Eel River Triple Exultation

Aged 2 years: Pours a merky brown with white head. Aroma of malts, dark fruit and brown sugar. Flavor is very tame for 9.7% with notes of mollasses, caramel, malt, fig and vanilla. This beer has an explosive palate with good carbination. Very Good

Pours a dark, dark cola color that looks deep copper when held up to the light. There is almost no head but ring lingers throughout and leaves bits of lacing. The aroma is big and complex with figs, caramel, brown sugar and some wood. There is a bit of citrus hops in there as well if you really look for it, but the sugar and dark fruits are dominant. The taste has a big roasted caramel malt that last throughout. Up front, the sweetness of molasses and brown sugar give way to dark fruits, mainly figs and raisins. There is a much more prevalent resiny hop finish than indicated in the nose. Mouthfeel is creamy and smooth but with lots of carbonation and a slight bitterness from the hops. Sticky. This is an enjoyable and recommended old ale.

Cola and hops nose, pretty copper, pours a small toffee head. Taste is strong malt, quite woody. Medium bodied, strong and bitter. Interesting one. Thanks Sammy.

Bottle. Sweet fruity aroma. Dark body with tan creamy head and mahagany hue. Flavor is rich caramel but the rich creamy texture kept me interested. Otherwise over sweet and sticky on the palate. Easy on the sweetener please.

Slightly hazy darkish-amber colour. Has a slight caramel accent to the aroma. Dry hop taste, plus some dryness from the alcohol. Really caramelly. Interesting, I didn’t know it wasn’t supposed to be a tripel and that definitely confused me.

Dark cloudy caramel brown with a small tan head. Aroma is not very strong, but seems a bit spicier than the flavor. Flavor is very nice. Some brown sugar and raisin with some spice. Cinnamon and nutmeg. Just a very smooth and enjoyable beer.

(22 oz. bottle from Bootleggers) Caramel and booze...Pours hazy dark caramel amber with two and a half fingers of light caramel amber biege head. Head recedes to about 1/4" and retains well. Aroma of dark sweet caramel and vanilla. Mouthfeel full and fairly smooth. Big weepy rings of lacing. Flavor is malty, dark sweet almost smoky caramel, lightly toasted or burnt. Boozy with quite an alcohol presence but not overpowering. Also fairly strong hoppiness overlays and emerges more toward finish giving a nice bitter bite. Pretty nice beer although a little one-dimensional. Might be an interresting one to age.

Reddish-amber with tan head. Brown sugar aromas. Some hops tame the sweetness. Slightly metallic. Hint of maple too. Soft, gentle carbonation. Bready. Balanced, mild flavors with banana, walnuts, and plums detected.