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Dark Horse Sapient Trip Ale 3.41 308

Dark Horse Sapient Trip Ale

Percentile
83
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3083.43/5.03.41/5.08.5%69.4Trappist glass, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Why is the Grim Reaper holding a mailbox? Well, that mailbox is from a dead Dark Horse beer. The Grim Reaper better know as "Death" was quite fond of our classic Sapient Summer Wheat Ale. When we changed it into a Belgian Style Triple, Death thought it would only be appropriate to bring something from that beer into this beer. So he picked the mailbox, and we weren’t about to argue with him. You can say what you want about him, but that Death sure has a big heart. So anyway...we brewed this beer with a Trappist yeast strain so it is very traditional. The flavors are incredibly complex with notes of mild fruit and finishes with a bit of clove. Although this beer is higher in alcohol it is very smooth and finishes dry on the palate.
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 Ungstrup (15430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 26, 2008  
Bottled. A hazy dark golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of peaches, while the flavor also has notes of malt.


 joergen (8638), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 19, 2007  
Bottle. Cloudy yellow coloured with a white head. Sweet aroma of fruits with notes of caramel and malts. Sweet fruity flavour of malts and caramel.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Date: 09/16/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear dark gold, wispy off white head, streaks of drippy lace, strong sweet yeasty fresh sourdough aroma with a light spicyness, big body, sweet malt flavor, lots of spicyness, big fresh bread character, lots of yeast character, sweet fruity character some with a swirl of the yeast,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4


 argo0 (7018), Washington DC, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 13, 2006  
(12oz bottle) Small beige head atop a particulate-filled apple juice body. Aroma is sweet, pear, sugar, orange, some yeast, alcohol. Taste is very sweet, orange, pear, yeast, some alcohol, light pepper. Sticky full body. Not bad, but too sweet.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Sep 19, 2007  
Bottle. A orange beer with a white head. Sweet malt, yeast and spicy aroma and taste. Medium to full body with a sweet light alcoholic finish.


 bu11zeye (5675), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/101/512/20
Sep 10, 2007  
(Bottle) Pours a hazy golden body with a small white head. Aroma of mustiness, some butter, and sweet corn. Flavor of alcohol, honey, and malt. Sticks to the roof of your mouth…


 hopdog (5622), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
May 8, 2008  
12oz bottle aquired in multiple trades. Poured a deep and slighlty hazy golden color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of yeast, spices, apples, and pears. Tastes of apples, candi sugar sweetness, various spices, yeast, and bananas. On the sweet side and high in carbonation.


 Rastacouere (5565), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/101/55/102/59/20
Apr 24, 2006  
Light golden pour shows very active, almost fizzy carbonation while the 7-up like head erupts from the liquid more than anything else and is simply too active too last. Ridiculously heavy filtration rivals with any macro’s. The nose is jokingly loaded with coriander that dominates the spicy, americanised under-attenuating yeast strain. Residual sugars abound, letting a honeyed and floral spicy malt character lingering on the palate and artificially thickening the beer. Hard to drink at this level of sweetness, but the high carbonation level I guess could be an help if there was just more to put your teeth on. Simplistic esters battle it out with fuelic alcohol and sugar cane. Crazy how they fare so well with the dark ones and this comes across as a mouthful of coriander.



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