Allagash Tripel Reserve

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Portland, Maine USA

Batch #135. Had the great balance of a great belgium blonde. Very clean finish, even with the high alcohol content. Citrus notes, great on the palate.

750ml bottle batch #21 (cellared 6yrs). Pours a great golden orange color with a huge creamy white head that leaves a great lace. The nose is full of fruit and yeast at first, with notes of spiciness as the beer warms. The taste was delightfully smooth beginning malty sweetness, fruity and yeasty in the middle and ending with a tart, citrus bitterness. Alcohol makes its presence known in the finish, but is surprisingly subdued for the higher alcohol. Full bodied with a full but crisp mouthfeel. Delicious.

Brother Jeff brought this from CA to CO for our reunion. Felt is was just a good, traditional Belgium. Immediately good, some sour, some bitter, very bubbly put dissipates fast and with it the beer seems to lose something. Still nothing I would ever turn down.

Smooth eggshell colored foam sits on a dark golden yellow bottle. After falling there is a full sheet of foam retained on the glass. A fruity spicy aroma with just a bit of alcohol noticeable. Bright fruits, pears and pineapple with lots of cloves mixed in. Taste is more fruits, passion fruit, pineapple, pears, floral honey, lots of spicing, alcohol spicing, no heat though.

Bouteilles de 750 ml et 12 oz, au Bières et Bouffe. Arômes de levure fruitée et épicée, notes de céréales. Robe blonde pâle, légèrement trouble. La bière provenant de la bouteille de 750 ml est nettement plus gazéifiée et apparaît plus sèche. Très bien équilibrée, la levure fruitée et épicée est accompagnée de belles notes de céréales. Finale légèrement amère de houblon herbal. L’alcool est très bien dissimulé.

750ml bottle at a tasting. POurs hazy yellow with medium fluffy head. Nose is fruity and a bit dusty. Very fruit. Taste is big yeast with some spices (cloves or cinnamon maybe). Overall very fruity and very nice.

29th August 2008. Cloudy amber beer. Smooth frothy creamy malt followed by peach and bananas. Dry creamy malt finish. Very smooth and superior tripel.

750ml Bottle from Champanes, sampled in a tulip glass, has a orange pour with some darker orange and yellow hues, there is a little haze from the fine particles in the brew, decent effervescence, produced a creamy white head that hangs around and leaves white bubbled lacing on the glass, aromas of fresh orange and pear fruit, orange skin, citrus, faint floral and spice notes, pale malt, faint light fruit and white sugar sweetness, flavors of bright light fruit – orange and lemon with flavor of pale malt, and has spice, tartness and pepper at the finish, and is dry at the finish, mouth feel is light, less than medium, creamy, a touch of alcohol warmth with each sip after the ale warmed up a bit, this Tripel has a good presentation, nice nose and flavors, a very good beer.