Grand Teton Brewing Co. Coming Home Holiday Ale (2011)

Coming Home Holiday Ale (2011)

 

Grand Teton Brewing Co. in Victor, Idaho, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Special Out of Production
Score
7.23
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks: 10
This Belgian-Style Golden Ale is rich in flavor and is designed to be a smooth and soothing sipping beer. Deep blonde in color, Coming Home 2011 uses rich malts balanced by a special Belgian yeast strain which adds notes of soft, peppery, clove-like spice character to the beer. Belgian candi sugar is used during the brewing process to give this ale a clean, easy drinking appeal. True to the Belgian tripel style, it carries deceivingly soft alcohol aromas. Don’t let the innocence fool you, this holiday ale is one to be respected. It will delight when shared with your favorite people during the holiday season and can also be cellared to warm you on any cold winter’s day. This beer should age gracefully and can be cellared for a year or more.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Early rating from Beer Buddy app

Tried on 28 Sep 2021 at 17:07


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to Craig. Pours a clear copper color with a medium white head. A big fruity nose. The flavor is candy sugar, some beet, banana, big fruity flavors, some heat. Pretty nice.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2013 at 09:01


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

750ml bottle picked up at Discount Liquor
Appearance: Clear golden with a small white head and some lacing
Aroma: Perfume, orange peel, sugar and esters
Taste: Oranges, esters and lemon
Ok. May have been better but I just drank a Tripel that Mike brewed that was much better than this.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2013 at 13:01


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Hazy golden yellwo straw color, massive white ice cream cone head, delicate lacing. Aroma of white pepper, nutmeg, dusty straw. Taste is spiced and slightly funky barnyard straw, hay, lemon peel. Like a spiced saison. Nice stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2012 at 14:52


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

750 uncorked bottle. Hazy yellow-green, steady white head. Candi sugar sweet aroma. Not a bad Belgian Golden Ale, probably past it’s prime a little, cracked open in June 2012 and all. Some tropical citrus action, but more dominated by the sugar malt. Nice albeit faded champagne effervescence. A pretty decent Ameri-Belgo Tripel, but not so memorable, pretty much par for the course. A little more true to style I guess, but still not monumentally enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2012 at 21:48


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours cloudy apricot with bone white head. Nose/taste of florals, honey, sweet citrus fruits, pear, banana and yeast. Medium body. Finishes dry citrus. Very creamy mouth feel.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2012 at 12:00


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle from Wine and Cheese Place poured into a Chimay Trappist glass. Pours a cloudy golden orange with a minimal bit of white head. Aroma of wheat and coriander with a little sugar. Taste is medium sweet. Loads of Belgian sugar and coriander with some nice citrus flavor. Full bodied with a thick and creamy texture. Lively carbonation and a long sweet finish. Overall, this is great. Wish I would have bought a second bottle to age.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2012 at 21:55


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 ml bottle. Pours slightly hazy gold with a large white lacy head with good retention. Aroma is grainy, spicy. Taste is sweet, meaty and dry. I taste clove, apple. Mouthfeel is oily to creamy, carbonation is soft. A nice Tripel.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2011 at 17:04


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ home. Cloudy, yellow orange appearance with a white head. Coriander, lemongrass, spicy, belgian yeasty, wheat malty aroma. Spicy, tangy, lemongrass, coriander, somewhat peppery, belgian yeasty, sweet wheat malty flavor. Easy drinking, nice beer.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2011 at 01:22


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Capped 750 from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours hazy gold with a 3 finger foamy/creamy off-white head. Aromas of yeast, citrus and light stone fruit. Full bodied. Flavor is yeast, citrus, touch of kandi, and something suggesting earthiness. All that aside, memory indicates this is something of a quintessential tripel. A pleasure to drink. It has a rather lush texture.

Tried on 26 Nov 2011 at 17:33