Defiant Belgian Style Tripel Ale

Brewed by Defiant Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Pearl River, New York USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Clear yellow with an active and large head. Fruity, yeast, light earth, and a bit of funk in the nose. Bright fruit, sugary sweet, light yeast, a bit of earth, too. Medium dryness in the finish. Real nice beer.

Hazy straw orange with thin white head, and lots of bubbles, Aroma is a bit of orange , wheat, and some sulfur. Taste is the same, with a sharp acidity and residual sugar into the finish. Not as carbonated as expected. $10/750

Bottle from hopdog. Thanks! Nose is somewhat yeasty, dusty, hints of pears and apples with some lemony notes as well as some earthy. Pours golden, hazy, nice lasting rocky head. The flavor is quenching with notes of bread, lemon, green apple, pear, dry yeasty spice. Somewhat lemony acidic finish. Nicely carbonated, dry lasting almost quenching finish at 9%. Nice stuff.

A: The pour is a clear golden color with a short-lived white head. S: A very fruity aroma. Lots of pears, apples, bananas, and even some lemon zest. A nice sweet malt and sugar character and there is just a hint of tartness to it. T: Sweet for the most part, but there is a hint of tart fruit. Apple, banana, pear, orange peel, and lemon are again present and there is a light floral note to the beer. M: Somewhat light in body for such a big beer, but I’m not complaining. Medium in carbonation. O: Despite being a 9% beer, this was really easy to drink and fairly light.

Bottle. Pours hazy gold. White head. Nose of lemongrass, yeast, alcohol, grains, bready malt and citrus. Taste of sweet almost dark fruit, lemongrass, yeast, bready malt and citrus. Full mouth feel.

750ml bottle. Rating #76. Light hazy yellow color. Light sweetness with some graininess. Sweet and pretty nice. Decent.

Bottle. Clear gold, foamy thick white head that lasts. Nice belgian yeast aroma, some fruit, light citrus, some hops, bit of bready malt. Taste is a big strange, slick. Not bad but a little bit disappointing.

Bottle thanks to Dmac. Pours out a moderate golden color with a slightly off white, two finger head. Aroma is of some apple, spice and other light fruity notes. Taste is complex, sweet apple, light pear, some spicy notes, bubblegum. Alcohol is very wel hidden.

750 ml cork and caged bottle from Super Buy-Rite Jersey City. Poured a chill hazed gold body underneath a bright white large foamy head. Aroma of candi sugar, yeast, grains, dried out tropical fruit and a slight hint of alcohol. Sweet flavor with citrus rind notes, tropical fruits, yeast, toast and white grapes. Medium to full bodied with lively carbonation. Pretty solid.

Started off a little cloying, but as it progressed it kinda grew on ya. Little fruity, little yeasty-- but when it was gone I was wishing it wasn’t.