Exit 4 American Trippel

bouteille, dorée/orange, mousse blanche. Arôme, superbement bien houblonnée, plein de note de pin, pamplemousse et épices avec un aspect tropical. Goût est au premier abord bien réchauffant au palais où l’on ressent bien les 9.5%, le tout garde un bon aspect de malt belge, mais tout cela est suivit du houblon qui donne a cette bière de type abbaye une profile bien tropical de part le cote pamplemousse et houblonné. Le tout semble donné un côté levure épicé/poivré dans les tons que l’on ressent avec le bois avec une fine amertume au finit, laissant un palais sec. Garde un bon arrière-goût de bière d’abbaye tout en ayant une note sympa penchant vers l’IPA. Pour le style ce n’est pas vraiment dans la tradition belge, mais le houblon fait de cette dernière une bière qui correspond au style décrit sur la bouteille, de ’triple américaine’. Ma préférée à ce jour de la série de Flying Fish qui m’avait un peu déçu auparavant sur ses autres produits.

Odd tripel but one that I ultimately enjoyed. This beer definitely isn’t brewed to style. It’s got a definite citric hop flavor and more bubblegum/banana than you’ll find in any Belgian tripel that I’ve tried. The aroma also has a lot of honeyed malt, which also shows up the taste. Quite sweet - something I wouldn’t normally like but it sorta works for this beer as a nightcap. Some booziness, some nearly sickly sweetness. Mouthfeel is not quite as sticky as the sweetness would suggest but still a bit much. Rated to style, I’d go a notch lower on appearance - the head is too small and dissipates relatively quickly - but it’s still a nice clear gold with a small white cap, which is just fine.

Bottle courtesy of Steve In New Jersey, cheers mate! Slightly hazy yellowish golden pour with a mid sized dissipating white head . Fragrant nose with belgian yeast, piney hop and a hint of spice in attendance. Flavour was a pleasant surprise and struck a good balance with the sweetness and hops mingling to good effect. Alcohol pretty well masked. This was better than a lot of Belgian Tripels I’ve tasted and a very decent and interesting take on the style. Nice brew from Sopranoland !

Sampled at SAVOR 2010. Pours a clear amber with one ring of white head. Aroma is sugary, Belgian yeast. Flavor is sweet, sugary, sweet caramel, Belgian yeast. Full bodied and a touch hot.

Bottle at Black Squirrel. Golden, hi carbonation but small white head. Aroma of malt and hay. Taste is sweet at first, then black pepper. Interesting.

12oz bottle. Poured a clear amber color, with a fluffy white head. Aroma was pretty strong on the citrus hops, pretty clean, floral. Flavor was very hoppy for a tripel, quite a nice beer!

750ml bottle-thanks to decaturstevo for sharing-pours a white ring for a head and gold color. Aroma is perfumy, herbal, light malt. Taste is perfumy, herbal hops bite, swet slight malt, alcohol, dry, yeast.

Location: 12 oz bottle at RFD, 3/6/10

Aroma: Citrus fruits, yeast, spice, and pine
Appearance: Golden-orange color with a small white head
Flavor: Fruity and yeasty with a good amount of hops to it
Palate: Light-medium body, a bit thin, and relatively hot
Overall Impression: A solid beer. My 2nd sampling of one of the FF Exit series beers, and both have been pretty solid, so I'm looking forward to getting a hold of a few more of them. Them one wasn't exactly what you'd expect from the style, but a nice beer none-the-less.

750 ml bottle shared by beastiefan2k. Pour is a cloudy orange amber with floaties and a one inch white head that falls pretty quickly. Aroma is clove yeast and honey sweetness. Behind that initial aroma is a nice straw element which integrates nicely with the yeast and sweetness. Taste reverses, and starts with the straw, quickly moving to the clove from the yeast and the light honey malt sweetness. Taste is a bit disjointed, not as smooth or integrated as the nose. Palate is medium, oily and mouth coating. Light carbonation, overall an easy to drink Trippel. Nice one, thanks for sharing this Eugene.