Southern Tier Tripel

Thanks Winston for picking this up for me!

Pour is slightly hazy golden color with a thinner head, especially for the style. Fruit dominates the aroma, banana, orange, citrus, lemon. Flavor is light bodied, not what I’d expect from the style. Kind of a tangy flavor but the flavors really don’t scream out at you. It’s hard to describe this beer. All of the elements are there with the exception of the flavor. One of the easiest drinking and least challenging tripels I’ve ever had.

I love this beer. Calling it a tripel is a stretch, but this is fabulous. Aroma was a little weak but mostly caramel malt. Pour was a boring flat hazy orange with no head. Taste was suprisingly and refreshingly hoppy for a tripel. Strong malt backbone with a hoppy bite that doesn’t linger. Tastes like a weak barley wine and nothing like a tripel. Nice beer!

Bottle from a 12 pack sampler. Bright gold body with a slightly off white head. The aroma is like banana nut muffins with some earthy mushrooms behind it. Musky and leathery, this has some cake donut character. There is also a strong note of clove type spice in the finish. Overall, this is fairly thin and a little on the sweet side. Decent, but nothing special.

Bottle. Golden body, white head, sweet nose with alcohol notes. Not much in the way of esters or spices, alcoholic, sweet, not a very good example of the style.

Pours out straw/gold with small white head. Aroma of sweet spice and slight citrus. Taste is sweet fruits, citrus, yeast, slight alcohol and some dryness on the finish.

Yellow gold with mild head formation. Aroma of sweet fruits mostly oranges and peaches. Flavor reminds me of a barleywine; a fruity sweetness along with some hops and an alcohol burn.

22 oz. bomber. Smells more American than Belgian. Sweet. Some orange in the nose. Hazy gold. Small, white head. Some lace. Very little visible carbonation. This beer is a treat. Sweet, with honey and orange peel. A nice moderate hop finish. A delicious and enjoyable beer. Perhaps not 100% to style, but nevertheless grossly underrated.

22 oz bottle, cellared 18 months. Foggy cream soda with light white froth. Nose of sweet apple-peach and orange peel with light butterscotch. Sharp carb; buttery then dry and resiny. Taste begins with lemon candies; dried apricots then quinine and pine oil. Lingering alcohol. Grew on me but finish a bit harsh.