Rock Art Golden Tripple

Brewed by Rock Art Brewery
Style: Abbey Tripel
Morrisville, Vermont USA

Bottle. Pours an orange golden body with a white head. Ginger root all over this with a sweeter citrus and coriander character. Clover with a sweeter finish and a mild etoh warming. A step up from there usual.

Hazy orangey gold with good head. Wonderful tripel aroma. Excellent balance of hop flavor/aroma and it is not very sweet which is nice.

Decent sized white head of fine bubbles. Sweet malty aroma with some pears, honey and some light spices. Maybe a hint of oranges in there. Color is a clear golden orange. Flavor is sweet malts, more fruit, sugary sweetness and some light spices again. This is balanced pretty well for a tripel. Noticable alcohol presence. Finishes a bit cloying with lingering fruit and malts. Not bad for a tripel and not bad from Rock Art.

pours hazy and a shade of pale coppery amber. it’s capped by a small off white head and sporadic spots of lacing. really fruity nose... mango, orange, light banana, earthy spice/cinnamon, yeast and grass. the palate is barely sweet... bonus points for a tripel... flavors of peaches and mango are added to the characters in the aroma with a spicy drying finish. the medium body is uncharacteristically smooth for the style... the carbonation instead is soft and airy. it’s not bad... not a whole bunch of complexity but it is solid... and not sweet. 7/3/7/4/16/3.7

Pours a hazy orangeish brown with a nice off white head. Aroma of spices, banana, malt, yeasts, ginger. Flavor is ginger, banana, yeasts, a little bit of bitterness, yeasts, malts, coriander. Not quite balanced but still very solid. I wonder what some time would do to this one. Good brew.

Bottle. Fruity moderately sweet aroma, with spices, including ginger. Hazy orange body,decent off-white head with webby lacing. Flavor is malty, spicy (especially ginger), some fruity sweetness. Develops to a pleasing slightly bitter finish. This beer is another indication that Rock Art is really hitting its stride as a quality Vermont brewer, ranking among the best in the state.

Pours cloudy orange with a gold hue. A dense, three inch head settled slowly to a rocky cap and plenty of clingy lacework. Looking real nice. Aromatics lead off with yeasty spice and light malt, with earthy overtones. Cloves, ginger, coriander, bubblegum, bannanas, peppercorns, and cardamon. Light bodied with a soft, pillowy mouthfeel. Crisp and creamy. The pallet starts with a blast of pungent spice. Bitter ginger, cloves, and candied coriander. An intense and somewhat harsh bitterness follows through along with lingering peppery spice and husky malt, Finishes with spice-spiked yeast, and an almost astringent bitterness. The beer was very promising until it hit the palate. Overspiced, very bitter, and a bit harsh. Maybe a year or two in the cellar would mellow this one out.

Bottle. Pours a hazed golden color with a thin white head. Aroma of light malts, yeasty spiciness and a hint of ginger. Flavor is a grainy sweet maltiness with corinder, ginger, and a touch of fruitiness.