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Triumph Bengal Gold India Pale Ale 3.29 98

Triumph Bengal Gold India Pale Ale


Percentile
74
overall

bottling
unknown

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
983.33/5.03.29/5.06.1%44.6Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
This special India Pale Ale was first brewed in honor of Princeton University's 250th anniversary and Triumph Brewing Company's first. It's a crisp, hoppy, high gravity ale. The high hopping rate and hefty alcohol content, once used to preserve this ale on the long ocean voyage to India, now provide it with a distinct aroma and robust flavor.
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 lemasney (398), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/517/20
Mar 30, 2008    Updated: Apr 14, 2008
Sampler. A beautiful deep red color, with an unimpressive head. It’s a bit flat on the tongue, and slightly off or sour to the nose, but the taste is a knockout with a hoppy depth that you’ll come back for. Dark nutty, grainy flavors. Mild coffee undertone. Heavy, herby pine and resin hops flavors. Red Wine and oak overtones. Medium amber and red hues. moderately sweet and bitter, while lightly acidic. Average duration of aftertaste. dry, lively, and astringent. Easily my favorite at Triumph.


 chimplechamp (465), Oslo, Norway
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/516/20
Mar 27, 2008  
Bengal Ipa, nose isnt that strong, pours golden and red tastes salty hop[s are there well balanced quite sessionable too.


 sinkr (240), Lusby, Maryland, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/515/20
Mar 26, 2008  
Draft->juice glass (tasting@brewery): Pours a spare, white, diminshing head that exhibits good lacing atop a clear amber body. Aroma of molasses and perfume/citrus hops. Flavor’s duration is average, moderately acidic and bitter and mineral-y. The body is medium, texture is sticky, flat carbo, and ends astringently. Chalky and astringent, but good bitterness--not a horrible IPA.


 craftbeerdesign (762), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Jan 25, 2008  
sample at the Philly location on 1/19/08. a solid IPA. very delicious... hoppy, golden and easily drinkable.


 Arayaga2 (986), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 4, 2008  
Orange with thin white head. Aroma is hoppy citrus and papaya. Taste is a stewed hop tea with strange flavors and tannins. Not bad, especially for Triumph.


 DeadGuyFrank (347), http://westchesterbeer.com, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/515/20
Dec 27, 2007  
A nice classic IPA, good hoppy flavor, not too sweet, good balance, easy drinking....Triumph does it again....


 keepersj12 (811), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Very nice IPA that gets better the longer you drank it (Like that blonde next to you.) Citrus and pine throughout. Ends dry. The flavor lingers.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 30, 2007  
On draft at the Newtown brewfest with the Mad_Indian. Pours copper with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, citrus and piney hops. The flavor is slightly sweet caramel, citrus, pine, and finishes dry. Boring brew.



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