Bluegrass Mephistopheles Metamorphosis

Brewed by Bluegrass Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Holy Crap!!! Alcohol!!! Alcohol!!! Alcohol!!! I could have just ordered a scotch. Alcohol aside, a very, very interesting triple. I thing the dominace of the ethyl took away from the flavor that, underneath was not bad at all. More alcoholic than any barley wine or tripple I have ever had. Did I mention the Alcohol flavor?

Bottle 750ml.

Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, toffee, alcohol, boozy, marzipan notes. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, boozy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20110930]

fonefan tasting. Clear amber with an off-white hed. Aroma is sweet, malty, grain and light yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. ry and light bitter finish. 300911

Bottle @ Morten minus Peter smagning, Ulfborg. Pours cloudy golden with a small white head. Sweet nose of spices and yeast. Boozy and alcoholic flavor. Medium bodied. Incomplex.

Bottle. slightly hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, fruit and bread. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit, bread, yeast, sweet, hops and notes of alcohol.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are yeast, caramel, alcohol, sugar and hops.

Draft in a half pint glass. Pours clear light orange. Very strong flavor but I can’t identify anything besides the alcohol, citrus and resin. Has a medium finish with sweet aftertaste and berry flavors. Very sweet. Again very strong.

750ml bottle: A friend brought this back from a business trip. This one poured an orangish, dark yellow color. There was a bit of a white head on it that leaves some lacing. The aroma is decent, and fairly typical for a tripel. Nothing to set it ahead or behind of another of the style. The taste is also good. Some spicy notes, fruitiness, breadiness, yeastiness that are typically attributed to a tripel. No alcohol evident in the taste or aroma. Nice.

Sampled at a BBC tasting at West Lakeview Liquors. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head that vanishes quickly. Notes of honey, apricots, pears, floral notes, sweet malts, graham crackers, and some late warming alcohol. Medium-full bodied, with a sticky mouthfeel and low carbonation. Not a bad tripel, but kind of messy.

Clear golden with a small fluffy white head. Sweet fruit, bread, and mild caramel aroma and taste with some tangy notes throughout.

Pours a cloudy blonde color with no head. The aroma is very sweet and fruity. The flavor is also very sweet and fruity. The body is light to medium with a liquorous texture and moderate carbonation. This is too sweet for a tripel.