Once Upon A Whisky Barrel There Lived A Funky Tripel
Bridge Road Brewers
- From:
- Bridge Road Brewers
- Australia
- Style:
- Belgian Tripel
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 1.1%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 10, 2014
- Added:
- Jun 17, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.66/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a gold colour, slightly cloudy with large whispy white head, retaining and provides some OK lacing.
Smells Bretty, funky. Herbal notes with a touch of clove and a fair bit of phenolic aroma coming through late. Tart and surprisingly refreshing.
Taste is funky and very spicy. Champagne kind of character with some oaky vanilla notes mid-way through. Touch of grass towards the back and white pepper coming through as well. Quite pleasant.
Decent body with a lick of alcohol, inevitable really but doesn't really mar it.
Nice funk. Almost dries up everything else though.
Jul 10, 2014Smells Bretty, funky. Herbal notes with a touch of clove and a fair bit of phenolic aroma coming through late. Tart and surprisingly refreshing.
Taste is funky and very spicy. Champagne kind of character with some oaky vanilla notes mid-way through. Touch of grass towards the back and white pepper coming through as well. Quite pleasant.
Decent body with a lick of alcohol, inevitable really but doesn't really mar it.
Nice funk. Almost dries up everything else though.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.59/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A tripel aged in a Scottish whiskey barrel once home to Aurora Borealis brewed in Norway at Nøgne Ø. Tried on-tap at GABS 2014 in Melbourne.
Pours a pale golden colour, fairly clear and light in the body. Head is white and forms a coarse ring of bubbles in the glass. Almost no lace, and almost no carbonation. It looks a little underwhelming.
Mild vinous acidity comes through on the nose, with oak and a touch of brett character. Some fragrant fruit notes are also noticeable, with a little peach, green apple and a touch of seawater. Interesting.
Light, briny entry on the palate with a dollop of minerally Scotch. Some bretty acid funk comes through, but not a lot. Vinous tart notes are noticeable in the mid-palate, but these dry up, leaving the back feeling a little flabby and sweet, with yeasty tones and a long, lingering grain character. Some overlay of acidity in the aftertaste, but not a lot. It certainly lacks some wood notes and the acidity is a little piecemeal.
Feel is smooth and light—it actually works reasonably well.
Overall, it's only really okay, when it really should have been pretty spectacular. It needed perhaps a little coherence to it, or a bit more oak to smooth out the rough edges. As it is, it will always just stay as something of a wild experiment.
Jun 17, 2014Pours a pale golden colour, fairly clear and light in the body. Head is white and forms a coarse ring of bubbles in the glass. Almost no lace, and almost no carbonation. It looks a little underwhelming.
Mild vinous acidity comes through on the nose, with oak and a touch of brett character. Some fragrant fruit notes are also noticeable, with a little peach, green apple and a touch of seawater. Interesting.
Light, briny entry on the palate with a dollop of minerally Scotch. Some bretty acid funk comes through, but not a lot. Vinous tart notes are noticeable in the mid-palate, but these dry up, leaving the back feeling a little flabby and sweet, with yeasty tones and a long, lingering grain character. Some overlay of acidity in the aftertaste, but not a lot. It certainly lacks some wood notes and the acidity is a little piecemeal.
Feel is smooth and light—it actually works reasonably well.
Overall, it's only really okay, when it really should have been pretty spectacular. It needed perhaps a little coherence to it, or a bit more oak to smooth out the rough edges. As it is, it will always just stay as something of a wild experiment.
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