Southern Tier Tripel

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Lakewood, New York USA

Pours a golden yellow with a nice head that reduces but sticks around through out. Smells of honey and hops and just a bit of the alcohol comes through. Not exactly what I am used to from a tripel but it is a good beer overall. It is smooth but slightly bitter. A so-so tripel.

Meh, quite disappointing as a labelled "tripel." Tasted like an American Wheaty Pilsner on steroids when all was said and done. The pour was weak from the get go, hazy amber colored pour, weak initial head, especially horrid within style, no retention of even what was there, lacing miserable. The aroma was weak, caramel, grass, herbal notes. The flavor was grassy, herbal, slightly vegetal hops, caramel in the base, earthy wheaty type notes, some floral notes, some spiciness, nothing identifiable from a spice rack per se, maybe the spicing came from the hops. Mouthfeel was hoppy zippy with a bitter finish, fairly thin for the style. Lacked yeasty elements that need to be there. Sorry, I’m normally ok w/ ST, but this is a poor attempt at the style, honestly.

22 oz. bottle. Pours a clear dark golden color with amedium frothy white head. The aroma shows good sweetness, decent fruit character, spices, and a fair amount of alcohol. The flavor has bready malt, light fruit, noticable bitterness, light fruit, and alcohol. On the light side of medium in body with light carbonation. This, much like the Cherry Saison, is at the lower end of the spectrum for ST beers IMHO.

Bottle. Orange-amber pour with a small white head. Nose is flowery hops, Belgian yeast, candy sugar, spices, and sweet malts. Taste is rather hoppy for a tripel. Lots of floral hops, lighter spicy hops, spices, citrus fruits, dried tropical fruits, candy sugar, sweet malts, and yeast. Body is well carbonated and medium-full. Some creaminess on the palate but ends rather dry. Finishes with more big hops flavors, more citrus notes, big spices, lesser candy sugar, strong yeast and grain notes and some sweet malt. Definitely an "Americanized’ tripel!

Pours a light amber color with a frothy white head. Aroma of hops, sugar, and yeast. Flavor is relatively hoppy, and pretty sweet. It’s decent, but not as good as the rest of the Southern Tier selection.

Clear cold with bright white head. Nose of yeast and spice. Flavor is rather sweet, with some hints of spice, but really really sweat. Texture is heavy and really thick. Has a bitter finish to it.

Pours a medium bodied amber/dark yellow with an off white semi frothy head. Has a nice aroma of piney hops, candy, and some yeast. The flavor is somewhat like a strong IPA but lacks a strong hop character. It does have a piney and floral hoppy note. There’s also notes of barely. Pretty bitter at the end. Haven’t had that many triples but this one isn’t bad. Southern tier has much better beer out there than this(not implying this is a bad beer).

Draft at the Southern Tier Brewpub (The Empty Pint). Pours a slightly hazy dark gold with a white head. Aroma is light, a bit sweet with a faint floral hop note, not very spicy or fruity. Taste is biscuity malt up front, hint of caramel, with a big, grassy, floral, earthy hop presence that lingers on the palate. Yeast is extremely subdued for the style, seemingly replaced by the big hop presence. Also missing is any candy sweetness or ripe fruit note. Very odd to call this a tripel.