Flying Dog Kerberos Tripel

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Abbey Tripel
Frederick, Maryland USA

7 oz. bottle. Pours a thin white head of short duration, over a clear, golden (SRM 10) body.....nose has dried fruit, raisin, fig, plum, floral hops, bit of barnyard funk....taste initially is simple sweetness, then astringent, finiahing with a chemical sharpness which becomes mild hop bitternes.....mouth feel is medium, carbonation also. This is identifiable as a Tripel and has many of the appropriate qualities. Its balance is off with the phenols coming out as chemical and turpentine, rather than spice. The candi suger did not have enough esther or appropriate phenol to balance it out, leading to too much sweetness.

7 oz bottle. Nose is heavily candied, lightly fruity and flowery. Heavy body, not as yeasty as expected, grapes and apricots. A good effort by Flying Dog, but the sweetness overwhelms the other flavors.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle. Appearance: Pale orange with a foamy, white head. Aroma: Off cooked vegetables, over ripe orange, alcohol, and a light perfume note. Taste: Sweet, ripe oranges, hot alcohol, dust, light bitterness, and fusel notes. Palate: Medium-high carbonation with a light body. Bone dry mouthfeel on the first sip. Medium finish with some boozy orange lingering. Overall: Out of balance on the sweet side and too much alcohol on the tongue. There are much better examples out there.

Golden color and standard big bubble head. . Yeast and fruits in aroma. Taste was not really impressive. Yeast, spices, that slight hop taste that all tripels have. Nothing that impressed my face off.

Poured a golden color with thin head. Aroma of yeast and spice. Flavor had clove, orange peel, yeast, and a mild dry and bitter finish. The flavors were there, but just not enough.

Medium white head. Deep yellow hazy body. Alcoholic yeasty bready aroma with resiny notes. Dry resiny mealy honey taste with citric bready notes. Mid-bodied. Dry medicinal resiny aftertaste with floral soft metallic notes. It’s not bad, but lacking in character. (0.355l bottle from hcalsos.)

Bottle. Pours hazy gold with a spare, fizzy, white head, diminishing with no lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, hay, cookie), average hop (flowers, grass), heavy yeast (earth, horse blanket) with notes of alcohol, pear, peach, apple, and butter. Full bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation, and an astringent-dry finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, light acidity and bitterness.

7 oz bottle. Pours yellow with thin white head. Nose is spices, yeast and sweet malt. Flavor is a sweet malts, spicy yeast, bread, clove, vanilla and cinnamon. Medium body.