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rdickey

New Jersey

3.78/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: A large fluffy white head caps off a surprisingly pale golden ale. Bubbles stream continuously from the bottom of the glass. Not much lacing to speak of.

Smell: Mostly cloves and black pepper, but as it warms some fruity notes emerge (maybe banana?), as well as a hint of barnyard funk. Pretty traditional, but also pretty enticing.

Taste: More of the same comes through in the mouth, but it expands and gets even more interesting. The fruit notes in particular become more pronounced – pears and grapes come to the fore – but it never gets too sweet. I think this is due to both the hops and the ABV, which while noticeable isn’t overwhelming and seems to cut the sweetness a bit.

Mouthfeel: It’s undeniably a big beer, but the alcohol coexists nicely with the other flavors, and it finishes very crisp.

Drinkability: This is one you’ll want to sip. A lot of. For a long time.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2012 23:49:39 | More by rdickey

mwilbur

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +10%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from 750 mL bottle into snifter.
A: Pours an underripe lemon hue with significant carbonation producing a massive 3-4 inch bubbly white head. Carbonation continues to feed the head creating excellent retention.
S: Light citrus (lemon), grass, spices (clove, cinnamon), peach, and a note of fresh belgian yeast. Wafting in and out there is a hint of barnyard funk that adds a pleasant level of complexity to the aroma.
T: Soft lemon, brighter orange citrus, clove, musty barnyard funk, pear, white grape, and fresh and active belgian yeast. Very refreshing taste. A note of vanilla emerges with warming.
M: Initially soft and almost creamy feel (imparted from the head). This quickly turns toward prickly effervescence from the carbonation. Finishes soft and with a bit heavier feel...also a bit dry with hop spiciness. Lingers and matures nicely on the palate. An element of soft sweetness throughout.
D: Due to the strong effervescence, this one drinks like a citrus-infused champagne. Extremely drinkable even with an ABV of 10.5%. Nicely complex and yet easily approachable. An excellent example of style. Seek it out!

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2013 03:05:13 | More by mwilbur

DRBiser

Maryland

4/5  rDev -2.2%

04-25-2013 13:19:39 | More by DRBiser

beertardis

Rhode Island

4/5  rDev -2.2%

04-17-2013 00:38:37 | More by beertardis

dt_gbpackersfan

Missouri

4/5  rDev -2.2%

03-18-2013 02:49:56 | More by dt_gbpackersfan

dawgnation51

Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +22.2%

03-15-2013 17:29:14 | More by dawgnation51

UWBadgerFan4Life

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -14.4%

02-23-2013 04:02:42 | More by UWBadgerFan4Life

AleWatcher

Illinois

2.5/5  rDev -38.9%

02-23-2013 02:50:11 | More by AleWatcher

StonedTrippin

Colorado

4.08/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

this is the perfectly made tripel, what the style is all about for me. thanks to my rare beer club for this one. pours a real cloudy pale yellow color, muted golden with a fizzy bone white head as tall as the pour is aggressive. excellent lacing and head retention. the nose is sweet, but not sugary, its a sort of starchy sweet that I really like. Belgian yeast and some light fruit, maybe golden raisins, rounds it out. the flavor is floral on the yeast front, meadowy and right on for spring. more hops in the finish than most versions of the style usually allow for, and it really cleans up the sweetness at the end. lots of richer wheat malt flavor and a certain almost dairy-like creaminess that makes this beer fill every crevice of my mouth with. there a certain airiness to the feel that keeps it light. and who could ever guess this is over 10% abv. man, it feels so mellow and tame, sessionable as anything with this ultra light body. a rare combination of alcohol strength and delicacy of feel. It really works. this is a great example of a beer that is sweet but doesn't let that feature spoil its subtleties. head of class in my book.

Serving type: bottle

02-18-2013 04:33:53 | More by StonedTrippin

superspak

Michigan

4.2/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

750 ml bottle into chalice, best before 2014. Pours cloudy golden amber color with a foamy 1 finger white head with decent retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge pear, apple, grape, apricot, peach, floral, pepper, grass, honey, candi sugar, bread, earth, and light yeast spiciness. Fantastic aromas with great complexity of fruity esters and balance of maltiness. Taste of big pear, grape, apple, apricot, peach, lemon, honey, floral, grass, bread, candi sugar, earth, light clove, and light yeast spiciness. Lingering notes of light fruits, honey, floral, grass, bread, candi sugar, earth, and light yeast spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity and balance of fruity and malty flavors; with zero cloying sweetness present after the finish. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a smooth and fairly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent Tripel style! Great balance and complexity of fruity esters and malts; and very smooth to sip on. A highly enjoyable offering.

Serving type: bottle

02-10-2013 04:49:18 | More by superspak

golf4collet

West Virginia

4.5/5  rDev +10%

01-26-2013 00:45:24 | More by golf4collet

sacrelicio

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +10%

01-25-2013 05:13:02 | More by sacrelicio

Dope

Massachusetts

4.09/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Corks comes out with an emphatic pop and immediately spills over all over my keyboard and mouse. Awesome.

A: A hazy golden-orange pour. Enormous fluffy head. Top-notch head retention but only the lightest, fluffiest bits of lacing remain on the glass.

S: A really nice crisp and bright aroma. Floral. Grassy with lots of lemon and oranges. Light breadiness. A touch sweet and a touch of yeast.

