3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: MAY 13, 2005 Very creamy body and head yield yeasty apricots...Appreciable bitterness in the back and desertic dryness all around...A proud and sometimes rash tripel, with huge yeasty bitterness at times and unwanted astringence...
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Orange colour with a small tan head. Fruity spicy aroma and a sweet fruity spicy taste. Medium body and a sweet finish. Not a bad American Tripel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours amber with an off white head. Smells of bananas and yogurt. Tastes of cinnamon, cloves, some ginger and citrus. Some overripe peaches on the finish. Mouthfeel is very full.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Totally opaque caramel appearance containing muddy yeast clouds. A decent white cover tops it all. Very yeasty nose where the mango clearly dominates. Not very dry for a tripel, mostly cantaloupe, orange and honey sweetness. Fairly limited complexity, and frankly a bit bland yeastiness. Strong fruitiness matches a crusty yeastiness into a condensed fruit peel finish. Overall mellow yet with biting small bubbles. Medium bodied. Atypical..
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Fruity golden colour a la peche/.apricot. Yeasty fruity aroma. Smooth drink, well balanced. Fruit yeasty taste, but also drying metallic. Light carbonation, some spice and banana. Alcohol kick
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This reminded me of a slightly maltier, bolder, sweeter version of the Belgian dubbel. I'd be interested to see the recipe differences in these two.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Fiery orange pour with a ring of off-white headage. Nose was spicy with plenty of clove, melon, and alcohol. Quite sweet in the flavor department with lighter fruits... again with the whole buncha spices and alcohol. Palate was somewhat grainy, and the alcohol astringency was a tad high on the back end. Melon and clove flavors in the warming finish. Not bad, but didn’t do it for me.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours clear gold with a small, fizzy white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, straw, meal, cereal), light hops (floral), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of alcohol and sugar. Flavor is heavy malt (cookie, straw, meal, cereal), light hops (floral), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of alcohol, pepper, and sugar. Full body, high warmth, medium carbonation, low creaminess with a dry and biting finish.
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