 Old_Mr_Crow (1043), Seattle, Washington, USA
Jan 21, 2006 Updated: Dec 12, 2007
Jan 21 ’06. Relatively fresh bottle.
Pours a lightly hazy gold with floaty bits and a fine and long-lasting white head. The aroma is belgian yeast and lemon, with a bit of leather. The flavor is a full, rich belgian tripel: orange and lemon, honey, mild spices on the uptake, turning somewhat sour and then with a hint of alcohol burn leading into a pleasingly dry finish. Mouthfeel is finely carbonated and lively, the liquid buttery but not cloying.
A pretty impressive beer. 8/3/8/4/16=3.9
Dec 12 ’07 Roughly two-year-old bottle.
This time around I’m much less. Banana esters dominate the nose; some orange blossom, some pear. Honey (flavor, not sweetness) dominates the front end of the taste profile; an elegant subtle bittering closes it (that is one nice detail) nudged gently by hints of sour. But the flavor itself seems thin and weak. I can feel the heat here but I’m not getting flavor to match. I’d have rated this 7/3/7/3/13=3.3, a pretty low-ball rating for this beer. I’ll shade the original downward somewhat but I’m not willing to pull it even half way until I try another fresh bottle and feel similarly. Hard to tell whether my previous rating was naive and overly generous, or whether this simply ages poorly.
taalhiker (111), Dayton, Ohio, USA
Oct 3, 2008 From bottle. Pours cloudy dark golden with a thick white head. Standard tripel aromas of yeast, banana, spices and citrus.
Flavors include spice, caramel and floral hops. Very nice.
drjay44 (164), Colorado, USA
Oct 1, 2008 750 ml. bottle. Pours a thickish quickly deflating head, lovely lacing, color is pale yellow but cloudy...nose is belgian yeast spice, some cardamom, no hop....taste initially of carbonation then mild sweet malts with accompanying banana tones, finishing with mild hop bitterness, sweet and bitter well balanced....mouth feel appropriate to style.
Gypsy19 (218), AMERICA RISING, USA
Sep 26, 2008 A decent beer, but disappointing when put next to the 12. Has most of the characteristics of the BT, but in subtler terms. Creaminess, wheat, and other vague goodness with perfect carbonation level. Recommended, nevertheless, get the 12 if available, as in my experience it is only about 10% more in price.
emacgee (1132), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sep 26, 2008 Pours a pale hazy yellow with a two finger creamy white head. the nose is earthy, Belgian, musty, sweet, light alcohol, no spice. The flavor earthy, lightly sweet, slightly off tasting, musty, malty, candy, light alcohol. The palate is crisp with a light bite.
rds (116), USA
Sep 23, 2008 The carbonation is in perpetual and random motion in this dark golden cloudy ale, with its thick white head. The complexity of flavors, sweet, meadows, bitter, even sour, keeps me interested and coming back. A real fine trippel.
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