T: Very bready. Bready right from the start but mixed with grass and some light citrus. Get some spicy belgian yeast in the middle with some cloves. Bananas primarily follow into the finish. Lingering aftertaste is bready, grassy and continuing banana flavor. A bit dry. No indication as to the alcohol.

M: Nice and crisp and medium bodied. Does not feel like a 10.5% brew.

O: A traditional but excellent tripel. Nothing really stands out, it's just well executed. No indication as to the strength at all. I would have said 7-8%. Well balanced and tasty.

Serving type: bottle

01-24-2013 04:01:26 | More by Dope

smakawhat

Maryland

4.46/5  rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from the bottle into a tulip glass. Hooray more triples!! Cork gives with a strong pop, and some smoke too.

Pours incredibly foamy, rocking bright white head with pinhead sized bubbles. While pouring it gets very shampoo like with with large bubbles, and a good amount of retention and staying power for an uneven head. Body color is full of rising carbonation, but a murky yellow brown, and kind of swampy. As murky and dull as it is, it does have some see-thru character. Not bad.

Boy the bouquet on this is great. Huge floral notes, and hints of peach and apple. Potporri roses, dried petals. Very perfumey with, a sense of soap cleanliness character. This bouquet just blossoms on first whiff.

Palate explodes and whaffs with richness. Lively carbonated almost tonic, carrying the floral character in the middle real nicely. Finishes crisp and highly aromatic, with hints of mint like candy. Light bodied with a good mellow sweetness rolling on the tongue, with sugars coming out nicely, almost powdered. Hints at wine and champagne but just enough density of malt to stand out.

Overall, another great classic Tripel, lovely glad I found this.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2013 01:35:06 | More by smakawhat

Hellpop65

Kansas

3.25/5  rDev -20.5%

01-12-2013 19:09:06 | More by Hellpop65

Hex92

Virginia

3.58/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

This is almost an awesome beer. It looks great in the glass smells good and tastes great....until the aftertaste hits. Then it tastes like someone mixed an awesome tripel with a cheap beer like pbr. Its great as you drink it down. Then the aftertaste hits and it tastes like cheap beer .

Its unfortunate since it looks and tastes so good (initially) . I got it from the rare beer club. I wouldn't buy it again.

Serving type: bottle

01-10-2013 02:57:41 | More by Hex92

Hessian257

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

01-08-2013 00:58:47 | More by Hessian257

El_Flippo

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

01-01-2013 22:43:22 | More by El_Flippo

valkyre65

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

12-29-2012 19:17:36 | More by valkyre65

smithj4

New York

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

12-25-2012 00:30:31 | More by smithj4

DaveAnderson

Minnesota

3/5  rDev -26.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I'll admit it right now. Tripel isn't a style I usually like. It may even be my least favorite among the ale varieties. But there's only one way to expand my horizons, and that is to try 'em all. Right?

First, a note on appearance. To paraphrase Lawrence Wilkerson describing Doug Feith, seldom in my life have I met...an uglier bottle. That said, I have had many a mediocre beer from a pretty bottle, so this will not color my review. Also - lots of visible sediment in this one. Globules.

To the beer! It's corked and caged, and the cork takes some effort to remove. Poured into a goblet, it's foamy, but in a way that dies down quickly. The beer is pale and hazy, with visible sediment. The foam that remains leaves dense, ultra-fine lacing all the way up the glass.

Right after opening, this beer had an overpowering metallic smell. I didn't want to get anywhere near it. But 20-30 minutes after being opened, it was a completely different beer. I had a few sips along the way, but didn't try to truly examine it until it had a chance to open up. It's fruity, a little beery for a tripel, and has some weird notes, like dry-erase marker. I'm catching a little banana and pineapple, and some green pepper. This is a strange one.

The taste is completely incongruous with the smell. I have never met a beer with that "banana" smell that wasn't sweet -- until now. Also, it's sour in the way that coffee is sometimes sour -- in the finish, but not on the tongue. The flavors are much sharper and more intense than I associate with a tripel. In addition to the sour bite, it finishes sort of peppery.

The alcohol in this one is pretty well masked. It hit me much harder than I expected. Carbonation, while light, persisted for a long, long time.

In the end, there was too much discord for me to enjoy this beer. It's so hard to track, and exposes too many flaws. It feels like a lazy sell-out to award all 3s, but I went back through each attribute, and couldn't justify anything more. So, 3.0 it is.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2012 06:31:16 | More by DaveAnderson

ralphw56

Nevada

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

11-17-2012 23:06:55 | More by ralphw56

Murrhey

Montana

3.78/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured on-tap at Hollingshead's Deli in Orange. Reviewed from notes.

A- Finger width whie head. Little retention but some watery lacing. Very pale orange color. Cloudy.

S- Some alcohol, hoppy and very light smell.

T- Champagne and hops, clean finish with some bitter linger. Sweet and clean.

M- Light bodied, nice finish.

O- Lighter beer with a high ABV. Not terrible but not great. I still enjoyed it.

Serving type: on-tap

11-14-2012 23:57:32 | More by Murrhey

Blixa

California

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

10-25-2012 00:54:59 | More by Blixa

t0rin0

California

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

09-01-2012 00:29:45 | More by t0rin0