Unexpectedly smooth, thickly viscous, amber-yellowed ‘triple’ brings sour apple waft to peach-apricot-grapefruit juiciness as medicinal warmth builds. Creamy butterscotch remnant, honeyed coriander snip and mild floral nip give way to peppery hop-fizzed bittering. Its delicate nature is its slender reward.
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SOUTHAMPTON TRIPLE ABBEY-STYLE ALE
Subtle Belgian-styled triple brings lemony orange blossom tang and vanilla-banana-bubblegum sweetness to candi-sugared yeast setting. Clove-coriander spicing and fennel-carrot adjunct sit below latent black-peppered menthol freshness subsuming broadened banana bread buttering. Just a tad unassuming.
ALLAGASH TRIPEL RESERVE BELGIAN STYLE ALE
Soft-tongued amber-clouded thickheaded wheat beer essence aided by honey fruited sweetness, caramelized barley-oats subtlety, and soft candi-sugared Belgian yeast pleasantry. Splendid white-peppered pineapple, grapefruit, banana and apricot tropicalia reaches nirvana. Extremely light ‘triple’ ale considering diffidently cool 9.7% alcohol content.
EEL RIVER TRIPLE EXULTATION (CERTIFIED ORGANIC)
Tangy tangerine sweetness and red licorice respite contrast wood-hopped grapefruit bittering of unassuming 9.7% alcohol-burnt medium body. Ruddy ‘old ale’ remains buttery as whiskey-tinged caramel malts coat fig, date and green raisin illusions plus candied apple subsidy and medicinal cherry coughdrop tease.
LA TRAPPE TRIPEL
Delicately complex puffy-headed tan-foamed tripel with clumped Brussels lace and jasmine-perfumed yeast concentration gains strong alcohol penetration up-front. Creamy caramel malt foundation and cereal grain firmness underlined by dried prune, orange peel, and rotted peach. Relaxing finish brings cotton-candied vanilla jellybean illusion to the forefront.
SOUTHERN TIER BELGIAN STYLE TRIPEL ALE
ST. SEBASTIAN GOLDEN BELGIAN ALE
(ANDELOT) CUVEE DIABOLIQUE ABBEY TRIPEL
Gorgeously pristine Brussels-laced cumulous-headed straw-hazed pale-bodied moderation plies aromatic citric-grape luster to soothing banana theme progressed by sudsy honeyed yeast sweetening. Highly carbolic lemony orange rind snip affirms spicy white-peppered clove-mint confluence as fleeting apple tartness, apricot perk, and herbal reminder battle back minor acidic oxidation.
FLYING DOG KERBEROS TRIPEL
(LEFEBVRE) ABBAYE DE FLOREFFE TRIPLE ALE
STEENBRUGGE TRIPEL BLONDE ALE
Regal billowy-headed blonde (brewed in Belgian Abbey) features Old World herbal gruut influence and rampant clumps of Brussels lace. Sharp grain-malted presence, aromatic creme de cocoa keepsake, and thickened yeast-candied butterscotch resonation bring intial attention. Recoiling barleywine sweetness hides chocolate subtleties until strong whiskey-licked medicinal finish takes over. Creamy texture loses out to overriding fuzzy carbolic fizz, sucking out its essence. Perhaps a spicy kick in the ‘grain’ would increase resiliency.
ANDERSON VALLEY BROTHER DAVID’S TRIPLE ABBEY STYLE ALE
On tap, vinous grape-quince sourness juxtaposes cherry jubilee tartness, bruised orange tang, and candi-sugared sweetness of 10% alcohol feast. Clove, coriander, and banana underscore vanilla wafer pleasantry halfway through. Turbid bottled version allows creamier medicinal warmth and bourbon boozing to accelerate yellow apple, melon, and kiwi illusions propelling bruised cherry-banana-orange motif.