Stewart’s 8

Brewed by Stewart (UK)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Edinburgh, Scotland

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Poured a murky orange with a small off white head. Aroma of spiced citrus. Medium body, flavour of spiced orange with a bitter, tart end.

Interesting Scottish take on a Belgian Tripel - it has a light floral aroma, golden brown body with an off-white head, unmistakeable Belgian style strong fruity highlights in the taste, quite strong to the taste but somewhat mellow with malty highlights. Would be a good beer to give any enthusiast of both Scottish and Belgian beers, or someone you want to get into them! Worth a shot!

Pours a ruby, orange with a medium dense slightly off white head, aroma is funky yeast, sweet malts, orange sherbet, taste is coriander, nice hoppy edge, with a small sour finish.

Bottle 500ml.

[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, malt, light hoppy, flowers - perfume, moderate yeasty, fruity, riped fruit - sweet fruity, light alcohol. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, riped fruit, sweet fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20130127]

Despite the modest score this is a good beer. It is pretty much "what it says on the tin" (bottle)!

AROMA: floral, spruce, banana, APPEARANCE: amber, orange, clear, minimal head, white foam, TASTE: medium bitterness, PALATE: full body, slick feel, average carbonation, bitter, long finish, OVERALL: ok ale, but not the aromas I like, especially too hoppy, more a belgian christmas abbey than a tripel, wrong colour even!

500ml bottle from Appellation Wines, Dalry. Pours a surprisingly dark orange, good head & lacing. Aromas of yeast, coriander and butterscotch. Slips down nicely for 8%, but some lingering buttery notes, along with citrus and Sorachi Ace (the bubblegum referred to on the label I guess?). Finish is short and sweet. Unusual for the style. Might get a higher mark after aging for a bit, tasted a bit too fresh to me.

Bottle. Murky brown with a thin short lasting head. Orange, coriander and bubblegum aroma. Flavour is coriander, orange, banana with a spicy yeastiness. A dry hoppy finish. 8% ABV very well hidden.

Aroma: Pear drops, freshly cut oranges, banana and bubblegum.

Appearance: Murky amber/mahogany body with a thin off-white head than quickly disappears. No lacing.

Taste: Orange, pear, coriander and spice. Quite sweet and yeasty. Interesting flavours.

Palate: Thin to medium body with an oily texture. Soft carbonation.

Overall: A very good take on the classic Belgian beer. Very easy drinking for its 8% ABV. Just lacking a bit in terms of head and body.

bottle at home ... hazy red amber ... thin white head ... soft zezty spiced banana esters ...little spice nose .... sweet toffee malts... again banana spice ... sweet toffee ... soft fruit and cinamon spice finish