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Southern Tier Tripel

Southern Tier Tripel - Abbey Tripel

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 Percentile 
64
overall
Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2913.19/5.03.18/5.09%32.6Trappist glass, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Don't let Tripel's light color and delicate aroma fool you, this is one serious beer brewed with maximum effort. First, we introduce freshest barley to crystal filtered water. Second, we add the best hops shipped directly for Europe. Third, our special yeast is the catalyst for fermentation, gobbling sugar and creating alcohol as it works. Some say that the Belgian monks who first brewed this style called it triple to denoted its high alcohol content. Still others believe triple's origins lay in its triple fermentation; twice in the brewery and once in the bottle. Whatever the answer, ours is the Tripel threat.
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 tennisjoel (931), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/105/514/20
Jan 30, 2008  
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.


 LinusStick (1830), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/517/20
Jan 15, 2008  
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!


 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 14, 2008  
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.


 estoppel (1028), Buffalo, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Jan 4, 2008  
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.


 pineypower (1075), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Dec 19, 2007  
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.


 wickedpete (625), Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Dec 18, 2007  
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.


 ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/517/20
Dec 12, 2007  
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.


 TheEpeeist (1427), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/515/20
Dec 10, 2007  
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.



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