Sound Brewery Entendez Noel

Brewed by Sound Brewery
Style: Abbey Tripel
Poulsbo, Washington USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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pours a clear amber orange with a thin white head, and not much of a lacing. smell is of fruit (pear and apple), yeast, and some caramel. taste is oily, sweet fruit, a little spice, some yeast, and malt. ends thick on the tongue.

Draft at the brewery. Pours a crystal clear dark gold. Loose white head. Big sticky sweet palm sugar and bubblegum nose. Sticky thick mid palate, soft carb. Palm sugar, white wine, and bubble gum mid palate. Sticky, filmy finish.

Bottle:   Amberish, somewhat fiery, translucent, moderate frothy white head, little lacing.   Very mustydoughy aroma, sweat, dank socks, with a huge yeasty funk to it, almost cheezy.   Strong breadiness on the tongue, not as dank and cheezy as the nose suggested.   Still remains a bit musty and barnish.   Not a bright or floral example, very much American like.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate, despite it feeling a little sticky or sickly sweet.   Finishes very bready, yeasty, and American like for an Abbey Tripel.   I always wish this were more floral and bright, floral, but they are always heavy and bready.   Oh well, lived up to my expectations I guess.

Draft at The Pine Box, Seattle. Big rich ’tripel’ aroma and alcohol. richly sweet, over sweet i think. Coating alcohol, hops, and deep yeast. Alc is a bit much, oranges, some bitter. Huge residually sweet aftertaste.. they may have aimed a little high here. But still tasty and interesting.

Tap at Elizabeth Station Deep golden,small white head. Neutral nose. Palate is mostly alcohol and spicy yeast

On tap at The Stumbling Monk in Seattle, WA. Pours a cloudy golden-amber colored body with an inch thick, dense, creamy and frothy, beige head that dissipates slowly and leaves lots of lacing. Aroma is intensely sweet with lots of caramels and a good amount of banana-bread, floral pears, a light peppery spice, and some candi sugar. Flavor is similar. Tons of sweet caramels and candi sugar with a light peppery spice, lots of banana-bread, and a bunch of floral pears. Finishes clean and lightly dry with a bunch of sweet caramels. I’ll give this beer credit in that its not cloyingly sweet. Lengthy aftertaste following a full body and a soft, moderate carbonation. Overall, man, I really should stop drinking tripels because its a style I just can’t enjoy, but despite the size and intense sweetness of this beer, it avoids being too cloying and yeasty. Well balanced and probably more suited for other palates, but just not my thing.

Clear golden color with white sheen. Dusty pale malt, grass, hay, dry spice aromas. Light to medium bodied. Grainy dusty pale malt flavors with dry spices, and some candi sugar sweetness--nice fireside guzzler

2011 batch. Pours very clear golden with thin head and nice legs. Strong sweet aroma of hops and malt. Mouth feel is fairly robust, slightly sticky, and clings to the tongue. Amazing booze goodness, very complex sweet yet dry, tart, clean, and wicked. Let this one warm up to get the true flavor.

Draft at Brouwers. Pours bright lighter honey gold with small but tight looking slightly off white head that leaves behind traces of lacing. Plenty of candied sugar up front with hints of both apple and pear, very light Belgian yeasty undertone, bits of graininess as well as alcohol notes. Nice sticky mouthfeel with dense small carbonation. Apple, caramel, candied sugar...in between light and dark on the spectrum...pear, grainy banana with white pepper notes to finish while holding a balanced sweet sticky taste and feel. Would had liked it even more with the alcohol less present and the graininess dialed back, none the less solid.