Flying Fish Exit 4

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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sweet and slick with a bit of wheat and a nice white and red grape flavor. golden brew some body with wheat. not at all a typical Belgian triple as it is easy on the banana and clove. i like this just as well. bitterness is layered well into the brew. the good stuff.

Pours a pale golden yellow with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma is of sweet spicy fruity notes, citrus and grapefruit, yeast with some biscuit malt. Taste has a nice mildly spicy fruitiness, tangy grapefruit flavor with some light bitter hops, some ripe fruit flavor. A medium body, crisp, refreshing, bubbly carbonation on the palate. Finishes with a nice combination of sweet biscuit malt, yeast, tangy grapefruit and citrus flavors, some spiced fruity notes ending has some zesty mild hops bitterness for balance. A nicely balanced, flavorful and enjoyable drinking brew

12 oz bottle. Pours a sparkling gold color with frothy white head and lively carbonation. Aroma is mostly banana with some hoppy citrus. Banana and citrus in the flavor with some mild bitterness in the finish. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel. This was very enjoyable.

This is a great beer. Just going by the taste without to much concern about what the beer has. Its really nice. Not sure why beer drinkers are so anal about beers does it taste great or does it not. It taste great! Bottom line. Thanks

Reviewed 2/20/13. 12 oz bottle into a nonic pint glass. A: Pours a golden amber color that’s not particularly cloudy, but has plenty of yeast particles suspended in the body. However, it doesn’t look particularly carbonated. The head is a two finger white color. The texture is quite good, the retention is solid, and the lacing left down the glass is attractive if sparse. S: Wow, I’m finding myself enjoying the subtle grapefruity hop qualities here. They really blend well with the pale malts and candied sugar expected from a tripel. Even better, the aroma is evidently strong, emanating from far beyond the glass. T: Light grapefruit hops open things up very nicely, before the stone fruit esters and candied sugar finish the flavor profile - even though the sweetness is a bit much, it conceals the alcohol fantastically. There is a modicum of complexity here, but it lacks elite depth. I also wish this had just a bit more in the way of hops, but hey, it’s an older bottle. M: This doesn’t feature the zealous carbonation I’d expect from the style. As such, it comes off a bit too syrupy (combined with its sweetness and thick texture). Still, it lightens/dries up on the finish and aftertaste some. O: Quite the pleasant surprise for me. I’m enjoying the hell out of the American bent (read: citrusy hops) to this otherwise standard-issue tripel. Ramp up the carbonation slightly and we could be really looking at something spectacular here. Having said that, it does more than enough to make it a worthy alternative to La Fin Du Monde.

This was very carbonated with a slight spice flavor. Not my favorite beer but could be drank as a session

Poured into a tulip glass. Almost a finger of head on a clear, golden colored body. The aroma is mild; only a little grain and lemon. The taste is barnyardish and alcohol with a little lemon thrown in. The texture is crisp with moderate carbonation. An average beer in a tough category.

Clear yellow with a medium white head. Mildly bready graininess leads to banana, clove, and herbal dough. Mild astringency with hints of vegetal hop material. Light body with excellent carbonation, finishing dry.

Bottle at the Funky 8, Brooklyn, NYC. Big doughy malt character. Very sweet. Pretty typical tripel. I wouldn’t want to drink this all day, but in moderation it’s fine.