, yeast & dark fruit. Finishes with a kick of floral hops!
Straffe Hendrik Quadruple is a rich and intense dark Belgian ale. It is brewed with a subtle blend of specialty malts, which give the ale an extremely dark color and a chewy, malty complex character. The quadruple combines a clean dryness with a warm full bodied mouth feel and essences of fruit. Secondary fermentation in the bottle creates a living ale that can be aged and will have an evolution of taste profiles over time. It is brewed by the last active brewery in the historical city of Bruges. The town archives first mention the brewery in 1546. Since 1856, the famous brewing family Maes-Vanneste has owned the brewery.
The last authentic Tripel Style Beer brewed in Bruges Straffe Hendrik was an authentic Bruges' Tripel beer: a strong and rich beer with lots of flavours (malt, caramel and hop) and 9% abv. In the past, lots of Bruges' breweries produced a Tripel Style Bruges' Ale, a “Brugse Tripel”. In fact, it was a local speciality. Today, Straffe Hendrik is the last authentic Bruges' Tripel Beer. In 1988, the label was transferred to another brewery and the production in Bruges decreased until it stopped completely. In 2008, exactly 20 years later, Xavier Vanneste brought the label back to Bruges. Ever since, Straffe Hendrik is being brewed in Bruges according to the original recipe and enjoys once again an excellent reputation amongst the people of Bruges who have their Tripel back. Straffe Hendrik, a rich bitter ale Straffe Hendrik brewed with a subtle mixture of 6 different kinds of malt. The taste is strong with a lot of hop (Saaz and Styrian Golding) of the best quality. The second fermentation in the bottle assures a longer shelf life. Straffe Hendrik is a very rich beer with lots of flavours.