Edith Kelly (asker) May 16, 2023:

Thank you all for your proposals

Jennifer Levey May 13, 2023:

@Edith I was referring to the fact that 'Rripel' is not, as you stated, 'the correct spelling'. And as this is an English monolingual question, I used the usual English term 'triple', as here (amongst many others): https://brewcavern.co.uk/product/triple/

Also, BTW, have not suggested that triple is 'triple strength' - only that it has 3 times the quantity of hops compared to 'single' IPA.

The ABV of your 'Tripel Karmeliet' is 8.5, which is comparable to the 9.2 ABV of the English 'St Mars of the Desert' triple in my link, and those ABVs are only about twice the ABV of 'single' beers (IPA), most of which have ABV below around 5.5.

FPC May 13, 2023:

This? It's not the best written piece of beer literature, but the meaning of boundary seems clear to me, and it's the common meaning of the term. In this case he's talking about beers that set one of the end points in a range of ABV values (say form 0% to 12% ABV).
Anyway it's not really correct as the alcohol content range of tripel beers is somewhat below that of quadrupel beers. So ... (spellings are correct as these are Flemish/Dutch words)

https://www.gall.nl/bier/soorten/tripel-bier/

Shera Lyn Parpia May 13, 2023:

with Tony on this one I think it simply means "upper limit"

Edith Kelly (asker) May 13, 2023:

Jennifer the Belgian name ist Tripel Karmeliet, it is in German https://bieronlineshop.ch/produkt/bosteels-karmeliet-tripel-... so not triple strength

Jennifer Levey May 13, 2023:

I think the confusion here lies in the first word 'They' at the start of the marked sentence. IMHO, 'They' refers to the terms 'Triple' and 'Double IPA' in the previous sentence - where 'double' and 'triple' refers to the fact that those beers are made with two or three time the quantity of hops, compared to ordinary IPA (India Pale Ale). Consequently, if a beer is labelled 'Triple', that indicates that it falls within a range (albeit ill-defined) of ABV values - as well as being used as an 'excuse' to charge more per bottle.
IOW, I think 'boundary' is the wrong word - 'range' or 'category' would be better.
The role of dry-hopping in this context is that the ABV can be 'manipulated' so that what is basically the same product can end up as 'double' or 'triple', according to market requirements.
Lastly, contrary to Asker's statement: the correct spelling is Rripel, the correct term is indeed 'Triple' (as contrasted with 'Double').

Oliver Simões May 13, 2023:

@Lara I thought the same. "Dividing line" seems to make sense.

Lara Barnett May 13, 2023:

@ Edith Could they mean the dividing line between those alcohol range of beer and.... others? So that this is what distinguishes them?

Edith Kelly (asker) May 13, 2023:

Tony Limit does not make much sense either. However, I know beers with higher ABVs. See e.g. https://www.findmeabrewery.com/beers/twelve-percent/. I wonder whether the writer meant: interface. What do you think?

Tony M May 13, 2023:

@ Asker It sounds to me as if the IT writer has picked the wrong word in EN, and really means a 'limit' (both words can render the same IT word)
This would at least make sense: a "limiting value", as 10% ABV is pretty high for beer, I've never personally come across anything higher (or not remembered it if I have).