2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle generously given to me by CaptainCougar at the Cuvee de Castleton Batch 2 release: Pours a deep hazy orange with an off white film of head. The aroma is just a sugary sweet pungency. Honey, bubblegum esters and alcohol. The body is slick. There’s is way to much sweetness going on in the flavor. Sugary, tastes like pink bubblegum and candy corn from Halloween as a kid. Does has a peppery alcohol note as well as a very subtle herbal note of Belgian hops (which is really hard to detect with all the sweetness) Just too sweet and one-dimensional.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle served in a trappist glass. Lightly hazy amber liquid, barely any head. Smells of orange, candi sugar, & anise. Flavor leans toward sweet and has notes of citrus and candy. Has some warmth to it as well. Not bad but too sweet and too much spice for my tastes.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to a few people who sent me this.
Bottle poured into a sniffer hardly produced any head the body was apricot in color and there was a little bit of yeast sediments on the bottom of the glass
Aromas of licorice, coriander and wonderful Belgian yeast filled my nose
Great taste of spices and sweet candy sugars fill your mouth. Very sweet not to much bitters or pepper notes involved in this one at all no alcohol warmth either so it will sneak up on you
Medium mouthfeel not much carbonation on the tongue a little sticky if anything
A good Grand Cru I enjoyed every drop very spicy indeed great flavors I think I could drink a couple of these in a sitting as long as I am not driving .I really enjoyed these
Great job Tröegs
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
This poured a deep golden to orange in color with a tiny head that dissipated away quickly. Aromas were of rock candy, yeast and light spice. In the mouth it was full-bodied and concentrated but did show some alcohol especially toward the finish which came quickly. This is pretty simple and just a knock you over the head beer.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Golden color with a medium head. Aroma is sweet and sugary. Flavor starts sweet and falls apart despite lots of spice and sugar. The point? This one just falls flat compared with Troegs other Scratch (and standard) offerings.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours hazy gold with nose of rock sugar, florals, Belgian spices, fruit. Tastes fruity, with bready malt, spicy dry florals, and some limey citrus. Rich palate with notable complexity and a nice balance of fruity, spicy, floral, and hoppy elements.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewery. Pours a lightly hazed pale gold, with a tall rim of white head. Aroma is a slightly biting alcohol, muddled spice and yeast phenol. Flavor develops similar profile, with a real grainy texture from the phenols that are rather harsh. Sweetness sticks some spice notes to the roof of my mouth. This beer is a bit confused. The high gravity and high sugars don’t make it particularly quaffable, but the grain and spice notes are decent. The yeast comes on a little too strong, even for this style. Not much hop presence. Finishes on those wax-like yeast phenols. Not my favorite tripel.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a medium peach amber with a thinning white head fades to a film- little lace. Aroma is peppery, anise/licorice almost cardamon like, sweet and syrupy. Very sweet flavor- sgary, carramel syrup, toffee, fruity- pear and apricots, candi sugar-like, spicy peppery, citrus- orange rind and zest- and a sweet finish with some more orange in the aftertaste dna back of the throat. Too cloying especially for a tripel. Carbonation is low- not dry, wierd spiciness, and just off.
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