7.9

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

22 ounce bottle into chalice; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big lemon, apricot, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, clove, banana, candi sugar, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast. pale malt, and moderate earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big lemon, apricot, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, clove, banana, candi sugar, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal bitterness and yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, apricot, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, clove, banana, candi sugar, biscuit, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast. pale malt, and moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitter/spiciness, that increases through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth and moderately grainy/creamy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very nice Belgian tripel style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast. pale malt, and moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.