The Spitting Llama
Hillstown Brewery in Randalstown, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
6.49
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Old rating - A 500ml bottle from Homegrowne here in Jersey. Pours a amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, toffee & hints of spice. Enjoyable triple made in Northern Ireland
McCash (16021) reviewed The Spitting Llama from Hillstown Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - deep golden amber. Light haze and big continental style head which fizzes steadily before reducing to something more proportionate. Nose - esters like banana, pineapple chunks and honey. Light breadiness. Taste - pineapple, banana, sweet spice, icing sugar all up front, but then the cleansing sweet but acidic tang of the Belgian yeast. Palate - medium bodied, tangy middle and tangy cleansing finish. Multi dimensional with a long persistent linger. Overall - one of the best Tripels from outside Belgium.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed The Spitting Llama from Hillstown Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500ml bottle; BBE May 2020. Poured into a 'La Chouffe' stemmed tulip glass (twice) at home in Nov 2019. Really enjoyed this, a bit lively at first, but once it settled down you could appreciate to finer points of it's make up. Misty amber body with some sediment, off-white head, huge initially. Belgian like yeasty aroma with a semi-sweetness from the malts bursting through in the flavour. One of the best non-Belgian Tripel's I have come across so far.
johnnnniee (7495) reviewed The Spitting Llama from Hillstown Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from the Bodega in Belfast and smuggled home. Huge hiss when opened and a light skunk that dissipated almost instantly. Somewhat hazy dark yellow with a thin tightly bubbled white head. Nose and flavor hot all the right descriptors. honey like maltiness light pear and earthy spicy hops with a light Belgian note to it. Pretty impressive tripel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Garsons farm shop. Sugary sweet fruit aroma - reminds me of Appletize. Copper gold. Creamy white head. Light-medium bitter-sour. Zesty. Vague hints of underlying sweetness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Some residual stickiness. Fizzy carbonation. Long slightly astringent finish. Nice enough. Belgian lite.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed The Spitting Llama from Hillstown Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
13/8/2018. Bottle from flavourly.com. Pours pale amber with no head. Aroma of malt, toffee, golden syrup, fruit, bread and yeast. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Full bodied, sticky texture, soft carbonation.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed The Spitting Llama from Hillstown Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from flavourly.com. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma spicey and grass. Weird taste light sweet. Medium body.
Fergus (31329) reviewed The Spitting Llama from Hillstown Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle at home picked up from Crumlin Tesco. A clear mid golden coloured pour with a a lasting halo of off white head. Aroma is stewed apple, metallic, musty grains, sweaty. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, apple, spicy yeast, sweaty grains. Hot alcohol. Big signs of a stressed ferment. Palate is semi sweet, highish carbonation light tangy.. Pretty bad.
stravale (3279) reviewed The Spitting Llama from Hillstown Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Tesco, Enniskillen [160516]
Orange amber, hazy, thin white head
Aroma of tangy fruits, odd ashtray note
Taste of very tangy fruits, sweet, soft yeast, sugars, tangy orange and apricot, yeast esters
Palate - Soft carb, medium to full body, very tangy palate, claggy, very sweet. Finish is very sweet, tangy fruits
Overall - Too sweet and tangy, odd nose, not for me. Couldn’t drink much of this stuff.
LazyPyro (9998) reviewed The Spitting Llama from Hillstown Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle from BeerMerchants. Hazy orange colour with a thin rapidly disappearing head. Aroma: fruity and spicy, malts, yeast, bit different from most in this style. Taste: same as the aroma, malts, some different spices, sweet fruitiness, yeast, not much bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Bit strange.