New Belgium Trippel

Bottle via trade with Hellbilly. Pours an attractive gold with a disappearing head. Nose is distinctly wet grain and yeast, a bit musty. On taste, it is quite different from most tripels I’ve had, very mild yeast kick that gets covered up by a very earthy flavor, followed by caramelized candy sugar. Mouthfeel is a touch fizzy and a little rough. It’s hard to get past the super earthy, almost dirt-like taste. Not horrible, but I’d take Dulle Teve any day...

courtesy of vasdef42 poours golden with frothy white head. Aroma is yeasty and I found it to be rather weak, became estery as the beer warmed up giving it a light fruity character. Taste, malty, grany and wheat, yeasty. The aftertaste keeps a good feel of the abv with a light citrus finish. Sweet esters of white raisin like mouthfeel. Alcohol remains solid. Has plenty of good characteristics of a good tripel and gets better as it warms up.

Decently sized head, but a sad yellow color. Not a nice looking trippel. Smells of sugar, light spice, coriander. Fizzy and watery mouthfeel. Biscuit flavor with light citrus, with a yeasty and alcohol finish. Not a very good trippel.

Pours orange gold Aroma is fruity, peachy and grassy. Flavour is sweet Belgian yeast and light maltiness. Fruity/floral and faint slightly sticky alc trace in the finish.

Nice triple. Pours a cidery yellow with a fluffy head. Fruit and caramel flavors up front followed by a dry floral finish. Well done.

2009 Bottle. Aroma of corn and sweet malts with a hint of alcohol. Light amber appearance with a sturdy white head. Complex flavor, similar to its Belgian brethren, this has strong malty tones with an alcohol aftertaste. Well balanced overall and very good for an American attempt at a Belgian art.

Crushed with CaryThedude and JakeBra at the brewery. It was free, so i’m rating it higher. Fruit nose with some bready spicey trippelness. Pretty weak for a trippel.

At Draft Dinner series at 1515 for GABF 08. Dark gold pour. Great bready, yeasty with citrus.