 hopdog (4645), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 7, 2006 On tap at the Drafting Room in Springfield. Poured a deeper and cloudy orange color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of yeast, bananas, spices, cloves, and a little fruity. Tastes of yeast, bananas, spices and fruity. Light alcohol in the finish (but overall well hidden).
acrdz (4364), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Oct 13, 2007 Draft at McGrath’s in Harrisburg. Mostly clear amber and ruby orange color with some shades of color that are close to pink. Sweet candy sugar nose, notes of red apple skins and white grapes. Tingly and effervescent on the tongue, sharp with medium to heavy sweetness, but just under the level of cloying. Light body, with a mild spice flavor, clean all around, low yeast presence. I’m not so big on tripels these days, but this one is tasty enough, with more of a fruit cocktail hop flavor than most, but I would like to see some more dryness and less sweetness. Finishes with a pineapple and white grape note.
DocLock (4170), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 24, 2006 Draft at the Drafting Room Exton. HAzy dark straw pour with 1-finger off-white head. Big aromas of banana, yeasty Bazooka gum, spicy florals, and some funky malt. The flavor is on the sweet side, with a lot of banana, coriander, orange zest, bubblegum, and floral spices. This one could be a banana lambic! It also gains some bier de gard elements and saisony funky floral spiciness as it warms. Wonderfully complex and extremely smooth, with no heat at all! Troeg’s has another winner on their hands. Oh, and by the way, this is an example of how the cherries actually may have held this wonderful beer back a little!
egajdzis (3014), Terrapin, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 7, 2006 Poured a hazy amber color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus fruits, toffee malts, banana, spices, earthy yeast, and dry fruits. Taste of earthy yeast, with sweet malts, seems like honey, also candi sugar, bubblegum, toasted dough, with some light spices, and a little bit of alcohol in the finish. Thick mouthfeel.
TomDecapolis (2474), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 7, 2006 On tap at the Drafting Room in Spring House. Pours a hazy brownish orange amber with a smaller off white bubbly head that left some lacing on the glass. Aroma of yeast, banana, clove, spices and an overall fruitiness. Flavor of ripe banana, spcies, some darker fruits and a bit sugary. Thought the alcohol was well hidden for the 9%.
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