Pomegranate Tripel

Fairly hazy and deep copper and bronze coloured body with the slightest bit of a pink hue coming through on the sides of the glass with a fairly fast-dying tan and off-white head that barely leaves a lace, after a few seconds. Aroma of honey, alcohol, malts, yeast, wheat, flowers, coriander seed, curacao and a good deal of bread, with a faint dose of fruits, but these taste much closer to stone fruits (ala apricots and peaches) than any pomegranate. Medium to Full-bodied; Very strong malt backbone shows through with a dense, very pungent bready and yeastie bite with some floral aspects, but more of the dry and perfumey qualities punch through a few seconds later that leads to a more sweet, still robust, but pungent beer without any fruits noticeable at all - some spices for sure, but no fruits. Aftertaste shows some of the coriander seed, curacao and big honey sweetness with a lot of yeast, bread and alcohol still here as well with nowhere to hide with a thick complexity and depth throughout. Overall, a pretty nice tripel with a big character from the yeast, wheat, coriander seed and curacao with a slight dose of fruits and perfumey qualities, but the alcohol, sugars and malt especially loom large here. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Springfield, Virginia on 25-June-2021 for US$3,75 sampled at my house here in Washington as Beer #14 of my 2021 Advent Calender (yes, I'm two days behind) on 16-December-2021.