 muzzlehatch (4425), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Jan 13, 2008
22 ounce bottle (as "Golden Tripple") from City Market in Burlington, VT (January 2008), consumed at cellar temperature from a Chouffe tulip. Pale, lightly hazy/thick golden in color, with a huge frothy nearly snow-white head that dies slowly leaving wispy lacing....lots of spices in the nose on this one, cardamom and ginger predominating, a bit of orangepeel, some lightly farmy yeast notes -- pretty much on-target if not spectacular......the body is definitely ginger-dominant, too much so in fact, dry and woody and very spicy with a strongly peppery finish; yeast character is evident as well throughout....the body is fairly full, but the harshness of the spices really takes its toll on the palate, and this ends up in this tasters mind an overdone spice bomb, interesting and not badly brewed exactly, but not terribly drinkable either.
glaze0101 (78), USA
Jul 16, 2008 Pours a golden slightly cloudy with small white head which quickly dissipates. Aroma of apricot and herbs/grass. Heavy mouthfeel, syrup like. Foul aftertaste.
Flavour of fruit and yeast.
The_Epeeist (915), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
May 11, 2008 22 oz bottle. Clear brownish yellow with a fluffy white cap. Nose of yeast and honey with hints of basil and sage. Medium light but a little syrupy; fine pricks of carb. Taste is apricot and tangerine. Finishes with bitter spices and a touch of ginger.
CaptainCougar (4624), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Feb 17, 2008 Pours a mildly hazy, but mostly clear golden bronze with a stringy-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet crystal malt and ginger with some mild Belgian yeastiness. Body starts lightly sweet with some biscuity notes and caramel toffee sugars along with a tough of doughy yeast and crystalized ginger spice before a drier, bitter peppery finish. Also has some light fruity esters throughout. A decently made triple but could use a little more complexity, balance and smoothness.
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