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Straffe Hendrik Tripel

Straffe Hendrik Tripel

The Brewery

Brouwerij De Halve Maan
Walplein 26
8000
Brugge
Belgium
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Beer Style

Tripel


The Beer

The launch of Straffe Hendrik – still the brewery’s flagship beer - heralded the era of strong degustation beers at De Halve Maan.

Its brewer is the oldest in Bruges, based in its historic city centre, and also well known for its Brugse Zot Blond and Donker (dark). De Halve Maan has been brewing for five centuries.

In 1981 they produced a one-off ‘straf’ - a strong beer - to celebrate the inauguration of the statue of St. Arnold, the Patron Saint of Brewers, in Bruges .

This beer is the off-spring of that celebration brew. Its name, Straffe Hendrik, refers to the taste, which is definitely ‘straf’, but also pays homage to the generations of Henri’s – Hendrik in Dutch – in the Maes family who ran the brewery.

Straffe Hendrik, which is a ‘living’ beer with a taste that develops through re-fermentation in the bottle, has inherited the tradition of the authentic Bruges tripel.

It is a blonde tripel with a powerful taste enhanced by rich touches of malt, caramel and hops.

The Straffe Hendrik family also encompasses a strong dark quadruple as well as special editions including the wood-matured Heritage, with a recipe that varies every year, and Wild (prepared with the addition of wild yeasts).


Alcohol

9% ABV

Fermentation

Straffe Hendrik Tripel is a top-fermented beer that re-ferments in the bottle.

Ingredients

Straffe Hendrik is brewed with water, a house yeast, six different varieties of malt, and Saaz and Styrian Golding hops.

Colour & Transparency

The beer takes on a clear, amber-blonde colour with slight evidence of bubbles below a cloudy white head.


    Serving Temperature

    6°C / 42°F

    Serving Glass

    Straffe Hendrik is served in an elegant, tulip-shaped degustation glass on a tall stem. It does great justice to the aromas.


      Character, Tastes & Aromas

      First comes a zesty nose with impressions of black pepper, coriander, ginger and orange.

      The initial taste is one of caramel before the hop bitterness and the malt come to the fore. The finish gives a hint of banana as well as citrus.


        Culinary

        This degustation beer suits spicy fish recipes; or a Camembert or a semi-hard cheese like a Brugse Blomme, or else exotic fruit desserts prepared with pineapple and mango, for example.


        Keeping and Storage

        In the bottle a Straffe Hendrik will keep for 24 months. It can be stored in kegs for up to 12 months.

        Unlike the Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel, Quadrupel Héritage and the Straffe Hendrik Wild the tripel doesn't lend itself very well to aging.


        Availability

        Bottle ✔       On Tap 

        Bottle: 33cl, 75cl. On tap: 15l, 20l.

        As with Brugse Zot you won't be able to miss this one when visiting Bruges, you can pick up the beers from De Halve Maan literally on every street.

        You can also visit the brewery and take a peek at their world famous beer pipeline...

        Outside of Belgium you will have no trouble finding Straffe Hendrik as De Halve Maan successfully exports as far afield as Japan.


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