Brouwerij Westmalle's Trappist Tripel is the benchmark example, but if you can't find it at your local bottle shop, look for Brewery Ommegang's Gnommegang, Allegash's Tripel, or New Belgium's Trippel.

It’s impossible to dip a toe into the world of Belgian beer without touching on Trappist beers, brewed by Trappist monasteries. Today, eleven Trappist breweries are active across Belgium ...

But take a moment to consider, just maybe, that those Trappist monks in Belgium know a thing or two about beer. After all, it's literally part of their job and many of them founded old breweries ...