7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
11 ounce bottle into chalice, best before 12/2014. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of apricot, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, clove, honey, candi sugar, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity and solid balance of fruity/spicy yeast and pale malt sweetness; with good strength. Very sweet smelling nose. Taste of apricot, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, clove, honey, candi sugar, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Minimal bitterness and yeast spice on the finish; with lingering notes of apricot, pear, apple, white grape, honey, candi sugar, bread, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Good complexity and robustness of fruity/spicy yeast and pale malt sweetness; with a solid malt/yeast balance and minimal cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a fairly slick/syrupy mouthfeel that is okay. The level of sweetness limits the drinkability. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a solid tripel style. All around good complexity and solid balance of fruity/spicy yeast and pale malt sweetness; and fairly smooth to drink. The high amount of sweetness does almost get cloying, but this was still fairly enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2015
at 21:25