pint_size (1004), Austin, Texas, USA May 2, 2008 4-5-08 bottle shared at tasting (Thanks Charles!)
Semi-clear yellow with a white bubbly head. Smell is sweet and tart. Flavor is sweet and roasted with a big watery base. Overall, this was just average for me - nothing to complex or interesting about it.
DrDavid (354), Johnson, Vermont, USA Oct 2, 2008 (Bottle). Mild fruity aroma. Pale golden with enormous white head. Very gentle fruit flavor, quite underwhelming. Pretty undistinguished. mmm///beer (578), Austin, Texas, USA Oct 1, 2008 11.2 oz. bottle poured into trappist glass- poured transparent very slightly cloudy yellow with copper tint, foamy white head formed one finger thick, low carbonation. Aroma of yeast, pale fruit, and cedar. Hits the mouth with a low-medium body, malt is a little watery, aromas carry over to the taste to an extent but not fully, carbonation apparent on the tongue, finish has a pepper/plum note. I’ve had worse, but I’ve had better too. porterhouse (953), Alna, Maine, USA Sep 25, 2008 (330 ml bottle from Bootleggers, labelled as "Gouden Triple", part of a Petrus sampler pack) Lively and tart...Pours quite cloudy sort of grayish amber. A finger or so of stout off-white head that recedes to a thin lasting layer. Aroma is sort of sweet and sour tangy, citrus-like and fruity. Mouthfeel is soft and quite smooth. Big well-defined weepy rings of lacing. Flavor is sort of the sweet and sour mix, probably more sweet. Citrus-like tartness and fruity notes. Some candy/caramel sweetness underneath. ABV pretty well-covered. A very decent tripel. Wulfstan (481), California, USA Sep 22, 2008 This is a rather boring tripel. It’s gold with a huge white head steadily shrinking and leaving little weak lace. The smell is ok, mostly white wine with some banana, pears and pine. The tatse is even less exciting, being very bland and simple, mostly just a dry, alcoholic, spritzy quality with the taste of old plums and weak white wine. Busted_Flat (417), Edina, Minnesota, USA Sep 20, 2008 Poured pale cloudy yellow with an immense white head. Aroma - Very fruity with some yeast. Taste is sweet and fruity. Well carbonated. It starts out something like a sparkling apple juice. Some sourness as it warms. Decent.
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