Eel River Triple Exultation

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

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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very nice combination of malt and some hops, nice head over cloudy amber body

A clear red/amber colored beer, with a light beige head. The aroma of fruits, malts, raisins and spices. The taste of some alcohol fruits, spices. A little burny. The aftertaste is bitter, dry with some sweet.

Bottle. Dark with a treacle like thickness. Plenty of body and low carbonation make it easy to drink.Clean tasting with power. Respect and enjoy.

8/8/11. 22oz bomber. Brown pour, ruby reds under the light, with a small creamy tan head that fades. Aroma of dark berry fruits, brown sugar, and cardboard. Rich flavor of caramel, chocolate, and dark fruits. Easily the best Eel River beer I’ve had.

The was not balanced at all. Each element seems to shoot at at you. The alcohol burned. The hops we relentless but didn’t do much to cancel out the sweetness. The taste was peppery and spicy resting on over caramelized dark fruits. Glad it was on a 40% discount.

Eel River Triple Exhaltation Pours medium copper with a thick long lasting tan head and mild lacing. Aroma is rich in malts with toffee notes and a slight hop note. Smells of sugar daddies. Flavor is full malty sweet body with a sweet flowery hop note and caramel all over the place. I know this is an “old ale”, but this a great barley wine by any other measure. Lovely and well priced.

Wow, I didn’t expect to see the score for this one so high considering it was 3.99 and I’ve had some bad beers from Eel River. Pours hazed amber with a large long-lasting beige head. Aroma of toffee, dark fruit, leather, tobacco. Taste is much the same with the alcohol a little more noticeable than I hoped. Still good stuff though.

6 June 2011, bottle. dark reddish brown, hazy and no head. sweet nose. granola w/ raisins. very sweet. alcohol and lots of sultanas. full body and a little fizzy. interesting flavour. sweet up front, like raisiny wort. very sweet, malty and soft raisin and pear flavours. sugary. nice, lightly roasted malt. weird finish. oddly flavoured. bitter yeastiness. can’t describe it. i don’t really like it. this is a sugary barely wine that has a weird finish.

1lb 6oz bottle. Pours a chestnut colour with a red hue. There is no head - it looks like cherry cola. The nose has intense cereal and a little bit of sweet molasses (it’s animal feed - cow nuts). The taste has caramel & malt with a honey finish which falls away into some yeastiness. The palate has a big structure but it falls away quicker - the alcohol is well hidden. Overall, I like it a lot and could drink it but slightly disappointed in the finish.

Bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma of malt and butterscotch. Sweet caramel, fruit, and a bit of butterscotch.