Allagash Tripel Reserve

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottle->trappist. Pours a hazy gold with effervescent white head. Aroma: yeast, biscuit, clove, tart fruit. Taste: yeast, honey, banana, tart fruit. Moderate carbonation, pretty smooth. Good.

2009 bottle, thanks to... damn, these tasting sessions. cloudy pale yellow grey-ish with a nice frothy white head, good retention and lacing. biscuity and bready malts, light toastiness, very fruity - white grapes, coriander, very spicy hops, vinous characteristics - even some woodiness. some honey sweetness - never cloying. lively carbonation, medium body - oily, very nice grassy-herbal finish. very nice aged brew.

Pours lighter gold with a medium white head which sticks around, leaves great lacing. Aroma is Belgian yeast, citrus, candied sugar and pear. Taste is sweet with moderating bitters, but overall pretty sweet. Medium bodied with a sticky finish. Good carbonation leads to a lively mouth feel.

12oz bottle into Trappist glass. Hazy golden yellow color with half-finger of white head. Aroma notes of fruit (banana, pear, lemon), spices (clove dominates), honey, bread and yeast. Taste hits with the fruity/spicey Belgian yeast, tart, balanced with sweet honey malt and light hop notes. Medium body, lively carbonation and dry finish. Very good Tripel.

This beer is a cloudy yellow color. It has a yeasty aroma. It tastes like banana bread. It is clean on the finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

750 ml bottle, batch 171. Poured into a Delirium Tremens glass. Pale amber color with two fingers of head that refuses to retreat. It sits so perfectly in the glass. All sorts of fruit on the nose: banana, lemon, pear and lemongrass. It tastes also exactly like it smells: banana, lemon and bread. Then at the end is a yeasty/bitter taste, which was out of place. On the pleasant side, there is a nice alcohol after taste. Smooth and bubbly, then crisper at the end. Superb looking and good smelling. The taste was right on until the end with the yeast/bitter taste that just did not belong. Maybe it was this batch or bottle.

Batch #189. Gorgeous head, nice cloudy golden color. Nose is full of banana and yeast. The taste is... wow. In fact, that’s exactly what I said out loud after my first sip. Flavors are also banana and yeast with a little spiciness at the finish. Hides its high ABV expertly. A world-class beer.

Cloudy golden. Lots of belgian spice and clove. Some banana. Close to ebil weis. Not bad

Pours nice and golden with a frothy head. Aroma is of passion fruit, little bit of citrus fruit, light honey, banana and a small amount of clove. Good carbonation. Tastes of classic Belgian brewing spices. Honey notes with caramel,apple, pear, apricot, banana. Great Tripel. Among my favorite beers.

Pours a mildly hazy golden colour with a really nice soapy white head leaving a bit of lace up the glass. Aromas of banana, spicy, fruity, floral. Flavours of spice/fruit/alcohol blend, some banana notes, alcohol is a bit sweet, some lemon, pepper, yeast on the finish.