Eel River Triple Exultation

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

Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a lazing orange head. The aroma is sweet mlaty with notes of alcohol, hops, and a light touch of grass. While the flavor is sweet with strong notes of grass and medium notes of alcohol, leading to a bitter finish.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of BrianK. Hazy amber golden with a creamy, off-white head. Sweetish caramel in the aroma with lots of alcohol. Medium body, some caramel flavours, some yeast and a distinct alcohol burn in the finish. Not bad, just....superfluous. 190408

Blind tasting at Papsoes place, another great session, thanks Henrik! Beer #16: Pours hazy orange with a fully diminished off white head. Dry malty aroma, light caramel note. Flavour is mild sweet caramel malt. Light yeasty, mild bitter and with nicely integrated fruity hops notes. This goes into a dry bitter finish.

Bottle. Cloudy orange coloured with a medium sized off white head. Aroma of malts, caramel and sulpur with notes of fruits. Sweet flavour of caramel and fruits with notes of dried fruits, sulphur and hops. Hoppy finish.

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

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.

Hazy brown with medium off white head. Sweet aroma with off notes. Swete flavor with fruity and caramel notes. Ends sweet.

(22oz bottle) Crystal clear mahogany body topped by medium beige head. Aroma is sweet, toffee/caramel, some tobacco, light plum. Taste is sweet, molasses, raisin, caramel/toffee, some tobacco/leather, roast, light cherry. Alcohol definitely present, but not unpleasant. Sticky full body, low carbonation.

<rant>WTF do they think they’re doing selling this as a bomber!? This is a sipping beer, the kind you place in a snifter and enjoy a smallish quantity -- I have little interest in 22 ounces of sipping. In truth, I suppose this is little worse than a number of big beers in bombers or 750s. Still, two sips in, I was dreading what awaited me volumewise as much as I can ever recall. This despite genuinely enjoying the beer.</end rant>