 Old_Mr_Crow (1043), Seattle, Washington, USA
Jul 30, 2006
Bottle, batch 40.
Pours a cloudy deep caramel brown with a scant head.
The aroma is surprisingly faint, with some sour musty saison notes and rose petals, a hint of steamed...cauliflower?
The flavor is spicy and yeasty, banana esters and nutmeg, slightly sour, some rotten pear, very dusty, and with an unpleasant, acidic burnt-coffee finish. Prickly aggressive carbonation on the palate.
I wouldn’t have called this one a tripel (or an HOTD) if I’d tasted it blind, and most if not all of the deviations are for the worse. I’m disappointed here, especially after my experiences with Adam and Fred. This one is really no good, and in fact I wonder if there isn’t something gone wrong with my bottle or with this batch. Down the drain.
LawStudent09 (320), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Oct 10, 2008 Brownish red pour with a small bubbly white head. Carbonation present. Nose of sparkling wine and pepper. Taste is strong of beet front and finish with some light friut in the middle and a hint of alcohol.
tarjei (1300), Bryne, Norway
Sep 19, 2008 12 fl oz bottle from Ølkonsortiet. Batch 41. Abv is 7,5%. Brown color with a small white head. Aroma is spicy with dried fruit. Flavor is sweet with dried fruit, malt and spices. Strange, but good tripel.
MiP (6026), Flensburg, Germany
Sep 14, 2008 Bottle, 7.5%. Papery, moldy, berrylike aroma. Clear dark amber colour. The flavour starts off with berry, turns to some liquorice root, and then fruity hard berries.Ä If this is a tripel, my arse is a banjo.
ucusty (1213), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Batch 39. Dark amber pour with fizzy head that quickly dissipates. Brandy, fruit, and sweet malts. Flavor is fresh baked bread, candi sugar, honey and dark fruit. Spicy finish
BMan1113VR (911), Los Angeles (and Dallas, TX), California, USA
Jul 28, 2008 Batch 34 thanks to kyzr. This beer is unlike any other tripel that I have head. Pours with a small, rocky quickly dissapearing head that left no lacing covering a hazy dark amber body that is way too dark for the syle. Aroma of brandy, plums, cherries, raisins, raspberries, sugar and honey. Taste is yeasty with fruits (rasisns and currants), canilla and candi sugar. Taste is good, but not faithful to the style in the slightest. On the syrupy side and nearly flat (again not too style). Alcohol is pronounced for 6%. Unsure how old this batch is. A good beer, but not a tripel in my book! Last 1/4 of the bottle, when added to my glass turned the beer the same color and clarity of mud.
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