Triumph Amber Ale

Brewed by Triumph Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Princeton, New Jersey USA

Date: 07/26/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Philly

cloudy dark amber, wispy beige head, light sweet malt aroma, rich dark caramel malt flavor balanced with lots of earthy bitterness, only a touch of sweetness emerges, long tappering bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Crystal clear amber with off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, grapefruit. Light-medium body. Not overly bitter, nicely balanced.

On tap. Poured a medium amber with an averaged sized head. Light hoppy and malty aromas and tastes. Caramel and some fruits.

on tap-pours a creamy light tan head that laces. Amber color. Aroma is mild malt, grassy, citrus. Taste is malt, backed up with a good hop taste/bite. Medium body.

Clear medium amber in color, this beer exhibits constant and remarkable lacing qualities. Leafy, weedy hops accompanied by biscuity malts fill a foamy, highly citric and grapefruity palate. A faint earthiness joins in, but the malts aren’t strong enough to support those all-out inelegant hops. Light bodied, bitter, dry and moderately high carbonation.

On tap at the New Hope location:

The Lure:
Overtly Cascade-y hop fruitiness benefiting from vague caramel malt sweetness. This one has a singular purpose, and it is announced loud and clear.

The Festivities:
Leafy hop bitterness is nagging, somewhat like their ESB’s was today. Feeble-bodied, made for chugging, with plenty of hop flavors. Not the most boring amber ale, but a weird and hoppy one.

Transcendence:
It’s hard to hear you talking with all that noise.

Tap at Princeton location. Deep amber beer. Sweet malty aroma with lots of caramel and crystal malt sweetness. A bit of lightly fruity hops, but fairly low bitterness. Like most ambers, it just comes across sort of boring and uninspired.

The Manayunk brew fest was my first exposure to Triumph beers, and boy did they impress the hell out of me. Their booth employees were super friendly (one of the ladies even lent me her glass so I could share their imperial stout with an Ortleib’s buddy). Don’t get me wrong, it’s all about the beer, and man did Triumph deliver big time! This draft amber ale poured dark amber, with a great head and lacing. Nice hop, malt, and brown sugar aroma. Tastes malty, sweet, with a finish of caramel and nice hoppiness. Very complex. Marvelous beer. One of my favorite ambers.