Flying Dog Kerberos Tripel

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

Not so bad. Belgian yeast and candi sugar is there. Light spice, coriander, a little citrus, and some wheat. Gold color and just a little cloudy.

Good enough for me. Neat bottle, maybe a little too all over the place, but a decent tripel. Alcohol mixed in nicely with some citrus, banana, herbs. A bit yeasty and fun.

The aroma is fitting for the style. It’s got that yeasty malty mess with alcohol, fruit, and hops in the background. The appearance is orange gold with a small sudsy head that fades fast. The flavor is mildly sweet with a much stronger hop presence than the aroma suggested. The bitterness peaks up front then comes back at the end mostly due to the high alcohol taste. Its a little funky but in a good way. Its also a little citrusy. The palate is thin. Overall not bad but not great.

Hey, not to knock all of the traditional raters, but for half the price, this Tripel is about as good as some of the standards out there.

12oz bottle. Pours a yellow-brown color with a thin, wispy white head. The smell of yeast predominates and overshadows other, more subtle aromas. Sickly sweet yeasty, fruity flavor with a fairly strong alcohol finish. One of Flying Dog’s weakest offerings.

Warm slightly sweet aroma, with hints of bannana, licorice, fruits and yeast. Hazy golden pour into a tulip. big belgian flavor with dark fruits, bread and more sweetness. The alcohol comes out slightly at the end and kinda lingers as ripe fruits really dominate on the palate. Not bad I like Flying dog more and more but it is hard to find to an american brewer that can pull off a triple. not even close to La Fin.......but none the less not bad.

From a 12 oz brown bottle, purchased a while ago at 3 sons dog and suds. Nice hazy pale yellow with sparkling streams of carbonation visibly apparent. On the bottom of the bottle is just enough sediment to make this a swirling hypnotizing experience. There are these flakes just hanging out randomly in my glass. Smell is just a tad fruity and acceptable. I remember the first time I had a tripel; tripel what? Well if it’s an American tripel you know what tripel is from the flavor but if it’s a Belgie tripel you may not find out until it hits you. The American uncivilized versions really do not stack up to the refined Belgie versions. This stuff is someplace in between those said versions of tripel. First taste is somewhat strong but not really offensive; it is very acceptable for an American tripel. Nope, not as reserved as the Belgies but, not as rude as the corrupt American imitation tripels. Barely any perceived carbonation, but there is this creamy thing going on between the tongue and the roof of the mouth. Taste is certainly Belgian tripel in nature, good job FD. Big bark of flavors, go piss on a fire hydrant; after a sniff or two. Big flavor bark but no dog bite. I found this American contemporary tripel rather acceptable all round. Dizzying in effect at times, without you knowing it. Isn’t that an attribute of a real Belgie tripel? Let’s go kick over an antique shovelhead. Finish is almost a Belgie tripel but not quite, taste is there but it lacks kindness. However, it hides its 8+% well. Approaches, but just can’t equal a real Belgie tripel. S6L4F2T4O10

Poured a hazy orange. Aroma was a bit of malt and some Belgian yeast smells, but with nothing really coming to the foreground. Flavor was pretty underwhelming too. Some malt, a little yeast flavor, but nothing really outstanding. Pretty mild beer actually. Smooth though.