 Gromit (450), Port Orchard, Washington, USA
Dec 24, 2003
Fine, I'll admit it: New Belgium can brew some good beers. So why don't they dump the crappy stuff (that sells) and concentrate on good beers?
Best before Feb 27, 04, though with the alcohol content I'm willing to bet it would last longer.
Pours a cloudy golden color with a respectable head that looked like sugar. Very nice lacing.
Smells like banana, corriander, and apricots.
Tastes much like that as well, with the flavors coming along in that order: Bananas first, and an apricot aftertaste. I've never noticed anything like that in another beer.
Mouthfeel is quite full and crisp. Quite a bit of carbonation in this
Drinkability is good. It's making a very nice night-cap considering it's nearly 3:30am and I'm just finishing a homework assignment...
bradlyc77 (52), Sebastopol, California, USA
Dec 3, 2008 On draught. Nice golden hue. Great belgian yeast flavor of hay/straw, barnyard with estery floral notes. Alcohol level not present in taste. Pretty good.
boomerbrew (21), Texas, USA
Nov 20, 2008 Bottle from World Market - Clear golden color with white head. Floral hop aroma - hop flavor seems more like a cascade rather then saaz, grassy/citrusy flavor. Not overly done with the hops but they are there and well balanced with the malt. This is a higer ABV then what I am used to but it still tastes like an ale; without the winey "hot with alcohol" taste you find in other styles with high ABV. Hop flavor increases the warmer it gets.
badbeer (419), Iowa, USA
Oct 22, 2008 Clear yellow color with a white head leaving a bit of lacing. Smell of creamed corn, coriander, lemon, bread, and maybe some chamomile. Fairly strong banana Runts flavor; also lemon, coriander, bread, and the smallest hint of clove. Medium body and carbonation. This Tripel was more like a weird Witbier to me. Thanks to mashmaster for the bottle.
PilsnerPeter (1631), Flushing, New York, USA
Oct 20, 2008 Bottle: (Thanks mashmaster!) Pours a golden color with great clarity and a dense creamy white head. Nice aroma. Some pastry-like qualities, honey notes, toasted cocoa-butter and herbal hints. Nice creamy body- substantial dense carbonation. The flavor has just enough sweetness, not too much like many American examples of this style. Softly sweet honey notes, vanilla, toasted almond-like hints, and a doughy Belgian pale malt character. Mildly spicy herbal notes into the dry-ish finish. Complex and very tasty. Nice malt character. Great interpretation of the style from an American brewer.
jhumphries69 (571), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
Oct 13, 2008 Draft at Library Alehouse in Santa Monica, CA. Pours deep gold with subtle orange and with an offwhite head. The aroma is grainy and malty-sweet with some caramel toffee and hints of fruity esters. The flavor is malty and grainy with some toast and caramel. Esters are fruity and include noticeable levels of clove and bubblegum. Finish has subtle roasted grain note (unexpected) and soft noble hop bitterness to balance. The mouthfeel is medium-full in body and briskly carbonated. Overall, an unexpectedly mediocre (poor?) tripel. Perhaps this just wasn’t fresh since my experience was definitely below par compared to other ratings...
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