Eel River Triple Exultation

Brewed by Eel River Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
Fortuna, California USA

Date: 04/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

clear dark burgandy, wispy beige head, drips of lace, dry dark malt aroma with spicy esters and a hint of fruit, creamy body, rich malt flavor with lots of chocolate, touch of fruity character that grows as it warms, good balancing earthy hops, light bitterness, nice spicyness, flavor is much better than the aroma would indicate,
-------- /> Date: 09/08/2007
Mode: bottle
Score: 3.0 to 3.3
Words: cellar party

sweet caramel and vanilla notes coming through on the aroma, nice sticyness in the creamy body, picking up some smokiness in the flavor in addition to the dark caramel and ripe fruits, nice lingering bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

It pours a dark amber. It has a slight tan head, with no lacing seen.You can taste caramel, molasses, roasted malts, and bitter hops. The alcohol and flavor a pretty equal. It finishes with a smooth warm feeling on the tongue.

Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. No evidence of lacing. Has hints of caramel, some subtle hops, molasses, roasted malts, lots of barley. Carbonation and alcohol is balanced pretty well. Finishes with a dry hoppy taste on the backend.

6/30/7 On draught at the Seattle International Beerfest. Aroma is light mild malt forward, with caramel and fruity notes. Beer has a low off-white head. Flavor is caramel malt forward with good sweetness, floral hop flavor and fairly roasty. Mouthfeel is medium/low bodied with a medium carb feel. Overall, not bad, but a bit too much roast for this beer.

650 ml. Dark brown with copper-red highlights and a small, lasting head. Earthy-spiced caramel, metallic molasses, raisins, dried cereal grain and slight alcohol in the aroma. Initial flavors of molasses and spicy chocolate slowly evolve through many other tastes and finish strong with bitter, grassy, lemon herb hops. Slight alcohol on the finish is nice; not too strong. Palate is smooth, large, sticky, and slightly dry on the finish. Basically seems like a big-hopped American Barleywine (akin to Bigfoot, which I also love) but this one might use some European flavor hops, so it’s an Old Ale?

22oz bottle, no date from TURDFERGUSON and the Mystery Swap 2.0, thank you. Deep ruby brown with a creamy 1/2 finger head, good retention. Aroma of raisins, alcohol, caramel, a tinge of cinnamon, toasted and roasted malts. Flavor is raisins, woody and herbal hops (much more than I’ve normally gotten in an old ale), and some scorched caramel malts, bordering on toffee. Spicy alcohol is present. Dry roasty finish. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Pretty good overall.

bottle from yonkers65: pours a dark murky brown with a medium sized tan head. aroma was fantastic of dark fruits, raisins, fresh plums, deep caramel malts, and a touch of vanilla. flavour is full and rich of dark fruits, caramel malts, a touch of roasted malts with dark chocolate and some roasted esspresso

Bomber from Liquid Solutions. Pours a very dark amber and has a fairly large light tan head. I thought the aroma was fantastic. Ripened frutis (plum), candied malts, spice. Flavor is a little oaky with burnt malts, bitter fruits, barley. Actually could pass as a barley wine. Very nice overall.