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Triplicity Belgian Tripel
Four Winds Brewing Co.
- From:
- Four Winds Brewing Co.
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Tripel
Ranked #90 - ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #13,046 - Avg:
- 3.97 | pDev: 7.56%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 10, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 18, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
Taking the Tripel concept a step further, we've utilized 3 malts, 3 hops and 3 sugar sources. Fermented with Lillooet wild sage honey, this Belgian Tripel is effervescent with complex aromas of honey and spice followed by flourishes of fruit and a perceived dry finish.
Ingredients: Pilsner & wheat malts, Oat flakes, Lillooet wild sage honey, Czech Saaz, Tettenager and traditional hops, Belgian yeast.
33.3 IBUs
Ingredients: Pilsner & wheat malts, Oat flakes, Lillooet wild sage honey, Czech Saaz, Tettenager and traditional hops, Belgian yeast.
33.3 IBUs
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Ratings by Agent1:
Reviewed by Agent1 from Canada (BC)
4.07/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Appearance - Nice pale malts. Golden yellow with hints of orange. Beautiful white head that unfortunately dissipates far too quickly. A striking, welcoming color with short-lived head.
Smell - Orange peel, banana leaf, plenty of coriander, sharp, dry yeast and deep sugars (mellon, cantaloupe, brown sugar come to mind). Nice, clean hoppy zest. Faint vanilla and tropical aroma. Almost subtle hefeweizen notes.
Taste - Caramel, bitter wheat, barley, dry and yeasty, white bread, oranges/ orange peel, lemon, apple, white sugar (clear Belgian candi sugar), pineapple, mango and subtle butterscotch. Very complex and layered. Perfectly bitter and dry.
Mouthfeel - Full-bodied.Very warm and rounded. All around a very thick and syrupy Tripel. Sticky and sweet. This stimulates all parts of the mouth, mainly the roof of the mouth...but again, all over. This may be a standout area for this beer.
Overall - Nothing new here, but done *EXTREMELY* well. Tastes like an authentic Belgian Tripel akin to La Chouffe and its rivals . I have to say, pulling off a stand-out, legitimate Tripel as a North American brewery is NOT easy. This is a brewery worth keeping our eye on (which, I have been doing just that, to be honest...I'm still a tad shocked by the quality). As a big Belgian beer fanatic (see many of my earlier reviews), I can attest to this beer and its sibling beers; this is impressive stuff. Clearly, there is passion and articulation behind these brews. After having Four Winds' Saison, Pilsner and Wildflower Saison, this solidifies my opinion. Definitely a brewery to pay attention to.
Mar 19, 2014Smell - Orange peel, banana leaf, plenty of coriander, sharp, dry yeast and deep sugars (mellon, cantaloupe, brown sugar come to mind). Nice, clean hoppy zest. Faint vanilla and tropical aroma. Almost subtle hefeweizen notes.
Taste - Caramel, bitter wheat, barley, dry and yeasty, white bread, oranges/ orange peel, lemon, apple, white sugar (clear Belgian candi sugar), pineapple, mango and subtle butterscotch. Very complex and layered. Perfectly bitter and dry.
Mouthfeel - Full-bodied.Very warm and rounded. All around a very thick and syrupy Tripel. Sticky and sweet. This stimulates all parts of the mouth, mainly the roof of the mouth...but again, all over. This may be a standout area for this beer.
Overall - Nothing new here, but done *EXTREMELY* well. Tastes like an authentic Belgian Tripel akin to La Chouffe and its rivals . I have to say, pulling off a stand-out, legitimate Tripel as a North American brewery is NOT easy. This is a brewery worth keeping our eye on (which, I have been doing just that, to be honest...I'm still a tad shocked by the quality). As a big Belgian beer fanatic (see many of my earlier reviews), I can attest to this beer and its sibling beers; this is impressive stuff. Clearly, there is passion and articulation behind these brews. After having Four Winds' Saison, Pilsner and Wildflower Saison, this solidifies my opinion. Definitely a brewery to pay attention to.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by altstadt from Canada (BC)
2.94/5 rDev -25.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.94/5 rDev -25.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Hazy light amber color. Poured with a head almost half the height of the fluid below it. The head turned into mixed size bubbles and slowly collapsed to a thick skiff, leaving a few spots of lace along with a ring of foam. Moderate flow of small bubbles from the bottom
Spicy scent that bites at my nostrils. A little sour with a light malt and very light random fruit. Swirling the glass kicked up a strong and sweet honey scent.
