Tri Umphant - NoDa Brewing Company

craytonic

District of Columbia

3.68/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle from Brawley's

Appearance: yellow-orange pour with a dcent head
Smell: Typical for the style, bananas, sugar, caramel, brown sugar and booze
Taste: Again, well representative of the style, cloves, bananas, toffee, brown sugar
Mouthfeel: Smooth and good carbonation
ABV: Not my favorite, but a good representative of the style.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2012 19:13:40 | More by craytonic

maxwelldeux

North Carolina

3.38/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

Bottle. Pours a very clear light amber color with a smallish white head on it. Nose is quite yeasty and slightly sweet, reminiscent of a lot of the Belgian styles of beer. Taste is slightly sweet, but has a bit of a bite to it that is a little unexpected. Not a bad brew, but not great.

Serving type: bottle

06-02-2013 05:05:03 | More by maxwelldeux

leftstagebrew

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +5.3%

05-13-2013 15:40:33 | More by leftstagebrew

Lob

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

03-30-2013 14:13:30 | More by Lob

kell50

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

03-08-2013 01:15:54 | More by kell50

jorrx003

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

01-13-2013 22:02:35 | More by jorrx003

mcloud2

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +18.4%

01-13-2013 04:19:50 | More by mcloud2

GradyS1

California

4/5  rDev +5.3%

12-06-2012 04:24:15 | More by GradyS1

dirtylou

Washington

3.6/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

22oz bomber, split over the holidaze

appearance: served in an olde hickory vessel, light straw-orange body, minimal head retention

smell: banana, clove, sugar, yeast, alcohol

taste; I've always been a fan of the tripel style - NoDa's interpretation is pretty well to style with no real memorable highlights or downfalls. Sugary sweet, yeast, banana and clove, light citrus

mouthfeel: medium, light carbonation

overall: a good beer but not too exciting and would prefer to see some other bottled offerings in the future

Serving type: bottle

11-26-2012 03:25:12 | More by dirtylou

DaveStroud

2.75/5  rDev -27.6%

10-10-2012 19:23:01 | More by DaveStroud

merc7186

New York

3.78/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I had this beer poured out of bottle #357/1518 into a snifter glass.

A: Hazy Golden Straw Hue, Passes Some Light, White Head, Some Lacing

S: Yeasty, Belgian Sugars, Mild Oranges

T: Belgian Sugars, Yeast, Mild Oranges

M: Great Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Mildly Yeasty, Mildly Sweet

Overall, a nice belgian triple, nothing more, nothing less.

Serving type: bottle

09-19-2012 03:35:55 | More by merc7186

aasher

Indiana

3.33/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This is bottle 1081 of 1518, courtesy of thagr81us. Thanks Calton!

This beer pours a light bodied, bright polished bronze in color with a good amount of carbonation yet no head or lacing. The nose is pretty straightforward and simple. There is pale, sweet almost candied bubblegum yeast and a touch of alcohol. The flavors too feature sweet pale malts, that bubblegum yeast again, some artificial banana flavoring, and light alcohol. There is some residual sugar to it. It drinks light and yeasty and isn't as full bodied as most. It's ok. It's just a little too simple for my liking. The appearance, lack of head, and clarity take away from the finished product. I prefer a bigger, bolder, yeastier and cloudier Tripel. This just doesn't satisfy what I look for and expect from the style.

Serving type: bottle

08-22-2012 02:49:19 | More by aasher

BlueFeetAndBeer

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +5.3%

08-07-2012 14:16:21 | More by BlueFeetAndBeer

GTB

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +18.4%

07-17-2012 02:44:23 | More by GTB

marine1975

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

06-12-2012 00:07:07 | More by marine1975

strangebrew321

Indiana

4/5  rDev +5.3%

05-21-2012 03:58:29 | More by strangebrew321

thagr81us

South Carolina

3.73/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle number was unreadable on my bottle upon opening, but it was #### of 1518. Signed by the owner and head brewer! Served from bottle into a NoDa snifter (proper!). Poured a golden yellow-orange with a half finger white head that subsided to a minimal amount slowly. Maintained excellent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, banana, banana runts, and sugar. The flavor was of sweet malt, spices, banana, earth, wheat, grain, and alcohol. It had a light feel on the palate with medium carbonation. Overall this was a fairly good brew. There was just something about the aroma on this one that made it like crystal meth to me as the banana runt aroma was very awe-inspiring and kept me smelling my brew over and over for quite some time before even taking my initial sip. Upon taking my first sip, I was kind of disappointed that the banana runt aroma didn’t carry over into the flavor. I know that if it were that sweet it would kill the beer, but this was replaced with an earthy and somewhat boozy aftertaste that stuck to your palate. If the booziness wouldn’t have been as present this one could have been a top-notch Tripel in my opinion. A well done brew by NoDa and especially well done for their first bottling. Can’t wait to see what the future holds as far as their releases.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2012 11:34:24 | More by thagr81us

mjtiernan

New York

4/5  rDev +5.3%

05-12-2012 19:20:09 | More by mjtiernan

cmrillo

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +5.3%

03-27-2012 20:22:22 | More by cmrillo

lanamj

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Opened Bottle # 117 of 1518. Served in a room temp pint glass. Congrats on the first bottling guys.

A- A slow pour generates little to know head in this hazy gold beauty. Not much in the way of retention or lacing out of the bottle. On tap the day of the release, it was a a different story. Nice foamy heady that held well. Bottle score 3.5 , tap 4.5 , so I give it a 4.

S- Lots of sweet smooth aromas. I pick up lots of ripe bananas, sweet candi sugar, raisin, caramel malts and sweet booze. Lafey Tafey and brown sugar!! I like, although triple is not my favorite of the ale aromas, this one is well balanced.

T- Banana nut bread, raisins, caramel malts, slight amount of toffee and a crisp hop finish that is short lived but present. Again Lafey Tafey.

M- Smooth and crisp. For an ABV of %9.2 it drinks incredibly easy. The carbonation is spot on, most triples I feel are to active but this one is just right.

O- My hats off to NODA for this one. I feel its a great representation of the diversity and talent that this up coming brewery possesses. I cant wait for them to bottle more great bears... who knows maybe next time it will be darker ;). Awesome beer will enjoy the other three over the next few years. One of my favorite triples by far.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2012 05:15:03 | More by lanamj