Fish Tale Monkfish Triple (Barrel Aged)

Formerly brewed at Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Style: Abbey Tripel
Olympia, Washington USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottle. Los fluffy and quickly disappearing white head. Clear amber body. Strong malty and fruity aroam with a bit of alcohol. Powerful fruity caramel malt flavor with spicy notes. Low carbonation. Long sweet aftertaste.

From bottle, blind #4, 2001 vintage, courtesy of thewolf. Pours dark orange with a small white head. Mild wooden, vanilla, and light bourbon like nose. Smooth wooden, bourbon and caramelish to biscuit malt flavoured. Smooth and nicely balanced. Light wooden lasting impression into the far finish.

Bottle. [thank you, after4ever]
[Bottle #4 in the Kolding Blindtasting, 20th June 2009]
[vintage 2001]
Pours a tad hazy, deep orange. A small, creamy, white head on top. Aroma is really impressive. Lots of yeasty notes, apples, pineapple, oak, biscuity malts, cardemum. Medium carbonation, good creamy mouthfeel. Flavour maintains the notes of cardemum, adds some rosemary. Oak, yeast, viniousness, sweet maltiness. A touch of oaky tartness in the end, but overall, a very elegant tripel.

2001 bottle! thanks geoff. I was very impressed how well this beer has held up. great action in the pour. hazy copper, thick pour with forthy off white ehad. big malty aroma. sweet. aged almost like a barely wine. It definitely has more of those characteristics at this point of its aging than a triple. great beer.

750ml bottle. 2001. Hell yeah! The last of my sought-after BA Fish Beers!

Good mix of Tripel and barrel on the nose. Yeast phenolics are still quite alive. Green apple, candi sugar, just a touch of oxidization. Barrel presence asserts itself upon warming. Some spice and mustines. Top pour is bright copper with a thick, bright white head. Flavor resembles an aged Strong Ale more than a Tripel. Malt presence is still quite huge. Fruity. Apple and pear skin. Just a small amount of barrel tannin. Wet wood and musty leaf pile. Caramel and toffee malt are still quite assertive with an underlying yeasty phenolic quality. The smallest amount of cardboard and nutty oxidization. Like the other Fish BA brews... has held up remarkably well and will continue to age quite well. Creamy and full bodied on the tongue with a graceful nutty finish. This beer still has plenty of life left. Thanks Andre!

750, capped. 2001. Oh, yeah, finally get to try this beer after years of searching. Pours a slightly hazy burnished medium amber. Dense but shallow white head. Wood, white wine, green apples, and sweet cream on the nose. Creamy medium body. Surprisingly firm carb for the vintage. Sherry-like oxidation, green apples, sweet cream, and a little bit of bitey vinous tartness on the finish. Wonderful stuff. Not really a tripel anymore, but that’s A-OK.

750 ml bottle 2003 vintage poured a clear reddish gold with a lasting creamy ivory head. Aromas of bread, yeast, graininess, light carmel and a hint of fruittiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of bread, yeast, light carmel and a hint of fruittiness with a smooth lingering malty finish.

2003 vintage 750ml bottle. Murky amber color with an off white head. Vinous, woody sweet aroma is complex. Med body with light carbonation. Nice sugary sweet, sour vinous, earthy, wood, spicy flavors are a Byzantine blend same as in the aroma. Has a subtle herbal hop bite to finish. Pretty damn good. 81005

(bottle - 750 ml: 2003 vintage) Cloudy orange/amber pour with a very thin layer of white foam. Aroma is sweet and malty with hints of yeast, caramel, and raisins. Flavor is sweet and yeasty with a little hint of apples, cloves, and a slightly bitter finish. Smooth and rather chewy.

Poured a hazy amber color with a large off-white head. The aroma was failrly fruity. Yeasty notes with oranges and some spice. The flavor had a fruity start but that was short lived. Some yeasty notes. Semi-dry bitter finish.