Explosive carbonation (typical of Belgian ales) blew the cork right off the bottle when protective cap of puffy white-headed pale yellow ale was unsealed. So it was not necessary to have corkscrew handy. Caramelized wheat sweetens dapper yellow-fruited resonance and tingly candy spicing to tart apple core. Let it swirl ’round your tongue for full effect.
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CAPTAIN LAWRENCE XTRA GOLD AMERICAN STYLE TRIPPEL ALE
Dank mildewed yeast reminiscent of cave-aged Belgian ale styling soaks through mandarin orange, Peach Melba, candied pineapple, and melon illusions of hazy golden liquid, settling to floral-hopped pink grapefruit finish. Needs fizzier carbonation. On second passage one year forward, bottle aging provided better floral bouquet, sourer lemon seed tartness, and sweeter grapefruit tang.
GREEN FLASH TRIPPEL BELGIAN STYLE ALE
Dapper gold-hazed tripel counters dry Saaz hop bittering with basking candi-sugared peach, melon and curacao orange luster. Sweet banana-clove-coriander flurry sours to delicately vinous grape finish. Lively floral-spiced herbs caress thin breaded yeast bed.
MAREDSOUS TRIPLE ALE (10 DEGREES)
Opulent candi-sugared fig entry receives caramel-creamed vanilla resonance, peppery banana-clove recession and orange-soured pineapple tang. Molded bread lurk, wet grass murk and cork-y acridity pick up dried peach-apricot fruiting at musky midst, turning a tad phenolic by citric-tart Chardonnay finish. A re-fermented, alcohol-fueled, ultra-smooth medium body.
UNIBROUE LA FIN DU MONDE ALE
Flamboyant triple fermentation creates cloudy yeast-thickened cluster for venerable Belgian-styled white ale. Orange-peeled clove-coriander spicing invigorates beguiling barleywine subtlety snuggling hazy floral-hopped fungi-molded perfumed yeast. Soft and billowy for light-hearted drinkers, but manly, yes.
WEYERBACHER MERRY MONK’S BELGIAN STYLE GOLDEN ALE
Exquisitely fruited Belgian-styled strong ale is truly ambitious. Creamy caramel malting contrasts charitable peppery hop bittering and fungi yeast funk, beckoning veritable Grand Marnier mouthfeel. Floral aromatics hover above perky seltzer-fizzed coriander-clove seasoning and soured plum-prune visage. Midrange bruised orange tang surpasses dainty banana, nectar, elderberry, and quince quirks.
BLUEGRASS MEPHISTOPHELES METAMORPHOSIS
Nowhere near as complex as its academic-bound moniker, but this strong wheat-backed Belgian-styled ale nicely integrates wafting orange compote entry with dry herbal peppering. Setback apple, peach, nectarine, and plantain illusions receive minor candi-sugared sweetness, but metallic phenol spicing disrupts fruited nature.
GRIMBERGEN TRIPLE AMBER ABBEY ALE
MIDDLE AGES TRIPEL CROWN ALE
URTHEL HIBERNUS QUENTUM
Foremost floral hops lace embittered grapefruit-orange tang of astringent alcohol-stricken white-headed straw-hued medium-bodied tripel. Black pepper speckles clove-coriander-cinnamon spicing, sourdough seduction, and herbaceous whim, but predictable brown sugared finish sags compared to finer Belgians.