Brewers Art Green Peppercorn Tripel

Brewed by The Brewers Art
Style: Abbey Tripel
Baltimore, Maryland USA

750 ml 2008 bottle courtesy of acrdz -- thanks! Opened May ’08.

Pours a lightly hazy yellow, small amounts of floating particulate matter, a nice white head. Splendid aroma with lots and lots going on. Serious bready malts and Belgian-esque yeasts, honey, a hint of banana, not much on the citrus end, light pepper, light spice. Rich and complex and earthy. Immediately upon inhaling I’m reminded just why and just how much I love tripels. The flavor is quite nice as well, modest honey sweetness on the uptake, pleasingly dry into the close without any heavy hop bitterness, green peppercorns becoming prominent especially in the last pour of the night. Alcohol listed at 9.1% but quite forward in the flavor and mouthfeel, not so far as to be offensive but far enough to make it very obvious this is a high-ABV beer (I’d guessed 11% before finding it on the label).

Very nice beer. A really enjoyable tripel that is neither over-sweet nor powerfully citrus-hopped, and quite interesting to boot. Right on!

750ml bottle shared by iowaherkeye. Thanks Joey. Poured a slightly hazy golden/light orange color. The head was white with good retention, but left only a bit of lace. Aroma was of champaign, subdued yeasty bread dough, and vanilla. Not as effervescent and sweeter than I had expected. There was only a bit of pepper flavor up front, but it wasn’t spicy at all. Very creamy mouth feel with yeast and vanilla flavors. Interesting, but there was less pepper than anticipated.

Bright gold body with a bright white head. The aroma was bell peppers with some funky socks. There was also a bready character. The taste was some sweet pancakes with some waffle cones. A little bit fo cinnamon spices this up. A good tripel.

last beer of the night shared by bockyhorsey... clear gold pour with a wispy off white head. sweet malty aroma with lots of yeast, stone fruit, floral and a peppery spiciness (green peppercorns would be a stretch). pale malt sweetness and yeast dominate the flavors along with fruit and a light spicy dryness on the finish. medium body. soft carbonation and texture.

Bottle courtesy of eaglefan538. Aroma of bready yeast and a musty old closet aroma. Yellow body with white head. A filling bread yeast flavor along with a peppering bitterness. Dryness on the palate and good brew to wind down a local gathering at the hellbilly’s.

Orange tinged gold color with a fluffy white head. Aroma of fruit over pepper. Medium body with mildly fizzy carbonation. Refreshing stone fruit essences with malt and mild pepper flavor. Quite light and refreshing (for a tripel).

This golden ale poureed with a fluffy white head and a fruit and pepper aroma. There is a sweet flavor and a peppery finish.

bottle - very fizzy with a huge white head. mild armoa. Dry, slightly spicy flavor - but no real peppercorn flavor. Decent tripel, but not outstanding.