Middle Ages Tripel Crown

Brewed by Middle Ages Brewing
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Syracuse, New York USA

Bottled...A nice rendition of the style very malty and sweet predominant flavors were of dark fruits...raisins and plums...with a bit of a faint hop kick towards the end

Pours with a two-finger head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Light cloudy amber color. Medium carbonation. Nose is malty with hints of alcohol. Medium bodied. Starts sweet, very smooth, the high ABV is not noticable. $3.55 for a 12oz bottle from Oliver’s Beverage Albany, NY.

Golden ale with a pleasant sweet vanilla fudge with faint hops. Sweet rum taste with delightful malt and alcohol warmth, restrained by the sugars. Like a fine rum, Licorice in final. Warm bodied.

This was a nice beer. it poured a hazy gold with a nice white head. The aroma was of butterscotch and malt and the taste was similar. Well worth a try if you can find it.

Tap at Cooperstown. Golden with a white head. Fruity and slight candi sugar aroma. Smooth and malty with a clean finish.

12 oz bottle, snifter. Cookie, cereal and lots of toffee malt (H); herb, earthy, orange hops (L); clove, banana, anise, pear, butterscotch aromas. Deep amber body with a creamy, off-white body that subsides but is easily roused with a quick swrirl. Heavily sweet, lightly acidic flavor becomes a moderately sweet, lightly bitter finish. Medium-full body, creamy/oily texture, average carbonation. The bottom line is: I picked up a lot tripel notes in the aroma but they all disappear in the flavor. Very English Strong Ale like.

Bonus brew from CaptainCougar. Hazy amber color with a light beige head. I do believe this will be my first "British style Tripel". Earthy malt and alcohol aromas, hints of light stewed fruit. Smooth and full bodied. Flavors are somewhat fruity and quite simple. Alcohol appears late with a mild throat burn. Somehow this is what I should have expected, much the way the british can make a meal quite bland, but filling.

The beer arrived in a 12 oz. brown bottle with gold foil around the neck. The body was golden with a lively carbonation that formed a tall head that is the signature of the style. Unlike the best of the bunch though, the head was not very lasting, and faded to spotty lace. The aroma was perfumey alcoholic, and lacked the both the bananas and spice, and the farmhouse funk associated with Belgian yeast strains. The taste was quite lively with some fruitiness, and the high alcohol strength making itself known very warmly during each sip. The hop level was also quite a bit higher than most other Trippels, and provided a resinous presence at the back of the throat. When they decided to call it a British Style Trippel, they were a bit off the mark. This is more of a cross between an American Barleywine, and a Belgian Trippel. I think the overall result is a rather quirky beer with a drinkability less than either of the two parent styles.