 jhumphries69 (513), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
May 19, 2008
Bottle. Poured hazy gold/yellow with medium-sized white head. The aroma was slightly grassy and full of sweet malts and pear and banana esters. The flavor was grassy with some esters, bready malts, amnd light residual sweetness. The bitterness at mid-palate and finish was balancing and not strong. The finish was a little dry with some residual sweetness, soft fruit, and subtle grassy hops. The mouthfeel is crisp and medium in body. Overall, an excellent tripel. I had this at a St. Bernardus beer dinner at Fifth Earl Market the other night and found this one to be better than the St. Bernardus Tripel.
ScoWRee (218), Phila, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 7, 2008 Pours a merky golden color with a bubblie white head. Aroma of yeast and a hint of spice. Taste, lots of carbonation. Lots of spice and citrus. I love St. Bernardus but this was not up to expectation for me.
Miver (394), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 5, 2008 750ml bottle. Poured hazy golden yellow in color with a thin off white head that left little lacing on the glass. Aroma of yeast, bread, orange citrus, honey, and some spices. Tastes of bready yeast, spices, sweet malts, honey and some light citrus. Its balanced well, but it didn’t fall in love with this one.
Angeloregon (1898), Portland, Oregon, USA
Sep 2, 2008 Bottle from By the Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Poured a deep golden-mustard-orange body with a frothy thick white blanket head. Nose of spicy peppers, yeastiness, and honey. Complex and bountiful palate. Prickly mouthfeel with a lot going on on the tongue. Bready, sweet, gritty, yeasty, a little cloying, but not too bad.
ChainGangGuy (1536), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Best Before: 21 06 10.
Appearance: Pours a bright, clear, golden body with a huge, foamy, white head.
Smell: Aroma smelling of spicy hops, lightly bready malts, orange blossom honey, and cracked black pepper.
Taste: Lightly bready malts sweetened with honey and light caramel sauce. Spicy hops with a medium bitterness. Touch of peach fruitiness. Dash of hop spices. There’s a little ’pop’ of acidity. Odd hint of licorice comes and goes. This is followed by a bit of sourness. And this is followed by some alcohol warmth as you’re led into the sweetish finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Sticky mouthfeel. Medium-high carbonation.
Drinkability: I rather enjoyed it. A very nice tripel, a style, I’ll admit, I can be a bit fussy towards. It’s got the usual tripel traits, but it’s like someone blended in a sweeter, bready Vienna lager into it. There, I had to get that off my chest. And you know what? It felt good. It’s good to be honest.
darkguardian (173), Florida, USA
Aug 18, 2008 12oz bottle. Smooth nose of citrus and yeast with caramel and vanilla. Pours a deep hazy gold with a a thick foamy head. Flavor is very yeasty with notes of bread, spicy hops and a strong malt backbone. Much better balanced than most tripels, a really tasty brew.
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