Alesmith Mikkeller Stone Belgian Style Tripel Ale

Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Abbey Tripel
Escondido, California USA

Bottle. Poured a light orange with a bit of cloudyness. Smells of hops and spices. Flavor is complex, starts sweet and tart and ends with a bit of bitterness. Really quite delicious.

Poured into a mason jar because its a sunday night and I dont want to dirty up any glasses and hear my woman squawk at me. Pours an orangy-yellow, with minor haziness. Head falls flat in moments. Smell is of mild yeast and spices. Nothing overpowering or telling with the aroma. Tastes crisp and tart with a nice yeast and floral after taste. Very drinkable for a belgian styles tripel. I would never guess this is 9.5%. You cant even taste the booze. I am more impressed the more I drink it.

Bottle.Bronze and clear with a slight whisky like flavour. Very smooth especially considering its strength.A classy ale and a very pleasant experience drinking it.

Bottle thanks to funkybrewster! Pours a clear yellow golden with a medium sudsy white foam. Spicy sweet fruity aroma, some citrus, yeast, orange peel, coriander, herbal, I can’t remember the spices in here... but I’m pretty sure that I’m way off. First taste is weirdly bitter, fruity sweet, and oddly spiced. Very yeasty, herbal, bitter hops, some citrus, candi sugar, some kind of roots or something, rubber, vegetables. Finishes malty and spicy with some noticeable alcohol. Long yeasty aftertaste. Medium bodied with a lighter mouthful, creamy, lively fine carbonation. Just odd, but this bottle is less odd than the first one I had.

Bottle. Light golden colour with a white head. Spices, herbs, citrus, fruit, lightly malty, light alcohol. Strong carbonation.

Bottle. Pours gold with a fluffy head. Aroma of citrus and floral hops, light spices, and yeast. Flavor is surprisingly mellow and hoppy, perhaps this is a “hoppy” triple. Good mouthfeel, medium-bodied with crisp carbonation. Finish is clean, slightly bitter, and fruity. Great tasting, though simple.

Pours a golden orange color with a thin off white head. Light aroma of spice, hop, and Belgian yeast. Nice flavor, hop bite at the end. Nice triple.

330ml bottle. Gee there’s alot of writing on this bottle! Pours quite a clear bright orange body. Small bit of a white head hangs around atop. Spicy nose with clove and pepper outstanding, plenty of cereally malt, some ripe stonefruit and citrus flavours make their way into the mix. Quite a smooth body alround, carbonation seems on the low side for the style. Drying texture. Light malt body, bit of grainy cereal, bread and sweet honey, leading onto notes of ripe peach, banana and melon, some citrus and floral hops. Plenty of spicey clove and pepper on the finish, bit of alcohol with a drying wheaty cereal flavour. Bit disappointing. Quite well made and enjoyable but somewhat lacking in the little things that seem to make or break this style.