Tripel - Rockmill Brewery

nollie77

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1.7%

11-12-2012 02:51:11 | More by nollie77

superspak

Michigan

4.1/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

750 ml bottle into chalice, bottled on 1/26/2012. Pours hazy golden amber color with a 1 finger dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big peach, lemon, pear, apricot, pineapple, orange, honey, pepper, floral, candi sugar, wheat, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity of malt and fruity/spicy ester notes; with decent spicy yeast ester balance with malt/fruitiness. Taste of lemon, peach, apricot, pear, pineapple, orange, honey, candi sugar, pepper, floral, bread, and spicy yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of citrus and tropical fruits, honey, floral, candi sugar, pepper, bread, and spicy yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity of malt and fruity/spicy yeast esters; with a stronger balance of malt and fruitiness over spiciness; with no cloying sweetness present after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a slick and lightly syrupy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Tripel style. Great complexity of fruity esters and malt flavors with moderate yeast spiciness balance; and quite smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2013 04:37:20 | More by superspak

ZachRusk

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +16.7%

04-02-2013 20:14:42 | More by ZachRusk

speedvagen

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1.7%

02-25-2013 00:37:50 | More by speedvagen

kbrown

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1.7%

09-16-2012 01:41:13 | More by kbrown

astebelton

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1.7%

08-20-2012 13:44:21 | More by astebelton

denver10

Colorado

3.03/5  rDev -25.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

A hazy, apple cider appearance with an overflowing cream colored foamy head. Had to wait a while for it to drop before I could drink. A nice sweet, yeasty, fruity aroma; sugared apples and bananas, spices, yeast. The flavor matches the aroma though the apple component seems a touch sharper than the other components. A very active moutfhfeel. Overall, fair.

Serving type: bottle

07-11-2012 22:24:40 | More by denver10

Brenden

Ohio

3.93/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

This beer pours out a cloudy dark amber-orange, a bit light for the typical tripel, with an eggshell white head that grows to a finger tall, displays decent retention, and falls to a sturdy foam that leaves a mixture of spots and patches of lacing.
While sweet, having the candi sugars element a tripel ought to, it's not cloying. The Belgian yeast is here, though not as exceptionally as many monk-crafted Belgians. The dark fruits I expect are here, raisin and plum along with some lighter fruits more of the white flesh variety. There's also a bit of a honey element to this beer. A bit of spiciness mixes things up and just a bit of floral hops add balance. It's actually quite well done if not a bit unusual.
The feel is pretty good, though not on the level of what takes certain Belgians to the next level. Generally it's both crisp and smooth, but doesn't have that exceptional creaminess and flow to it that makes the great ones great.
Overall, this is a very nice beer that allows for no hesitation to try the others from Rockmill that have popped up recently.

Serving type: bottle

07-09-2012 21:27:33 | More by Brenden

vrbulldog22

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%

06-08-2012 03:51:15 | More by vrbulldog22

Sean9689

Illinois

2.43/5  rDev -40.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Thanks, Alex!

A - Pours a hazy burnt orange with a light fizzy head, thin collar.

S - Sugary sweetness, yeast, citrus zest...way too sweet.

T - Overly sweet sugary notes, yeast, light citrus, light spice. Way too much sweetness and not much of the Tripel base at all. Booze is hidden by all the sweetness.

M - Medium body, flat, sugary finish.

O - I don't want anymore...thank you. Too sweet to enjoy even a single pour...not my cup of tea but you enjoy pounding sugar in liquid form, this is the beer for you.

Serving type: bottle

06-07-2012 16:08:55 | More by Sean9689

Treebs

Illinois

2.83/5  rDev -30.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

750 ml C&C bottle served in a Portsmouth tulip. Rare tripel tick courtesy of Alex (Masterski).

A: Pours a hazy chilled golden amber color with barely the slightest head. It recedes rather quickly to nothing.

S: The immediate whiff is that processed crust on the outside of a cherry poptart. Some alcohol is in there with a little cardboard as well.

T: Definitely some oxidation happening here. I wonder if the C&C was bad. Wet paper,cherry pop tart crust, and some earthy malt.

M: Almost zero carbonation. The body isn't lively and it's hard to drink a ton of this.

O: The bad C&C really made this a hard thing to drink. On tap of that the flavor profile was very disjointed and I barely got any flavors I enjoy in a typical tripel.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2012 19:43:12 | More by Treebs

lpotter

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%

04-23-2012 12:49:46 | More by lpotter

csustar001

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +16.7%

04-22-2012 22:13:01 | More by csustar001

BeerImmediately

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Picked up while out in Dublin, OH.

