Dragonmead Final Absolution Trippel - Dragonmead Microbrewery

Bierman9

New Hampshire

4/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

My first sample of a Dragonmead Bier.... Pours a rich, deep, slightly hazy russet-brown hue. Head is minimal save for a ring of off-white bubbles clinging to the rim of my Rapscallion snifter. There's some lacing, though not a whole lot. Nice to look at, and with more head it'd be a 4.5 easily. Aroma? Bubblegum big time! Some fruitiness, and perhaps a smidge of yeasty spiciness. The body here does have a bit of oomph, getting about into the medium range. Carbonation is at a fairly low level, making the feel on the tongue relatively smooth. Taste is also loaded with bubble-gum phenols and esters. And where's Aunt Est(h)er? Sanford & Son, I believe.... Has a nice toasty malt flavor, along with a candi-sugar sweetness in addition to the Aunt Esters.... Some floral hoppiness is present at the finish, though the bubble-gum aspect predominates in the somewhat dry finish. Pretty good bier, though honestly I like my Tripels heavier on the spiciness, with some bite. Thnx go to Anson Carter (aka Sakaroo) for schlepping this bier back from Michigan and tossing it my way. Zum Wohl!!

overall: 4
appearance: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 4

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Serving type: on-tap

01-11-2004 22:46:22 | More by Bierman9

Todd

Massachusetts

3.9/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

I fell in love with Dragonmead and its crew back at the 2001 GABF, so when BA sakaroo offered up a sample, I could not resist!

Pours a hazy amber with copper hues, topped with a snapping white foam head that dissipates quickly to a ring lace. A dusting of sediment is left in the bottle.

Sweet to the nose, with notes of fresh bread, soft white pepper and plenty of clove.

Smooth, hard water mouthfeel, a bit thick-ish. Plenty of tea-like sweetness and herbal character, backed by a dominant, and aggressive spicy/yeast character, more pepper, phenols and faint grass that rounds the soft bitterness. Warming alcohol presence. Some toasted malts, caramel and blossom honey characters are also present. More clove. Bubblegum flavours pull through as the beer warms, toward the end, where the beer finishes with yeast residuals. Pretty decent tripel, complex and tasty.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2003 05:12:59 | More by Todd

granger10

Wisconsin

3.8/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

I heard that they only bottled a few cases of this so I guess that I am lucky for being able to get it. Anyways this was one solid tripel but its flavors were slightly immature. Definitely a strong yeast precense and the yeast strain was excellent and made the beer what is was. The other flavors were very fruity and strong banana flavor at that. The banana flavor was almost too strong. I also noticed some grape flavor and plums. Slightly bready and slightly bitter in the finish. This beer was well carbonated and had a nice slick mouthfeel. All in all a good beer but definitely could use some aging to mellow that banana flavor.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2003 02:46:49 | More by granger10

cretemixer

Indiana

4.15/5  rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours a clear, honey amber in color with a thin, white, finely bubbled head. It settles to just a thin collar in no time flat.
The aroma is fruity & vinous. Grape skins, sour apple, yeasty with alcohol noted.
Warming at the onset. Flavor of grape skins comes though, along with a mild bready note. Bitterness is slight, but noticable in the finish.
Soft mouthfeel with almost no carbonation. A finely crafted version of the tripel style and one I am glad they started bottling. Thanks to trbeer for the personal delivery.

Serving type: bottle

12-18-2003 03:54:38 | More by cretemixer

TheDM

Indiana

2.58/5  rDev -36%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

This brew poured a small head of fine to medium sized bubbles that left a fair lacing and had a cloudy orange brown body. It had a fruity aroma with an apricot flavor which was not greatly to my liking. We had this brew at the Festival in Frankenmuth Michigan.

Serving type: bottle

07-19-2003 13:04:57 | More by TheDM

hotstuff

Indiana

2.7/5  rDev -33%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

When this beer was poured into my glass, it poured with a small head that unfortunately dissolved quickly. There was no lacing on the sides of my glass with this beer. It had a very cloudy appearance to it. The aroma was fruity in my opinion. This brew was not to my liking.

Serving type: bottle

07-08-2003 15:05:14 | More by hotstuff

proc

Michigan

4.72/5  rDev +17.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A truly wondeful beer. Sampled several times over at the Polar Beer Fest. A nice presence of clove, nutmeg and pepper spice up this yeasty, malty treat. This is a liquid meal that is filling and satisfying. Complex and delicious. A beer to have when you are having one. Well-done.

Serving type: nitro-bottle

02-17-2003 09:15:34 | More by proc

marburg

Michigan

4.38/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Where're the monkies!?!? Seriously, this is the beer for monkies. Why? Because it's like a freakin' bunch of bananas shoved into some glassware.

Amber/orange-ish color. Big fruit, jungle banana aroma. Tastes more or less the same. Very candied sugar sweet. For the strength, not too overwhelmingly alcoholic -- though it's definitely there in abundance. Drinkability is only hampered by the fact that after 2-3 of them and no food, you're in the bag already. :)

Serving type: on-tap

02-05-2003 10:09:10 | More by marburg

stoutman

Michigan

4.38/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

ABV = 8.5%.. Darker than I was expecting. Malty aroma and a noticeable fruity clove yeast aftertaste. Candy sugar is also quite noticeable in the taste. This is one alcohol laden, STRONG beer. Whew! Makes you sweat after 2 pints...

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2002 18:44:33 | More by stoutman

beernut7

Massachusetts

4.47/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

This monumental Belgian representation combines a sweet light ester quality with a bold, but uncannily smooth alcoholic warmth. Just a fantastic enjoyable beer.

Serving type: on-tap

08-12-2002 17:57:19 | More by beernut7