Southern Tier Tripel

I went into this one with very low expectations, maybe it is because of that I was pleasantly surprised by this tripel. Pours hazy orange with a fizzy off-white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is thick rich pale malt, sweetness, light spice and light plastic stale notes (the stale traits were a minor part and not really enough to be offensive). Medium / thick body that is pretty smooth with a moderate amount of sharp carbonation. The flavor starts out with nectar fruits, heavy cloying malt that is marginally sweet, some earthy yeast and traces of spice. The finish gets a bit sour and astringent, but that leaves quick and the thick malt returns. Not bad by any means, but also not up to the standards of the style.

Nov. 10th ’06 Brought to the great camping weekend by biznizness. Not totally impressed with this american tripel attempt but it did well enough at the time.

nice bold golden pour, quickly evaporating soapy head. quickly bubbling carbonation to start but settles very quickly. No activity? Ok something’s wrong. Hoppy wet aroma and a bitter malty taste. Southern Tier needs to go back to the drawing board with this one and make it more lively. When I think of the achels and chimays and La Fin Du Mondes out there, I know this doesn’t hold up very well. Still, a bit better than the average beer to be certain.

I dont know what it is but I just dont like the smell of tripels...just about every one I have had has the same smell to it, and I just plain old dont like it. But this one is that same smell I dont like mixed with some pretty ethanol/fussel alcohol smells as erway said in his rating of this beer. The taste is pretty far from good as well. Almost perfume hairspray alcohol taste, with gross oily slick filmy palate. I love most stuff this brewery produces from their ipa to their double ipa and their coffee stout, but this was bad.

Pours a filtered golden with a loose knit dissipating white head. The aroma is dms, hot, and floral. The body is quite thick and sweet. The flavor is...well...flawed. Fermented too hot, the beer is anything but elegant. Lots of phenols andeven more fusel alcohols. Finish is fizzy and well...bad. The poorest beer I have had from this otherwise fine brewer.

Bottle. Pours a clear golden colour with a small white head. Malty spicy, yeasty aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweet malty slightly hoppy bitter flavor. Long malty bitter finish.

Bottle... Hazy yellow ale with a large, frothy, white head. Breadsy, fruity nose with notes of apricot and just a whisper of pear. Very good retention. Medium sweet, mildly bitter flavor. Fruity. Full-bodied with a lightly creamy mouthfeel and soft carbonation. Bittersweet, fruity finish. Lacks the spicy phenols and real spices that I usually detest in a tripel. Thanks to growler for sharing his bottle with kkearn and I.

Err, not real good. The worst of the variety pack. Just didn’t have that crisp taste I was looking for. Pass.