Mild, pleasant honey flavor dominates at the start with some malt under it, a little like a slice of bread with honey. It turns sweeter with some fruit I couldn't identify. Some bitters overtake the sweet - the flavors don't blend well for several seconds. The bitters taste a bit like knapweed, almost as if there was some knapweed in bloom where the bees were collecting nectar. The bitters take over during the aftertaste, again with the sweet honey suggesting knapweed.
Starts off with an excess of carbonation as it immediately blew up into a thick foam that partially obscured some of the flavor. The carbonation died down quite a bit towards the end of the glass, making it much easier to drink. Medium heavy body.
Overall this is too sweet and too bitter. These flavors don't seem to balance well. The combination really reminds me of when we had late season blooms of knapweed that would contaminate a batch of honey. This had to be fed back to the bees later in the season as it would be too bitter to sell. The result is that this smells much better than it tastes. I would cut back on both the honey and the hops, assuming that the bitters were actually coming from the hops and not just a bad batch of honey. I've never been to Lillooet, so I don't know if they have a problem with knapweed like much of Southern BC away from the coast.
Apr 20, 2020Spicy scent that bites at my nostrils. A little sour with a light malt and very light random fruit. Swirling the glass kicked up a strong and sweet honey scent.
Mild, pleasant honey flavor dominates at the start with some malt under it, a little like a slice of bread with honey. It turns sweeter with some fruit I couldn't identify. Some bitters overtake the sweet - the flavors don't blend well for several seconds. The bitters taste a bit like knapweed, almost as if there was some knapweed in bloom where the bees were collecting nectar. The bitters take over during the aftertaste, again with the sweet honey suggesting knapweed.
Starts off with an excess of carbonation as it immediately blew up into a thick foam that partially obscured some of the flavor. The carbonation died down quite a bit towards the end of the glass, making it much easier to drink. Medium heavy body.
Overall this is too sweet and too bitter. These flavors don't seem to balance well. The combination really reminds me of when we had late season blooms of knapweed that would contaminate a batch of honey. This had to be fed back to the bees later in the season as it would be too bitter to sell. The result is that this smells much better than it tastes. I would cut back on both the honey and the hops, assuming that the bitters were actually coming from the hops and not just a bad batch of honey. I've never been to Lillooet, so I don't know if they have a problem with knapweed like much of Southern BC away from the coast.
Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.33/5 rDev -16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
on tap at birreria volo. hits the style but not so interesting a tripel. slight ring of lace. tastes mostly of rubbing alcohol watered down, not getting the mouthfeel and spice of a good tripel.
Jun 15, 2018Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)
4.15/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Smell is a pungent mix of honey, bread, banana and floral scents. Flavour is similar. Belgian yeast and honey with some spicy flavours and a big malt bill. Quite a good tripel.
Apr 22, 2017Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
4.04/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from 750mL bottle into a tulip.
Appearance: medium golden hue with a moderate haze and a lazy effervescence. Head is a finger of frothy white foam with pretty decent retention. A little dark, but not bad at all.
Smell: a good aroma of pear and a little apple with a good level of sweetness. Smooth and enticing.
Taste: flavor profile very similar to the aroma. Heavy on the pear and perhaps a little heavier on the sweetness. Not quite cloying, but this beer doesn't need to be any sweeter.
Mouthfeel: big body on this one with a good carbonation and a very nice creaminess. I like it.
Overall: pear is my favorite flavor in a tripel, so this one gets bonus points for that. Sweetness is almost a factor in its drinkability, but this is a tripel so you have to expect that.
Mar 08, 2016Appearance: medium golden hue with a moderate haze and a lazy effervescence. Head is a finger of frothy white foam with pretty decent retention. A little dark, but not bad at all.
Smell: a good aroma of pear and a little apple with a good level of sweetness. Smooth and enticing.
Taste: flavor profile very similar to the aroma. Heavy on the pear and perhaps a little heavier on the sweetness. Not quite cloying, but this beer doesn't need to be any sweeter.
Mouthfeel: big body on this one with a good carbonation and a very nice creaminess. I like it.
Overall: pear is my favorite flavor in a tripel, so this one gets bonus points for that. Sweetness is almost a factor in its drinkability, but this is a tripel so you have to expect that.
Reviewed by Derek from Canada (BC)
4.24/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Alcohol is a little assertive, wish that I had cellared it. Awesome aroma of honey & spice with pear and tropical fruity esters. No head retention. Light residual sweetness with a drying finish.
Jan 26, 2016Reviewed by Kurmaraja from California
3.64/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Love the experimentation but ... is sage really a flavor you want in a tripel? It doesn't work for me. Lots of honey notes and the right esters, but I think the sage throws it off.
Feb 19, 2015
Triplicity Belgian Tripel from Four Winds Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
26 ratings
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