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Arbor Phat Abbot Belgian Tripel


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An Abbey Tripel brewed by
Arbor Brewing Company Pub & Eatery

Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

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393.29/5.03.27/5.010%37.7Trappist glass, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This traditional Belgian-style triple is strong, fruity, and slightly sour. It starts with a big malt presence, followed up by a pronounced candy sugar sweetness, and balanced with a spicy hop finish. A must-try. Ask your server for a taste!

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 Rastacouere (5418), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/515/20
Jan 24, 2005  
Floaties soldiers arbor this golden white headed body. Intensely sweet aroma with heavy phenolic notes and a serious DMS component. Powder sugar, corn, honey, cabbage meld into a scent reminiscent of honey cough drops in a vegetal way. Somehow, the yeast dries it up a bit on the palate, though there’s still sugary banana bubble gum flavors. At the same time, the thick mouthfeel is dominated by big bubbles that keep biting after having swallowed. I don’t know what to make of this one, clearly, it’s not a top tripel, but despite every critic I have toward it, I can say I generally enjoyed it.


 acrdz (4486), Boulder, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 4, 2008  
Clear gold. Sweet banana, lemon and kool-aid orange smell (yes, kool-aid). Flavor is sweet overall with a heavy candy sugar presence and some lighter lemon/banana yeast notes. Average.


 MartinT (4458), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Jan 24, 2005  
The Lure:<br />A straw yellow robe purports a savvy and creamy haystack. There seems to be a beginning of DMS, but it is actually contributing in this authentically Wallonian attraction.<br /> <br /> The Festivities:<br /> Lemony meringue melts into a creamy, bitter finale. Huge effervescence aptly imitates the most Wallonian brewers. Not a stylistically-correct Tripel, but who cares when you are having so much fun?<br /> <br /> Transcendence:<br />Veracity breeds proficiently in the Michigan brewing scene, it seems.


 tiggmtl (4178), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jan 24, 2005  
Sugary, malty, doughy, citrus-lemon aroma with some light higher alcohols. Opaque yellow straw coloured body is topped by decent white head that recedes to ring. Lemon-citrus cookie dough flavours with some mild phenols. Explosive carbonation offsets the heavy palate. Although it’s certainly not to style, I’m certain that it is very enjoyable to imbibe. Bottle enjoyed with MartinT, muzzlehatch and Rastacouere.


 JoeMcPhee (3899), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 22, 2008  
Tap at HDG Daze of the Devil. Pale golden colour with a thick white head. Aroma is quite nice and spicy. Apricot and light orange peel. A bit of clove and light banana with a soft sweetness, light honeyish character but the beer is generally quite dry and drinkable. Pepper and lightly alcoholic



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