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I am under the impression that I like tripels. However, the ratings don't seem to support that assertion. I had to go all the way back to 2020 to find a tripel that really stood out to me. Maybe I am lured in with the promise of Belgian yeast, and I am ultimately let down by a tripel not being a delicious Belgian ale.
This says on the can that it's "golden as the morning sun," and I have to say that they are pretty poetic. They aren't accurate, but they are poetic. The morning sun is, generally and pretty famously, yellow. This is more gold than that, for sure. I would still probably call it yellow, despite the fact that it looks more orange in the pictures. The white head is fairly thin once it boils away, but it's still pretty sticky, so I will likely get lacing. The aroma should be Belgian yeast, and it really isn't. There's some yeast there, but it smells more of lemons and grains. And the yeast is not identifiably Belgian.
First sip is very interesting. It's complex, and it is definitely carrying alcohol on it. This doesn't taste like the Belgian yeast I expected when it started, but it's not bad. It is certainly no shrinking violet, either. Fruit esters and bellowing yeast bring flowers and make me want to just enjoy sipping this beer, but I must gulp, mustn't I?
Tip-in is somewhat tart with yeast and the vague notion of wood - no carbonation intruding here. The middle swells to include even more yeast (still not Belgian) tartness, light spices, grains, wood, and alcohol. The finish is a strange affair of wood mixing with tart in a strange way before that same flavor heads into the trail off.
Bottom Line: Not bad for sippin'.
3.0/5
