Great Divide Orabelle

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Denver, Colorado USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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12 oz. bottle. Pours hazy light orange/golden color ith a medium sized white head. The aroma has lightly toasted malt, light yeasty notes, orange citrus, coriander, mild peppery notes and light herbal hops. The flavor has a big sweetness from the beginning; orange citrus, lightly toasted malts, a hint of rye, yeast, coriander and some bubble gum. This just seems really sweet for the style.

Imperial Blue moon. Taste is belgian wit very simple and sweet. not great but really not bad i suppose.

Bottle to snifter (thanks tmoney99). Looks solid; a semi-transparent gold with white lacing. Smells of dough, Belgian yeast, orange zest, and pepper. Tastes like it smells without the pepper. Good on the palate. Not bad.

The aroma is a little faint with some spice coming through. The pour is a cloudy gold with a thin white head that leaves some lacing. The flavor is slightly subtle as well for a triple. It’s very smooth and easy drinking at 8.3% but there just isn’t that awesome explosion in taste. It’s a solid beer but just not one of the better triples that I’ve had.

Bottled January 2...which means this meaty orange-lemon grass funk is all original. Based on the aroma alone, saison is probably the proper style. Taste is more like a wheat beer: sweet, tangy and spicy. You would never guess the relative strength of this beer. Very smooth, easy drinker. In another successful excursion into Belgium via Denver.

Bottled December 13, 2012.
Appearance: The body is murky pale straw through the edges and orange through the center. The head is thin, but dense, it reminds me of fluffernutter.
Aroma: The aroma is a well balanced medley of oranges, banana, and spice of rye and cloves with light vanilla, a slight hint of alcohol is noted upon swirling.
Taste: The intro is orange packed, with an orange juice vibe to it slightly outshining the malts. The mid-taste adds light banana, spicy rye and pepper notes with a touch of vanilla as orange juice cuts through, but is somewhat balanced while the finish adds mild cloves and lingers of orange juice.
Palate: Medium to thick bodied, full texture, soft carbonation.
Overall: This would be a better beer if they used less orange peel. I feel like they blended orange juice with this, it throws the balance off.

Pours a very hazy and bright yellow with a more thin white head. Aroma has Belgian yeast, spices, orange, and hints of banana and lemon. It is quite pleasant. I think the taste is a notch below my initial impressions. It is heavy on orange, along with yeast and spices. I can taste a little bit of alcohol throughout drinking. Short spicy aftertaste. This one is sweet, perhaps a little to sweet actually. Medium in body, slick in texture, with the carbonation being more flat. This one isn’t really my style. But its alright.

Pours a hazy golden yellow on tap with bubbly white head and light lacing. Atoms of Belgian yeast, sweet fruity esters, and bubblegum. Taste is fruity esters, lemon, grapefruit, bubblegum, slight tart quality. Decent for an American tripel, bit of a burn on the way down.

Tap. Pale straw with small head. Sweet with mild Belgian spice. Pretty good tripel.

Tang color, ok head, albeit rather faded. Piquant Belgian Tripel nose, with some Belgian candi and beet sugar sweetness. Nice spicyness throughout, with a fruity blend that leans toward peaches and oranges. The body lacks the spicyness of the bouquet, but follows through with a twangy wheaty and herbal body. Slightly orange and sour peach finish.