Pours with a decent but not huge off white head over a very cloudy golden body, with bubbles running up the sides. Solid lacing.

Lots of juicy, sweet fruits in the aroma - apricot, orange, pear, and white grape. Plenty of rich and zesty yeast. The spicy quality really comes through as it warms.

Plenty of hop flavors join the Juicy Juice party. Good bitterness and white pepper flavors to cut the sweet. Mouthfeel is pretty crisp and dry.

This could be one of my rare set of all 4's. Better than average and loaded with flavor, but not quite soft enough.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2012 21:57:15 | More by BeerImmediately

wisrarebeer

Wisconsin

4.85/5  rDev +19.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Batch 98. Brewed 6-20-11, bottled 7-20-11.

A: amber colored, slight haze with dense creamy head
S: medium to strong nose, true to type with cloying malt, yeast, and EtOH
T: amazing that an Ohio beer tastes like it should come from Belgium!, deep grain, very full taste, cloying with grainy finish and bite with nice hops
M: well made, impressive
O: true to type, full and extremely flavorful

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2012 20:09:37 | More by wisrarebeer

falcon1

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1.7%

02-08-2012 17:25:49 | More by falcon1

BDIMike

Ohio

4.15/5  rDev +2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours an awesome-looking Belgian beer. A cloudy, dark golden color is everything you would expect. A HUGE white head that does not go away very quickly at all.
Smell is very nice. Strong clean wheat, biscuit smell. Almost smells like a hopped up hefeweizen. A slight hop tinge, but mainly sugary wheat.
Taste is very fresh, just like the Rockmill Dubbel. This beer takes like taking a very good German hefeweizen and dumped some sugar in it, and I mean that in a good way. Lots of nice tastes that blend together.
Mouthfeel has s thin thickness, but a very smooth feel.
Drinkability is awesome on this beer. A lot of very nice tastes, but very balanced as well. A great Tripel from an awesome brewery in Ohio. I would go out of my way to get my hands on this beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-06-2012 01:28:16 | More by BDIMike

jminch

Ohio

3/5  rDev -26.3%

02-05-2012 12:20:11 | More by jminch

canjeeps

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +10.6%

01-21-2012 13:17:07 | More by canjeeps

hustlesworth

Ohio

2.6/5  rDev -36.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

the last of their 4 beers... i hope this one suits me better than the others...

A- very nice hazy apricot color with a white head that fizzles away quickly and noisily leaving nothing but a thin ring and no lacing down the goblet.

S- funky, rubbery, fruity, and sweet. melon, pear, white grape and apple dominate along with a bit of peppery yeast. sweet candy like malt with some honey and vanilla and floral hops.

T- damn you, weird bitterness! it has to has to HAS to be from the yeast. pronounced alcohol has a pineapple vodka essence. fruit flavors are lost behind rubbery bitterness. finishes peppery and numb. the best thing is the fresh spring water taste i get when i hold the beer in my mouth for a few seconds. hops taste green and vinous.

MF- invigorating carbonation is always good in a beer of this style... however with the rubbery bitterness derp and the smack of alcohol added to it, it really does numb the palate. alcohol gives things a definite spirit feel but doesn't lend any softness to the body. malt has a nectar-juice-syrup type quality but ultimately the brew ends up dry.

D- not good dude. not drinkable for me. nothing else to say.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2012 01:31:28 | More by hustlesworth

cmiley123

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1.7%

12-30-2011 01:06:28 | More by cmiley123

spycow

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1.7%

12-07-2011 04:40:43 | More by spycow

recall1242

Ohio

5/5  rDev +22.9%

11-21-2011 05:08:30 | More by recall1242

ej285701

Ohio

5/5  rDev +22.9%

11-17-2011 15:07:59 | More by ej285701

Hoptometrist

Oregon

4.5/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Served from the bottle into a snifter at the Greenhouse Tavern

A- Poured a hazy orange color with a nice creamy head. A ring of lace remained for the whole beer, left lots of chunky lace.

S- Big bubblegum, belgian yeast, spice, vinous quality, and citrus. All the flavors were big and balances. Some bitterness and alcohol presence.

M- Lots of warming, highly carbonation, smooth, and drinkable

O- Off the charts drinkable. A great tripel with some unique wine like characteristics.

Serving type: bottle

10-16-2011 23:53:40 | More by Hoptometrist