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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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 dpjuart (670), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Nov 24, 2007  
Bomber courtesy/shared with ’Naka. Pours a hazy orange color with amber hues. Nose of malt and spice, with a touch of citrus and floral notes. Decently medium-bodied, spices dominate, Very dry finish, with a touch of bitterness. It really doesn’t have the big malt profile that I’ve seen in other tripels. Not a bad beer, but not necessarily a tripel in any sense of the word.


 cbkschubert (1945), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 24, 2007  
22 oz. bottle my mother-in-law picked up from the brewery - Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a half finger thick white head. The head was a little small compared to previous Tripels I’ve poured in the past. Oh well, maybe it’s the way I poured it. Anyways it faded pretty quick leaving faint spotty lacing. Aroma is sweet malt and hops. Flavor is malty, but a little more bitter than I expected. No yeast or heavy esters in this one. Has an odd lingering taste on the palate. Medium body. This beer doen’t quite strike me as a Tripel. I’m no expert by any means, but it’s not like the others I tried. Still, worth a try.


 coldbrewky (716), Saugerties, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/517/20
Nov 21, 2007    Updated: Nov 22, 2007
Bottle: This may be one of the most apealing beers I have ever viewed in a glass. A clear and radiant amber with just a ring of head in the tulip. Nose is malts and candi sugar a bit waxy too. Solid carbonation but yet a minimal head. Maybe the glass had some residue left. First taste states a belgian style but again...you wouldnt know it from cellar temp. It does not hit you like most big brews do and is very drinkable. Bottle Note. I do enjoy the minimalist reserve on the labels of the 4 brewI hav etried from them... a similar motifof bubbles and wheat in separate clors. all bottles lack any commercial description or any pretentios scribblings. That sort of thing seems to be getting overdone in a frenzy of sales techniques. Anywho a very enjoyable interpretation of a belgian style. I agree with the slob...triple light


 VikingHammer (362), Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/513/20
Nov 4, 2007  
Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aromas of citrus and coriander. Not as sweet as I would have liked. Not a great triple.


 Beerman6686 (1263), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2007  
Smells of sugar and alcohol. Cloudy orangish hue. Sweet candy sugars, nice hop balance, and surprisingly covers up the alcohol very well dispite the smell. Thicker than average but nothing special. This beer was very strange to me because although pretty good, di not taste much like a tripel like a few other people have said.


 npdempse (931), St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 30, 2007  
Hazy, straw colored, with a smallish white head. Nose is sweet, with some grassy hop notes, some honey, and a bit of citric hop aroma that seems out of place. Way too bitter for the style. Rather musty, with some grass and earth notes in there, as well as some very faint hints of orange. Not very sweet. Very much off-style, but a decent beer nonetheless


 blklab2007 (932), Connecticut, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 29, 2007  
bottle poured a wheat golden in color with light carbination that when poured briskly barely made a half finger head that melted to a thick covering on the surface. smell is candy sugar,spice, banana, and some caramel malt. taste is medium light on mouth feel, has a malt middle, and finishes with bitter on the sides of the tongue. more of the hops are noticeable as it sat for a few minutes and i think are responsible for the bitter finish. not what i am used to in a tripel, missing the yeast characteristic, and the hops are definitely out for the style. the 9% is nowhere to be tasted and i will say it warmed on me more as i drank it.


 efrumtheidiot (190), Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 24, 2007  
pours dark yellowish with a white head. aroma is sweet, with banana, candy, malt, alcohol, and pine. taste is alcohol, banana, pine, floral. smooth feel, nice carbonation, bitter finish. i agree with the others, it’s a good beer but not a good tripel. not complex/potent enough. and the alcohol is a bit strong. nonetheless, give it a whirl!



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