Middle Ages Tripel Crown

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

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.

Pours a hazy orangey-gold with a snow-white, very thin head. Some light lacing. Smell is bitter, like tea leaves. Funky and fruity. Tastes of funky, fruity flavors. Some brett type flavors. That Ringwood yeast I learned to love in Maine. Sour and spicy. Hints of alcohol and bitter hops. Big bodied beer and lightly sticky in the mouth. OK, a tripel like I’ve never tasted before. It’s a wierd mix and not very drinkable but I think it works and would be interested to see how it ages.

Triple Crown Ale pours to a beautiful, bright, deep golden color with a thick and creamy white head, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose on this beer is inviting with lots of good peppery aromas of alcohol, some sweet malt aroma, and some earthy yeast aroma. The palate is firm on the tongue with good pale malt flavors paired with some yeasty/earthy flavor of raw mushroom. Triple Crown finishes with more good malt and yeast flavors up front, then ends with a nice warming alcohol burn that lingers. Very unique, and very flavorful. Like no triple I have ever tasted, but that is to be expected with the use of Ringwood. At 10% abv, Triple Crown makes for a great beer to sip and relax with before or after a meal. Stylistically it lacks as an authentic triple, because it does not use a Belgian strain, but that does not mean it is any less enjoyable. Marketed in 12oz 4 packs retailing for $7-$8, this is a special beer to enjoy slowly with a good book or movie. This beer has its share of critics, but I for one, enjoy the fact that Middle Ages was willing to do something outside the box with this beer.

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.

Copper hue with small head and some lace. Apricot, apple, clove, roasted malt, and banana aroma, unique. Started out sweet and spicy, light alcohol and dry hops cut through and balanced out this triple quite nicely, Fruity aftertaste. Dry and sticky mouthfeel, slighty alcoholic presence detected but not overpowering. Doesn't taste like it has 10% ABV. Different but very nice take on the tripel style, I would recommend this to anyone. Seek out if in Northeast.

I'll rerate after having time at the bar to let one warm up to proper serving temp. Apple/sour mash aroma; closest thing to a good bourbon I've tasted in a beer. Write your impressions down right away cus a couple pints of this baby are gonna put you to sleep!

This beer befuddles me a bit...a "British Style" tripel? I wasn't really sure what to expect...but I got a very unique beer. Color is orangey gold, slightly hazy with mild carbonation and thin head. Aroma is spicy, fruity, slightly malty. Taste prfole is very unique. Malt and hop profile of an English bitter, yet spiciness and fruitiness one would expect in a Belgian Tripel. Buttery, like a Scottish Ale, yet a hop presence that brings you back to the English Bitter. A myriad of flavor profiles. One might want to dock this beer for not quite knowing what is wants to be, but I find it interesting. The 10% alcohol is well hidden too. My first beer from this brewery, I have a few more I acquired in a trade for some New Glarus and Bell's beers. Hopefully the other Middle Ages beers are as intetresting as this one!

Bright orange body, small-to-medium head (for style anyway), long-lasting and thick. Nose very yeasty, barnyardy, with some caramel malt sweetness to keep from overwhelming. Flavor very sweet and smooth, butterscotch, spicy alcohol, vanilla, very fresh and enervating. Lovely mouthfeel, long sweet-sour finish with some intense bitterness at the very end; count me in the minority here, I really loved this!