Samuel Adams (Barrel Room Collection) New World Tripel

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Pours clear golden with a large white head. Smells fruity, yeasty, and has hints of spices. Taste is tropical fruits, pineapple, mango, some honey sweetness, and very subtle clove. Medium-bodied with a smooth texture and fair mouth-carbonation, Samuel Adams New World Tripel finishes a little sweet and a little spicy.

Unique bottle. Corked and caged. 750mL, BRC. Pours orange, golden color. Thick foam, of big off-white bubbles. Aroma of tropic fruit for sure, loads of pineapple. Herbal nose with a touch of vanilla\oak character. All this just from the cork! Aroma in the glass is floral and has honey and golden raisin. Creamy body, heavy. Tastes of raisin puree, tropical fruit, some spice, lime leaves, peach & pear, and a touch of vanilla and oak. The thickness of the beer is most captivating. Overall, WOW, and worth every penny.

I went to the store to buy/try Chimay Trappist beer - Didn’t have it so I bought this... Not too bad.... I give it the highest marks except for price - But I do understand , it does cost a LOT more to make !

Another excellent beer. This is a beer that attempted to make a really good tripel without upsetting any boundaries and did a fantastic job at it. Quite tasty. 2 for 2 in this series so far.

Shared a rare corked bottle into tulip glasses; thanks John! Poured a beautiful, golden amber color with some chill haze and huge off-white head, excellent retention with Belgian lace and alcoholic legs. Profoundly complex aromas of mild grains, floral, herbal and citrusy hops, pepper and clove from the yeast, tropical fruit essences, soft alcohol vapors. Flavors of bread, mellow pilsner malt, more mango, mellon, citrus, pepper and clove. Mildly sweet, delicately balanced bitterness from hops and unfamiliar fermentation phenols. Became even more and more interesting as it warmed. Light-medium body, remarkable considering the 10% alcohol. Mouthfeel was effervescent, clean, smooth and creamy, but with a refreshing, crisp, almost dry finish. Strong and sophisticated, dangerously delicious. Possessed all the traits of the exquisite Trappist style plus additional "New World" attributes, exactly as stated on the label. Get it if you can!

This is a great beer overall but an amazing tripel. It has a orange and white head and goes down smoothly.

Bottle poured into tulip. Attractive golden color, clear, well carbonated, ample fluffy head. Nice, pleasant tripel-reminiscent aroma of banana, spice, Belgian yeast, light toasted bread crust, tropical fruits, hint of vanilla. Not overpowering. Soft and subdued on the palate, slightly sticky, quick finish. Taste is very good with more tropical fruit, spice, hints of orange marmalade and bubblegum, and booze. Strong and tasty. Despite not picking up any of the oak from the barrel aging, a very well made tripel overall. Complex, balanced, and flavorful.

This is by far one of the best tripels I’ve tasted in a long time! This beer is extremely delicious! It pours a light golden color with a huge, soft white head. The head laces very nicely around the inside of the glass. The nose features some herbs, hops, bananas, bubble gum and yeast. This beer is full-bodied and thick! The flavors are very well-balanced, with sweet maltiness and lightly spicy hops. Some of the bubble gum, yeast and banana shows through toward the finish and in the aftertaste.

Poured a great big hazy golden head with lacing. Nice spice, cilantro, with fruit notes. Tastes like a combination of a real Belgian triple and a Hoegaarden Grand Cru, two of my favorites. Great beer.

$10 from Perfect Pour. 750 ml brown cooper’s mallet shaped bottle. Corked & caged. No freshness date seen. Loud pop releases cork. Poured out a bright, sunny color. Huge white sticky head on it. Left tremendous lacing down the sides of the glass. Aromas are floral, fruity, notes of pomegranate and pineapple. Forbidden fruit yeast is there too, along with a slightly grassy smell. Flavors are of floral fruits, yeasty bread, slight banana. Malty backbone hides the alcohol well. Creamy mouthfeel, almost chewy. A well made beer by any standard. A definite buy again type of beer.