 Cavie (1317), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Nov 8, 2009 Bottle courtesy of bu11zeye. Clear amber pour. Sweetness upfront on the pour. Some fruity tart as well, sweetbread also. Dry taste that has a sharp feeling of apple juice. Finishes very bitter dry.
blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA
Nov 6, 2009 Bottle marked #21-2009, thanks to bu11zeye, medium brown with tan foam, banana and spice aroma, banana, mango bready flavors
BMan1113VR (2756), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
Nov 6, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye, listed as Scratch 21-2009. This is a tripel?! Pours with a hazy amber with a fading off-white head (does that sound like a tripel to you?). Aroma of apple, spice, banana, and vanilla. Taste is apples and a myriad of other fruits. Medium carbonation.
nickd717 (1276), Palo Alto, California, USA
Oct 28, 2009 Scratch 21 bottle via trade thanks to KnightRider on BA. Pours hazy amber with a one-finger white head. Aroma is yeast, caramel, spices, banana, and apricot. Flavor is bready and caramel malt, candi sugar, Belgian yeast, banana, fig, cinnamon, and some hop bitterness at the finish. Fairly sweet. Medium body with a fairly dry finish, medium-low carbonation and lots of alcohol warmth for the ABV. Drinkability average-plus. Overall pretty good. I’d call this more of a Belgian strong ale than a tripel.
noncaloric (601), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Oct 9, 2009 Bottled as Scratch 21. Big thanks to machfive55. Hazy amber range with a quickly fading white head. Complex aroma leads with yeast and licorice, caramel, alcohol, and apricots are there, too. Flavor blends a dry, cellar yeasty must with pronounced heat and spiciness, especially cinnamon. Big Red chewing gum is an apt comparison. The backbone carries some banana and fig. Medium bodied, quite warming, lowish carbonation, somewhat dry.
rustychiles (997), Mesa, Arizona, USA
Oct 6, 2009 Bottle courtesy of Secret Santa. Thanks Santa. Pours a nice reddish brown with a small white head. Aroma is fruits, spices, caramel, esthers, bubble gum, banana, cherries, and bread. Flavor is cherries, caramel, banana, spices, caramel, bread, candi sugar. Nice spiciness in the finish and not too sweet.
MaltOMeal (642), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
Sep 30, 2009 bottle received as extra from mikereaser (BA). Labeled Scratch 21-2009. Pours a cloudy, dark amber with a very thin white head. Nose is of spices and perfume, bread and slight fingernail polish. Taste is of spice and bubblegum. Mouthfeel is medium.
riversideAK (2648), Shoreline, Washington, USA
Sep 19, 2009 Bottle from hopdog. Thanks! Nose is rather sweet with gum, banana, apple, cotton candy. Cloudy red orange. No head. Somewhat murky. Apple and banana are predominant aspects of the flavor. Some malty sweetness - caramel, sugary bread. A little sharpness in finish. Lightly noticeable alcohol. Zesty carbonation.
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