Stoudts Triple

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Abbey Tripel
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Fiery, brazen orange in color. Some speckled sediment floating freely, and a small, creamy grey head with good retention throughout. Aroma is wondrous, with strawberry shortcake, vanilla, cloves, lavender, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg and candi sugar. Flavor is rich and sweet. Banana, cinnamon, cloves and pepper register first, followed closely by a saffron and floral composure with some anise to spice things up. On the underbelly lies caramelized plantains. Light yet substantive. Somewhat effervescent, but very much in control. Finishes with orange crème, pepper and cloves. Satisfyingly sweet and easily Stoudts best beer that I’ve had. Thanks for the bottle, tpkenned!

765ml bottle vintage date 7/30/03. Poured into small goblet glass. Firstly, I am not sure how similar these old bottles recipes are to the new 12 oz bottles. Secondly, I love the extra 15 ozs and the old labels are so much better than the new 12oz labels. But I guess change happens and those who dont like it get stuck in the past. So first thing I could say is that its a dark tripel. This is not unheard of but interesting. Again, I have never had the 12 oz bottle but this is a dark amber color. Even though popping the cap a lot of guess seemed to erupt there is no head and just some minimal lacing. Aroma is strong, high on maltiness. Actually, I would never even guess this is a Tripel. The age is definitely evidenced in the aroma. There is a pruney-raisony-alchy aroma reminiscent of aged barleywines in the aroma. It is definitely spicey and fruity in the prune aspect. Taste has got some melon like characters in it but mainly again a pruney-cookiedough flavor emerges from the malt. Again, the age has turned this into an unrecognizable tripel. I feel some oxidization or what just seems as a degradation of the beer. But still very drinkable and I’d say still cellarable for a few more years. It has a yeasty feel throughout. Leaves a sweet spiced aftertaste. The carbonation is low and bitterness is low.

poured a copperish color with a small quickly diminishing white head, aroma of fruit, spice, sweetness, as well as for the delicous taste, this was good and smooth, just the way i like them strong and smooth.

I found this not as complex as their Double, but still has that sugary/spicy nose. Alcohol is much more up front and in your face.

Dark red color, pretty surprising to me for a tripel, taste is smooth and crisp, slightly hoppy. Easy to drink, spicy and yeasty and overly malty. I almost thought this was a barley wine, then I read the label. Not too shabby.

Pours a golden color with orange hues. Thin white head. Decent lacing. Aroma of yeast, spice, bubblegum, and banana. Flavor of spice, yeast, and citrus fruits/banana with an alcohol warmth. Rather enjoyable.

Pours a fairly cloudy orange with a small white head. Smells of some musty citrus fruit, a little candy sugar and spice. Nothing too inviting. Flavor is pretty rich and syrupy, with a pretty heavy and noticeable dose of alcohol attacking right up front and not letting up. Get some sharp bitter orange citrus fruit and syrupy sugars. A little too bitter for a tripel for me, and seemingly a bit overdone. Not a style I usually get excited about in the first place, but this beer was disappointing.

Bottle. Pours hazy orange similar to a hefe, no head at all. Nose is alcohol, yeast and melon.. proportionally in that order. Taste possesses the same banana and ester characteristics of a hefe too. Yeast, sugar, slight clove and sharp spices flourish in the near finish. A significant amount of alcohol silents the softness. I think I found an overrated Triple.