Left Hand Brewing Company St. Vrain Tripel

St. Vrain Tripel

 

Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Tripel Regular
Score
6.75
ABV: 9.3% IBU: - Ticks: 80
The usually peaceful St. Vrain River snakes out of the Rocky Mountains, winding mischievously towards our brewery. Named after Ceran St. Vrain, an 1800’s trapper and trader in the valley, St. Vrain is our version of a classic Belgian Tripel. Light in color and lightly hopped using Celeia hops, a touch of malt sweetness contrasts the warm spiciness hidden within. What at first appears benevolent can manifest into a mighty serpent in waiting.
 

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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

EB - Can 355ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ☀️ 🐝🦋 [ As Left Hand St. Vrain Tripel Ale ]. ABV: 9.3%. [20250615]. 5-/3/6/3/11

Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2025 at 11:26



7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Cloudy golden pour with whiye head. Mostly Clove fruit sugar yeast flavors.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:36


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Gold color with a two finger head. Kind of spicy, but rather weak and watery.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 06:04


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

355ml bottle. Slightly milky, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Relatively weak, yeasty fruity aroma, sweet-ish, pale and wheaty malty background, hints of banana and apricot. Taste is yeasty fruity and minimally yeasty spicy, sweet-ish, minimally biscuity, pale and wheaty malty basis, notes of banana, hints of apricot and mirabelle, a touch of clove, mildly bitter, slightly fruity hoppy counterpart with a touch of mandarine; minimally warming, alcoholic finish.
Dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, smooth and fairly soft, simultaneously slightly dry palate, fine, dense, soft, mildly prickly carbonation.
Rather cautious aroma, good taste, a tad too clean somehow - nice.

Tried from Bottle from Craftbeer Shop on 30 Jan 2025 at 19:34


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can, 0.355l. Aroma of caramel, flowers, dried fruit and yeast. Pours clear golden color with thin creamy off-white head and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts sweet malty with dried fruity note, following is yeasty, a bit sulphury and grassy, mouthfeel is smooth and warm, while finish is average bitter. Full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. St. boozy ale…

Tried from Can on 20 May 2024 at 20:00


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can drunk preparing for vacation. Golden, light hazy. Biscuity malt nose with bright hop overtones and Belgian yeast esters. Flavor is pretty sweet and caramel, not too complex. Label indicates dextrose, who thought this needed to be sweeter ;) well, it's alright.

Tried from Can on 16 May 2024 at 20:55


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Beer Republic (advent calendar).
A: clear golden, small, white head.
A: vodka, ripe apple, pineapple, white bread, clove.
T: sweet pineapple & pear; spicy notes, perfumey.
F: floral hops, ripe yellow fruit, dough, boozy vodka-like alcohol.
P: medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
A bit too crude even to Belgian standards.

Tried on 19 Apr 2024 at 10:42


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

355ml. can. @home, as part of the Beer Republic Advent Calendar. 15/12/2023 [#6.962 Global - #1.228 United States of America - #1 Left Hand Brewing Company (My Brewery #293 from the States)] Pours pale yellow with a diminishing fizzy head. Aroma: fruity esters, sulphur, pepper and sugary malts. Taste: very sugary and estery. Very sweet palate. Next one please!

Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2023 at 12:56


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Can picked up from Loz's Beer Republic Bier Adventskalender Box. Had this at home Christmas Day, Monday 25th December 2023 after a big lunch at Gasthof zum Sonnenwald, Schöfweg, listening to BC Camplight - Last Rotation of Earth. Pours a very light gold with a slight haziness and a white head.Soft mouthfeel, a little bit on the boozy side. Nose is a little too much boozy fumes, some sweetness in the mouth. A little bit unbalanced, there is a fruitiness here but it's just not hitting the right notes.

Tried from Can on 25 Dec 2023 at 17:56