Big Sky Tripel

Pours a hazy lemon yellow with light very white head. Aroma is very citrusy/lemon with yeast notes. Flavor yeast/lemon with sugar/sweet undertones. Body is light.

Tap, Autumn Brew Review 09. Pours a hazy yellow color, minimal head. Flavor is citric and tart, mild yeasty ester notes. Light bodied, not much to this one. As a pils hybrid - OK. As a tripel - not so much.

On tap at the brewery. this golden ale poured with a massive off-white head that had to be scraped off. There is a floral aroma and a tasty caramel malt base with some candi sugar and unusual ester tastes, then a bready finish. This is a pretty good tripel.

from growler from the brewery on 11 27 08. light golden color with little white head. apples and spice on the nose. soft and even body with fruit up front and a touch of sourness. slight bitter finish. overall an excellent tripel, very dynamic, full of flavor with some mead like qualities.

On draught of the Stub and Herbs’s in Minneapolis, Minnesota as Big Sky Barrel Aged Tripel. Pours a clear golden pale amber brew with a creamy off-white head that leaves behind a spotty lacing and a thin white ring. Aroma of light bready malt, banana esters, some dark fruity character with yeast and some floral hops. Taste is medium to full bodied, lightly carbonated with flavors of alcohol, yeast, some banana esters and some semi-dry golden grain malt. Finish is slightly metallic, with a short lived yeast and banana ester aftertaste, finishing off with some alcohol burn. Definitely an ABV well in the 8%.

Bottle: Dark straw, dirty in shade, very hazy/cloudy, large rocky white head, clumpy lacing, robust carbonation.   Bready nose, some straw, hints of citrus, melon, and flora.   Bright breadiness on the tongue, warming but not overly alcoholic.   Not getting much of the fruity aspect on the tongue.   Yeah, quite warming.   No indication on the bottle of its ABV, but I suspect that its at least 8%.   Moderate to full body and mouthfeel.   Bready finish, clean, minor floral notes.   Pretty standard, but also well built.   Could stand to be a bit more fruity/floral, otherwise pretty tasty.   Thanks to Matt Long of Big Sky for providing the bottle!

I just had a bottle that was 4 months old and aged in wine barrels. It seemed to pick up a delicious sourness that made it one of the best tripels I’ve had. Fricken delicious is the only way I can describe it. Very mild acidity, tart sourness cleans the palate, very refreshing. Bottled in a growler from the brewery. Pours cloudy orange with a fizzy white head. Citrus and spice in the nose. Crisp tripel, very fruity with banana esters that mix with the citrus in the finish. A bit of excess alcohol shows, so its hot on the palate, although i’m not sure on the ABV of this. Very yeasty aftertaste, quite a big still in suspension even after letting the growler chill in the fridge overnight.