2012 Belgian Independence Day Tripel
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Tripel Special Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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A tripel, if you will.
The unsung hero of brewing, the yeast strand dramatically influences the flavor and aroma profile of a beer. Three yeasts join here together to forge one remarkable brew.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Tap @ Black Bottle Fort Collins. Pours a clear golden orange appearance with an off white head. Herbal, kind of chewy woody, somewhat spicy bready yeasty, strange herbal aroma. Slightly candy flavored with a bit of caramel and toffee along with some herbal and grassy notes. Not a huge fan.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Keg at The Blind Tiger, NYC. Pours cloudy orange with a fine, creamy cap. Lots of bready malts in the nose, with hints of yeast and caramel. Medium to big sweet flavor with heavy, heavy doughy bread, yeast, candi sugar, caramel, a bit of overripe orange. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming to finish with some sticky sugars, more doughy bread and caramel, yeast. Quite sweet (it is a tripel, after all) and quite bready, but not as cloying as many of its peers and, overall, pretty drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap. Pours with a hazy golden hued body with a massive white head that leaves good lace. Aromas are of pils malt, orange, marmalade, coriander, clove, phenol, sage, peppery with medium esters. Flavors are of mild DMS, malty, ginger, wheat, lightly metallic, spicy, dry, estery. Medium bubbles, dry.
At GABF. Pours with a hazed golden hued body with a well retentive white head. Aromas are funky, juicy esters, apricot, grassy, mild malt. FLavors are light oxidized note, jammy, apricot, grassy, peppery phenol, dry esters, marmalade. Very dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
GABF 2012, Friday. Opaque gold color. Sweet, as as tripel should be. Some complexity, which a good tripel should also have, with coriander and sweet wheat with yeast and some clove.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled on draft at Zeno’s in State College PA this beer poured a dark apricot color with a medium sized foamy orange-white head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was musty with notes of sugar, candied dried tropical fruity and a yeasty presence. The flavor was tangy and bready with moderate tropical fruits, sugar and a musty undertone. Long tangy finish with lingering bread and tropical fruits. Full bodied. Well done.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at The Hay Merchant. Pours a clear golden with a small white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is yeast and pepper. Medium mouthfeel with a sweet hop and yeast with light bitter finish. A good tripel from Ommegang.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft @ Sunset Grill and Tap. Snifter showed extremely cloudy yellow-orange with great retention. The aroma is candi sugar, lemon, coriander, and wheat. Flavor of yeast, floral hops/herbs, banana, and candi sugar. Medium body with average carbonation giving a lively but very drying finish. Overall this is a nice example of the style and real tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Served on draft at Beer Run. Pours a hazy orange color with a thin creamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of stone fruits, earth, spice, caramel and bread. The taste is bread, caramel, stone fruits and spice. Light bodied, lingering spice, quite drinkable. Nice beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and overripe fruity. Smooth fruity and phenolic flavoured. Smooth and malty finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Taco Mac. Pours light gold with a small, off-white head. The aroma is candi sugar, lemon, coriander, and wheat. The flavor is very sweet. The palate is light to medium, sugary and crisp. Overall, this is a nice, refreshing beer, but it is too sweet, and lacks complexity.