Rockmill Cask Aged Tripel

Brewed by Rockmill Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Lancaster, Ohio USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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This amazing beer pours a cloudy honey golden with a very thick head of off white lace. Nose has hints of oak, whiskey, honey and floral hops. Deep and rich complex flavor that starts out with bourbon like notes, broadening into a more tripel style with decent hops and a slightly sweet middle. Finish is warming, alcohol evident. Toasted oak presence with carmelized sugary honey/brown sugar flavor around the edges. Very deep and complex beer. Very awesome.

Murky gold color out of the caged cork bottle. Nose of yeast and whiskey. This bottle only gave a subtle pffft when opened. More carbonation may have helped. Lots of whiskey barrel flavors with oak and vanilla. Orange peel and lemon with yeast and some bready notes. I do not think that triples benefit from the barrel. Interesting brew.

Corked and caged, cloudy orange pour, almost apple cider like, inlike the others I got no head....at all, this brew was actually quite still, and I had no pop with my cork? Wondering if it was botched. Aroma is quite fruity and spicy, hints of whiskey, over ripe bananas and spices, some peach aromas as well. Taste is complex, again with the whiskey, oak undertones, and over ripe bananas, I want some carbonation but this is flat, the mouthfeel is not great, but the taste is, ill have to try another bottle and review again to see if this bottle was damaged in any way.

Bottle. Hazy orange pour with a white head. Huge oak and bourbon elements. Delicious!

Bottle. Poured cloudy golden color with a large frothy off-white head that lasted with excellent lacing. Complex woody, citrus, whiskey and yeast aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation and thin particles. Medium to heavy whiskey complex flavor with a medium to heavy complex sweet finish of moderate duration with a small alcohol bite. This is a refreshing standout beer.

bottle... medium clear dark gold, lots of head... the whiskey shows off a lot on the nose, the taste is more restrained, very sweet whiseky overall, too sweet for me, but decent

Sample at Ale Wine & Spirits in Powell on 10/20/2011. Pours a hazy orange-gold color with a medium bubble white head that diminishes steadily. Sticky patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of oak, yeast, malt and fruit. Full-bodied with a ripe fruity character and a subtle whiskey base. Notes of peppery yeast and malt in the background along with some sweet spice. The finish is well-balanced between oak and fruit. Overall a very enjoyable beer.

750 ml caged and corked bottle. Served in a DFH Signature Glass, the beer pours a very cloudy golden/orange color with a huge frothy off-white head. There’s also a good amount of lacing. The bottle was a slow gusher when it opened, and the head on this brew continued to grow after first pouring it into the glass. It took a little while for the brew to settle down before I started drinking it. Aroma is mostly fruity, the brew smells like pears, peaches, whiskey, peppery spice, honey, and some tropical fruit. It tastes like pears, yeast, peppery spice, whiskey, honey, peaches, and a bit of apple and toasted coconut. The whiskey flavor is quite smooth and works well with this beer. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it’s a bit slick and syrupy, and it has high but soft carbonation. It’s also easy enough to drink. The barrel aging sure hasn’t hurt the Tripel at all. I’m a big fan of the regular Tripel, and I really like this Cask Aged version too! Hopefully Rockmill will decide to make another batch of this sometime in the future.