Kuka Tripel

Draught @ Malt and Mold. Hazy bright orange with large creamy white head, faint vanilla aroma, sweetish Belgian yeast taste, thin body, medium finish. A bit on the sweet side, but good.

Paid $9.99 at Cigarette City for a 650 ml bottle. Translucent yellow honey color with thin lasting head three-finger head. Aroma has an off artificial fruit nose. Over ripe fruit rotting in the sun.

The taste is notes of orange-marmalade, doughy yeast and that odd rotting melon again. I have no idea what Maca root is or what it should taste like. Could that be my mystery flavor here? The palate is medium bodied, with an active, fizzy carbonation. Lightly sweet finish of moderate duration with a small alcohol kick. Maybe I need to learn about Maca root because this was just a little off for me. The Golden Belgian wins out of the first round of brews I have sampled from this brewery.

The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: Pours a copper colour with a small head. Aroma is that maca root that they love putting into all of their beers, sugar, and citrus. Taste is rather sweet, with a bunch of that root giving it an underlying earthiness. Lots of nutty flavor. Definitely a sipper, because of the sweetness. I would have liked to see this be more dry, but that is a matter of personal taste.

Tap at Rattle n Hum. Pours golden withna white fluffy head. Nose of fruits and floral. Tastes of crazy amounts of bananas, also peach, pineapple, vanilla, musk, dust, and ginger. Slight alcohol and medicinal finish.