Alesmith Mikkeller Stone Belgian Style Tripel Ale

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

I loved this. Slightly hazy orange gold, low carbonation. Yeasty aroma. Flavour is just...lovely. Nice bitterness, alcohol is bang on the money, sweetness, hops and fruit and spice all perfectly complimenting each other. Right up my street. Sexy stuff.

12 oz bottle: Pours a slightly hazed golden w/ a lasting white head. The immediate nose reminds me of freshly mown grass but becomes quickly floral with notes of spicy yeast. The aroma reminds me of Juicy Fruit gum just a bit. A hint of clove, and that fruity yeast character. Bready and buscuity malt aroma as it warms and the hops and yeast lose dominance. Flavor is very much balanced to bitter, but pleasant into the lingering finish. The fruitiness is sort of lost in the dry bitterness. Sweetness and that fruity character is all up front into the mid palate, but the finish is herbal/floral hops and bone dry. The m/f is dry, to the point of almost being astringent (IMHO), low medium CO2, well hidden alcohol. I think this one is solid, but I’m not too keen on the bitterness component in this beer. While I don’t mind a bitter triple, usually, my preference would be to be a slight bit sweeter, and I’d like to see a bit more effervescence, but again, a solid beer!

12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy gold with very thin white head. Yeast with a honey sweetness and banana in the nose. Bitter hops with bread apricot and candi sugar, finiishes dry and bitter. Light on the palate, very smooth and drinkable. Nice beer.

Hazy golden pour, little head. Light aromas of spice, hops, and a bit of pine. The taste is a mix of floral, orange, candy, and alcohol. Pretty nice overall.

Bottled. Aroma is yeasty, citric with some spice. Hazy, yellow golden coloured beer with a lasting head. The taste is slightly bitter, yeasty and citric (peel). Quite decent, nice balanced, medium bodied triple.

Bottled, almost sure I have had this before. Slightly hazy golden color, medium head. Aroma of slight hop, spicy belgian triple-like, hint of fruit. Soft balanced taste of fruit and spice, bit orange and mandarin. Fine triple.

[2282-20090616] 12floz bottle. Sweet orange zest hops aroma with mild toasted pie crust and vegetal hay hints. Slightly hazy, medium orange body with a medium-lasting foamy off-white head. Sweet bitter orange citrus hops flavour, very hoppily sweet and lovely. Medium-full body is bitter. Wow, very drinkable.
(Vintage 2008 @ beerbistro; Toronto, ON; w/ jerc)

Bottle. In the glass, this is apricot-like orange in colour. The head took a straight quick pour to build, but has good retention. There is peach in the aroma, yeast, subtle grain, lemon zest. The mouthfeel is fairly thick, smooth: medium to full. The flavour is crisp, nicely bitter with some more citrus zest throughout. I taste green, flowery hops with plenty of grain; it’s a bit buttery. There’s some lemon and orange in there too. The finish is long with plenty of grassy, slightly bitter hops.