3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 CaptainCougar (6835) - Columbia, USA - MAR 17, 2008
Pours a hazy amber mahogany with a clingy-lacing froth of light tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel and biscuity Belgian malts with a nice dose of citrusy American hops. Body starts fairly full and caramely malty sweet with a good balance of grapefruity flavor hops before a slightly drier and warming doughy yeasty finish. Fairly complex with decent drinkability and uniqueness.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 AirForceHops (1118) - Epping, New Hampshire, USA - MAY 13, 2012
12 oz. bottle from a trade. Used my Duvel Tulip. Hazy amber gold. Great retention and lace. Lots going in the taste. Little in the nose. Interesting flavor palate. Belgian yeast is the main player. I get spiciness’ from undefined spice. Grassy hops providing a mild, lingering bitterness. Candi sugar, hops and yeast kind of fight each other in this brew. The flavors are all over the place. I also notice the ABV. This could be a brew that would improve with a bit of age on it. The 8.5 is distracting me from the flavors that ARE mashed up here.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20 JawVer (16) - - MAY 4, 2012
Very good and drinkable, especially given the high alcohol content. Definitely Will have again
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 CanIHave4Beers (2097) - Des Moines, Iowa, USA - APR 27, 2012
Man the description of this makes the beer sound like a mess, I suppose if anyone can pull it off then these folks can.
Pours a hazy orange color with a thick medium sized head and good lace.
The aroma is malty & spicy with some clove, some toffee, and some floral notes. Some very clean malt aromas dominate as this sits for a minute.
Certainly malt forward in the flavor, some floral bitterness is present along with a good deal of fruitiness. A nice dosing of alcohol is rounded by a touch of toffee and a bit more caramel, but the bitterness really rounds everything out and brings it all together. As it warms some of the phenolics of the yeast come out in a nice way with some banana and mild smoke.
For all the effort that seems to have been put into making some sort of multi-cultural tripel, this comes out tasting quite a lot like the upper crust homebrewed Scotch Ales I’ve tried, which is of course awesome.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 brewolf (153) - Wilderness, Washington, USA - MAR 18, 2012
Bottle from madvike ... thanks, Matt! Deep bronze-amber pour with a thin cream-colored head. Nose is bursting with yeast, sweet apple blossoms, dried fruit, and notes of burdock root. Flavor is medium sweet, reveals nice toasty malt, and is a bit musty. Moderately thin mouthfeel, slightly oily, soft carb, with bitter grassy hops and booze in the finish. The aroma is very pleasant for me, but I think less Belgian candy sugar and therefore lower abv would have made it much more enjoyable/drinkable. Unique beer. Furthermore always seems to be quite fun.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 FURLYSURIOUS (185) - Orono, Minnesota, USA - FEB 27, 2012
Pours a bright amber gold with a half finger of slightly off white head. Lacing is a bit lacking. One of the most complex smelling pales I’ve experienced. Sweet cereal, hay, nice yeast presence. The belgian really goes a long way in this beer. Nice, soft bitterness and that same yeast carries through in the taste. Feel is spot on for the style, nothing too exciting.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 dionysus (1443) - Arizona, USA - FEB 21, 2012
Bottle pours amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet with notes of caramel, apple, pear, orange, and musty yeast. Flavor shows the same with additional notes of bready malt and dried fruit. Overall body is moderate with a lightly bitter finish as well as some apparent alc.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 Leafs93 (976) - Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 5, 2012
Pours golden amber, more gold with a small creamy white head. Aroma is spice, citrus, pear and bread. Taste is spicy sweet with some subtle tartness. Medium mouth feel.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 jeff789 (1278) - West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA - DEC 14, 2011
Big big initial aroma of belgian candi sugar and dark fruits, very malty aroma, mostly clear amber with a big tan retentive head that leaves nice lacing... not sure what to make of this beer whether this is a belgian triple or a giant american pale... belgian yeast dominate the flavor with notes of dark fruits and a mild not of american hops that gets cut immediately by the sweetness... interesting concept though more of a belgian that anything else... decent full bodied im gonna call it belgian strong ale...
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 bth122 (587) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - SEP 23, 2011
Poured a amber brownish color. Full frothy head. Aroma of belgium yeast and candy, with oranges, and some light citrus hops, and maybe some apple. Medium sweetness (at least). Medium body, more creamy texture, ave carbonation. Alcohol comes through. Not a bad trippel. But not a great one. Kind of tastes like my trippel homebrew.
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 Sammy (6125) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - SEP 15, 2011
Belgian IPA - I do not know, howoever the facts I do have: I bought this at Riley’s in Madison based on recommendations by staff. I had no idea what I was drinking when I opened it, it smelled like a yeasty Belgian, and tasting akin to an old ale/American strong. Dark brown body with tremendous spider lacing. Very smooth, understated hops and great malting. I should have bought more bottles!
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