4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Let me begin by saying that tripels are not my favorite but this bottle has been aged for about a year now, and i find that it pours with a golden color with a quickly dissipating head. The abv of the beer is kind of overpowering so i really only smell the alcohol content and not the vanilla or coconut. I find that as you swallow the beer it leaves a very nice vanilla flavor, with a strong bourbon aftertaste. I find that Curiex is more flavorful when it is closer to room temperature. Otherwise it is a very solid beer, but the high abv overpowers the other flavors.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Refrigerated 750 mL bottle poured into a trappist glass. Pours light orange with medium bright white head. Good small bubble lacing, medium/heavy body, and medium carbonation. Taste is yeasty citrus to start off with then bam Jim Beam bourbon (oak and some vanilla). Alcohiol has a strong presence. Allagash Tripel is excellent, just get a bottle of that.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
a strong aroma and taste of bourbon from the tap @ shorty’s NYC. Flavor of coconut and that "vanilla cream" character manifests itself in some order. Alcohol apparent like Bourbon. Golden ale. Used to really enjoy Bourbon so... no real wood and likewise on the malt.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(750ml courtesy of JCB!). Bottled April 2011. Pours a hazy golden color with pillowy iff-white head. Active carbonation. Aroma has grass, hay, orange and a hint of wood and bourbon. Taste is sweet from malts and light bourbon. A little vanilla too. Light to medium bodied with oily texture. Smooth finish. An interesting combination of trippel and bourbon.
2.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours a dirty gold and very hazy with a small, resilient white head with strong lacing. Nose is strong and malty with generous bready and sweet fruit aromas, along with some alcohol. Bourbon barrel aging is immediately evident in the flavor, and it’s too much of a whiskey taste (there is nothing subtle about it). The tripel qualities of fruit and wheat are overwhelmed by the wood. Backside is a little nutty and boozy. I love good beer and I love bourbon, but this is not a good combination. Perhaps the 8 weeks of aging should be cut to two to keep the whiskey to a flirting hint in the taste and not a punch in the face.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml shared with JF A: vanilla some woodiness from the aging, a bit of spiciness. App: hazy blond white head nice lacing. t/p : body is medium with creamy texture. A bit of warness from the alcool. O: nice the wood truely add a little something to that one.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours hazy light brown, aromas of yeast, banana, clove, lots of bourbon. Dry with some booze, noticeable alcohol warmth. Quite complex, a nice sipper.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750mL corked and caged bottle, May 2011 bottling, c/o Greg on his trip to Maine. Thanks man! Pours hazy, dull orange with yellow around the edges and a 2-finger white meringue-like head. The aroma is sweet fruit; lots of plum, cherry, and some orange, with the oak lending notes of buttered fruitcake. Some alcohol and yeast are also present. The flavor is oak and buttery toffee, plum, and mild bitter citrus with cherry stones. The finish is bitter grassy notes with alcohol and a moderate resurgence of sweet fruit and bourbon. Medium to high carbonation and full-bodied, creamy as it warms, with a lively and dry mouthfeel. This one is warming in the mouth, and all the way down. Really pretty good, nicely balanced. The bourbon is not overpowering, but rather complementary. I dig this. Thanks Kevin! [762]
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