Triumph Bitter

Draught in Princeton. Clear copper orange, lacing eggshell head. Great English hop aroma, Fuggles? Light/thin body, bready taste with decent malt backbone and light bitterness. Slight ending sourness. A little rubbery, and not great to style, but, well, good enough. A shame for Triumph, this offering falls short.

on cask at princeton. Light amber in color, soapy type head from the hand pull. Aroma is fruity, floral and bready/biscuity malts. Taste is also fruity with notes of berries, bready, biscuity malt as well floral hops. Very smooth and light to moderately bitter. very well done.

hand pull in Princeton, light golden creamy head, hoppy , floral and bready malts, very clean bitter and an easily downed - enjoyed this one!

07.01.07 Hand pull at Princeton. I’ve not had the best luck with Triumph’s attempts at creating British ’pub’ styles in the past, so I went into this one tentatively. But by the time I was halfway through the pint I was convinced it was among the nicest Triumph pale ales yet. Pretty stuff is golden in color with a fluffy, fading, lacing white head. Beautiful aromas are bright with earthy, herbal, and lightly floral hop overtones and french bread malts coated with the mildest of butter notes. It’s so inviting. It’s delicious. Hop notes from the aromas carry through to the flavor in spades in addition to some mildly flavored but substantial malts in body. The mouthfeel is full and soft with good mineral character and quick but light bittering. What a treat!

Hand Pull at Princeton. Pours a Clear light gold with a fluffy lasting tight white head, great lace as well. Nice fruity, hoppy, herbal and flowery notes with a light toasty fresh malt backbone. Great fresh flavor with bready malts, flowery and light citrus hops- some lemon hints, and a good clean light bitterness. Clean and very easy drinking- Very smooth.

On beer engine at Princeton. Pours amber with a creamy white head that laces nicely. Aroma of british pale malts, biscuit, and must. Texture is thin and a tad watery, but very much in the British vein. Dominating fruitiness accented by a flavors of butterscotch and caramel, offset by just enough hops to balance it out. Actually, this could use a little more hop bitterness. Overall, still very decent if you enjoy authentic bitters on an engine, without having to fly overseas. However, not memorable enough to get another.

hand pump-pours a big creamy off white head that heavily laces and slightly hazy copper color. Aroma is faint musty. Taste is musty grain, faint citrus, lemon aftertaste with hand pump=minimum carbonation. Occasional.