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Weyerbacher Merry Monks Ale

Weyerbacher Merry Monks Ale

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An Abbey Tripel brewed by
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.

Easton, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
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5493.37/5.03.37/5.09.3%51.6Trappist glass, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Formerly Weyerbacher Belgian Triple.
At Weyerbacher we've recreated a Belgian Trippel without limitation. We use premium Pilsener malts, candi-sugar, and yeast strains- all imported from Belgium. To be true to the style, our Trippel is bottle conditioned. This means we add a bit of candi-sugar and yeast just prior to bottling. This imparts a special effervescence to the beer, a creamier carbonation, and also extends the shelf life. The on-going fermentation inside the bottle will change the character of the beer as it ages, and you'll find it becomes dryer with age. You may want to lay down a few bottles for future evaluation. We suggest storing at cellar temperatures -around 55 degrees F- and away from light.

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 ontario102 (794), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/515/20

Jul 11, 2005  
Sub-par triple; sour palate with abundant perfume and flowers in the nose; flat body; this is good, and I’d gladly drink this again, but probably wouldn’t buy it myself

 patrick767 (1586), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jan 1, 2009  
bottle - It’s a tripel? Interesting. The bottle says "Belgian style golden ale". It pours a rich gold and has a yeasty, bread malt aroma. The flavor is sweet malt with a little light hops and a fruity yeast character, as well as a hint of spice. It’s medium bodied and enjoyable. I would say to expect a flavor closer to golden ales than to tripels, but it is good.


 joeyplush (108), Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 25, 2008  
Pours a gold color, slightly cloudy, with a medium head that disappears quickly. Mistakenly let out some of the yeast at the bottom of the bottle, so had some solids evident in my pour. Aroma of citrus hops and some spices. Taste has light citrus, hops, some spices, and some offsetting sweetness. Decent carbonation.


 noncaloric (247), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/514/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Thanks daknole. Pours a hazy orange-gold with a thin white head that soon simmers down to a ring. Aroma is mainly yeasts, and quite pleasant. Flavor is yeasty on the front, fruits and spices emerge on the mid-palate, banana, cinnamon, and clove, sweet, and then a bitter, alcoholic finish, slightly fusel, not as pleasant as the beginning. Lingering pear and floral notes. Medium bodied, effervescent in the mouth, drying out on the finish.


 brewblackhole (1260), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 20, 2008  
Aroma was as big and fruity as any Belgian Triple I ever had. Sunshiney cloud of pear and banana, you can actually smell sweetness,which is surprising because the taste is not that sweet, those fruit flavors come out along with slighly heavy malt and a sharp dose of bitter hops that drys out the taste in the end. Worth it just for the aroma


 adrian910ss (1106), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 14, 2008  
Pours a hazy yellow-orange gold with a medium sized frosty white head. Unfiltered with lots of hops floating around. Aroma of candied sugar, spicy esters, banana, cloves and yeast. Taste of spicy candied sugar, bananas, cloves, yeast and bread.



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