Flying Dog Kerberos Tripel

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Abbey Tripel
Frederick, Maryland USA

2008 Bottle provided by bu11zeye. Pours with a small, white head that vanishes over a golden body. Aroma of of pear, coriander and candi sugar. Taste is candi sugar, dried fruits and a few spices. Very lively carbonation. Nothing too complex about this tripel.

A truly unremarkable Belgian Tripel. Fits into the style okay, but not very interesting.

In a bottle from a mixpack (!). Extremely disappointing; odd flavour and lack of body followed by an undisguised alcohol finish. Avoid.

7 oz nip bottle, a gift from my friend Ryan, Nose of yeast, candi sugar, and light cloves and bubblegum. Bright clear, yellow gold with a medium white head. Flavor has light sweetness, some spiciness, and light bitterness in the background. Not nearly a good tripel, but i could drink it as their are no bad flavors or odors coming through.

I find this pretty disappointing--flying dog seems to have gone downhill in my book. Tripels are one of my favorites, but I won’t drink this one again. Lots of carbonation but almost no head. The flavor has a good bit of cardboard to it, with a thin body. Some sweet malt in the finish, but not enough to really make it good.

Pours a very hazy, coppery-gold color with a fairly small, white, creamy head which is mostly diminishing but does leave some lace. Nose is decent for the style with lots of wheat and bubblegum (strange notes but nice), some floral and black pepper, a bit of banana bready yeast notes, and some clove in there too. Flavor is not bad as well; light candi sugar, the same banana bread yeast, floral hops with a light to moderate bitterness, faint spicy warmth, honey, and faint fruit notes into the finish. Palate is lively, medium, lightly drying, and thick. Finishes a bit dry, lightly bitter, yeasty, and some fruity notes. It was not one of the better examples of the style but from a brewery who does not brew Belgian beer, it was not a bad effort. Nothing about the beer was bad or offputting but not quite to the caliber of the better examples.

(12oz bottle) Small off-white head atop hazy apple juice body. Aroma is moderately sweet, apple juice, some candi sugar, light spice. Taste is moderately sweet, Belgian yeast, candi sugar, some alcohol, orange, apple. Medium body, some stickiness. Eh.

Nice golden color,small white head that faded quickly leaving nothing behind again.Malty floaral aroma with some hints of citrus and hops.The flavor was quite good with a mild malty sweet side in the beginning then a change to a hoppy taste in the middle and then here comes the alcohol.The alcohol comes in kind of strong in the end with a nice burn but hardly disguised in anyway.It then finishes up with some mild hop bitterness.Overall it starts out quite smooth and finishes up kind of harsh with the way the alcohol and hops come on so clummsily.Not a brew i care to engage with again but it does have a good start.