Tripod (Brandy Barrel)
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales in Capitola, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.72
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Tripel aged in brandy barrels
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. Thanks Joe for sharing! Split 5 ways around 55F.
A - Pale yellow, minor cloudy appearance. This gushed slightly and kept gushing for some time after the first 2 pours.4 finger head in the glass, faded slightly.
S - smells incredibly yeasty! loads of honey, grass and lemon. A bit of rye and floral aromas.
T - Taste is pretty weak. Very spicy herbal and some tasty yeasty floral taste with a sweetness at the backend. I get a touch of brandy at the bak end
M - dry with an oily finish
O - This is a solid beer. I wouldn’t seek it out again but this is nice and has that SARA yeast character that I like a lot.
A - Pale yellow, minor cloudy appearance. This gushed slightly and kept gushing for some time after the first 2 pours.4 finger head in the glass, faded slightly.
S - smells incredibly yeasty! loads of honey, grass and lemon. A bit of rye and floral aromas.
T - Taste is pretty weak. Very spicy herbal and some tasty yeasty floral taste with a sweetness at the backend. I get a touch of brandy at the bak end
M - dry with an oily finish
O - This is a solid beer. I wouldn’t seek it out again but this is nice and has that SARA yeast character that I like a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2014
at 21:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
750 ml bottle. Aroma is slightly sulfuric with some baby poop character. Some light butter character with a moderately strong phenolic note. Light oak character and faint esters. Pours a cloudy, pale straw yellow with a large, somewhat thin white head that recedes quickly to a persistent film. A bit of a gusher. Flavor is similar to aroma but with more stone fruit and pear esters and a hint of brandy, Light oak, not much butter or sulfur. Medium light bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright beer but not a great beer. The aroma isn’t great, but the flavor isn’t bad. Not much brandy character though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2014
at 18:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Mike. Pours a cloudy yellow with thick frothy white head thst lasts leaving sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is strong funk, oak, yeast, spice, brandy. Thick mouthfeel with heavy brandy, light yeast profile but not much of the base comes thru. Odd pairing of brandy and this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2014
at 17:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle @mini SARA tasting - thanks Brian! I must admit I approached this one with some trepidation. Opened in the sink and indeed it was a bit of a gusher, but nothing crazy. Poured cloudy golden with a huge creamy off-white head that dissipated relatively quickly for its size leaving good lacing. Aroma is indeed very funky, cheese, foot, basement, some sharp mustiness, fruit skins. Flavor is light sweet, quite funky, oaky with a brandy finish. Taste is considerably better than aroma. Light body and quite dry. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2014
at 08:49