a short glossary of brewing and beer terms

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take a look through these pages to find out more about some of the phrases used on our site.

Tripel

Originally used be the Westmalle Trappist brewery, Tripel (or Trippel) refers to a style of beer brewed mainly in the low countries. Westmalle originally released their Tripel under the name Superbier: a strong blonde ale and based on a blonde beer the monks had been brewing sporadically since 1931.

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