Hales Cerberus Tripel

Brewed by Hales Ales
Style: Abbey Tripel
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Straw colored and cloudy, small white head. Not much aroma. Reasonably bitter and fairly well balanced. Not bad, but not great.

On tap at the brewpub 2/14/9. Pours gold with a slight chill haze and a white head. Big medicinal aroma and flavor. Really nice with a fruity perfume flowery flavor. Bananas and spices. This feels like a really big beer with big alcohol. A very parching drying finish.

On tap somewhere, lost my tasting note, except for ratings and name. Remembered as a light bodied color with typical belgian abbey spices and a noticeable alcohol punch to it.

Sample glass at Hales with a spicy jerk chicken salad. Golden beer with a soft aroma. Soft body with lots of spice that lights up the spice in the jerk chicken. Mellon notes and noticeable alcohol. A big beer with big flavour and big ABV. Not subtle or delicate.

On tap at Hales. The aroma is sweet with lots of fruit. Sweet apples and pears, banana, and some spicy clove notes. Pours golden with a thin non lasting head. The flavor is sweet and fruity with apples, pears, bananas, clove, spice, sugars. Some bitterness in the finish along with a good deal of noticeable alcohol. This wasn’t awesome, but it was tasty and there were no noticeable flaws to speak of. Hales continues to surprise me offering more and more interesting beers deviating from their standard offerings.

On tap at Bailey’s taproom. Deep golden pour, good clarity, with a medium white head. Soft estery nose, sweet and spicy with hints of clove and honey. Thick chewy palate, not enough carbonation to lighten it up and dry this beer out. Still over run with excess alcohol.

On tap at Bailey’s. Flowery, sweet & alcohol aroma, background bubblegum. A litle mouth thickness. A dry, caramel twist in the flavor adding a little dimension to the general sweetness. Has a clean edge, with flavors of malt, honey & alcohol

Tap @ Bailey’s Taproom... Poured golden-yellow with a white head. Aroma of cloves and earthy yeast notes. A pretty good tripel -- which isn’t my favorite Belgian style -- but they did a decent job. Chalky clove flavors and a lot of earthy, citrus flavors. A little burn off of alcohol in the finish.

On tap at The Front Door Boise, Pours out a straw topped with a cream head. Aroma of clove and belg yeast. Tast all about the yeast along with some more of the spice. A nice malt and light fruit.

Tap @ Front Door: Pale yellow, nice white head and light lacing. Nose of spicy yeast, moderate alcohol, tons of banana and other light esters. The flavor is bright and yeasty with a light wheaty citric note. Tart and bitter tail. A bit unbalanced and too yeasty.