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Brewed by Flying Fish Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Cherry Hill, New Jersey USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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750 ml bottle....let me preface this by saying i am not a trippel fan usually but i really liked this one.... nice malty start and the hops make it a very clean finish... definitely worth a try,,, in fact i am going ot buy one to age for a year or two .... great job flying fish

UPDATED: FEB 8, 2010 750 ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a lively carbonation and a nice off white fluffy sticky head. Aroma is phen9olic, yeasty, good fresh doughy bread, orange zest, lemony citrus, but not quite as fresh or pungently hoppy as some other American style tripels very slight medicinal phenols as well as hints of grass and earth. Plastic phenols come through as well. Flavor is zesty earthy, and tons of nice herbal hops- and less American style citrus- tons of European spiciness- with a slight citrus kick as it warms, doughy slight sweet caramel malts, zesty- spicy yeasty phenols, slight medicinal, very woody and weedy- garlic mustard is prevalent, very green and turns a bit astringent rather than lively fluffy doughy and citrusy like many other American tripels. Finishes dry though but still has a moderate harsh astringency that makes finishing the bottle a daunting task.

UPDATED: APR 28, 2009 20090417 750ml bottle from Spirits RB. Mostly clear golden with small but lastin white head of tight wight foam. Aromas is hoppy and tropical with grapefruit, pineapple, and sweet rolls taking front seat. Flavor is sharp and a bit hot with bright citrus notes, more grapefruit some pineapple, and sweet orange candy. Tastes more like a crack at a Belgie inspired IPA than anything, but a good one at that. Longlasting mouthfeel is exploding with eff and finishing dry and light. Clearly a beer that could be thrown into a session with dire results. After a couple bottles, the beer is more clearly a tripel than my first impression. Phenols become more and more prevalent as well as a dustiness to the astringency. Not quite as hoppy now as when I first had it. Rounding out to be a decent but not so exciting take on a tripel.

Poured from big bottle. I get wheat and rye in the aroma. Golden, clear, sea foam head. Rye and sweet malt big in flavor - is it rye of dry hops - I’m not sure. Has a definite alcohol presence. Hops noticed in the back. I pour the rest of the bottle and it makes sense. The appearance is cloudy and the malts mellow out the hops nicely. I should have blended the bottle before sampling. Would probably benefit from aging, as they recommend. An interesting and worthy concoction, probably amazing on tap.

Decent sized white head of fine bubbles. Citrusy hops aroma with lots of fruit. Oranges, pears, a little bit of spruce and some spices. Color is a hazy bright orange. Moderate carbonation. A little bit dry and pretty bitter. Lots of hops, peanut skins, apples and some sugary sweetness. Zippy in the mouth. Finishes bitter and dry with lingering belgian fruity notes. A pretty good triple. Maybe a little bit of time will allow the malts in this brew to define themselves more which is more typical of a tripel.

Nice and spicy. Some slight astringency and dryness that really works well. Taste is sweet with nice spice essece. Belgian sugar is not too much on top of the spices and earthy flavors. Very good, go Jersey!

Bottle. Pours hazy gold, topped with a huge, frothy off-white head. Aroma is a nice hybrid between IPA and Tripel; earthy hops are nicely balanced with wheat, citrus and spice. Flavor follows suit with wheat and earthy hops nicely interacting with black pepper, lemon, clove, honey, banana, and green raisins. Aroma is a bit more intense than the flavor. Wheat, spice and earthy notes linger for a long finish. Very nice effort from Flying Fish.

A decent brew, a nose of quince, oranges and sauvignon grapes, an unexpected hoppy, bitter mid- palate (was expecting a sweeter malty taste) which extend the finish for sure. To my taste leaned more toward a Belgian double style.

Pours with a golden body topped by a medium thick head with a good amount of lacing left behind. It’s grassy and bitter with a touch of sweetness as well as a little cheesy funk. Light to medium bodied, well carbonated and a bit warming.

Hazy deep golden with orange highlights, thick rocky off-white head, decent lacing. Spicy aromas of pineapple, banana, perhaps a hint of bubblegum over cloves, light caramel and yeast. Thick malt, light but coating sweetness, balanced by the tangy grapefruit bitterness of the american hops.