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Voodoo Love Child
Voodoo Brewing Company
- From:
- Voodoo Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Tripel
Ranked #209 - ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #22,095 - Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 13.1%
- Reviews:
- 213
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sunday at 10:35 PM
- Added:
- Jul 05, 2006
- Wants:
- 40
- Gots:
- 76
This is our Belgian style trippel aged on intimate fruits of passionfruit, raspberry and cherry. Lightly spiced with coriander and curqua orange peel and other spices of passion. Light reddish hue and nicely carbonated in the bottle.
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Ratings by B33rcules:
Rated by B33rcules from Alabama
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Jun 29, 2019
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Jun 29, 2019
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Taster flight at Voodoo Boise. Pale golden pour, ring of head. Light yeasty aroma, buttery, grassy. Taste is floral, yeasty with light savory notes, peppery.
Feb 05, 2024Reviewed by jzlyo from Iowa
3.59/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Aroma is cherries/raspberries/berries, malts and a hint of cloves. The flavor is cherries/juice/fruit, malts and a spicy Belgian yeast/cloves/medicinal finish.
Jan 11, 2024Reviewed by Stakebone from North Carolina
1.9/5 rDev -49.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.9/5 rDev -49.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Bought at the brewery. Concept makes some sense in adding fruit onto the fruity notes of a good Belgian yeast but it doesn’t work in this beer. The sweet fruit characteristics overpower the spicy, fruity yeast flavors that make Belgian Tripels done well so good. And the worst thing about this beer is a metallic, medicinal flavor, mostly on the finish, that makes it almost undrinkable.
Nov 27, 2023Rated by Manta200 from Kentucky
3.65/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
At Cincinnati location in a flight
Aug 14, 2023Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida
4.36/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.36/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
How I enjoyed this fruity Belgian Tripel...
Out of the bottle it poured a not-so-appealing amber-ish color but it did have a nice frothy, white head. The rest of it was so good. The smell was fruity without that boozy twinge on the nose, the mouthfeel was so smooth and lightly crisp (very unique), and the taste was slightly sweet with a light boozy burn - very balanced. Overall, this is very good, something I wouldn't hesitate to reach for again.
Mar 03, 2023Out of the bottle it poured a not-so-appealing amber-ish color but it did have a nice frothy, white head. The rest of it was so good. The smell was fruity without that boozy twinge on the nose, the mouthfeel was so smooth and lightly crisp (very unique), and the taste was slightly sweet with a light boozy burn - very balanced. Overall, this is very good, something I wouldn't hesitate to reach for again.
Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts
3.26/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.26/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Tripel is a style that is so odd to adjunct. It just doesn't seem like a platform for passionfruit, raspberry, and cherry. That being said, I did recently try and enjoy Founder's Belgian Twist which was a Tripel with blue agave, so adjuncts in the style seem more approachable after that. Let's see what this one is all about
Pours a cloudy brownish orange with 2 fingers of rocky off white head that fades to a thin cap and leaves minimal lacing
In the nose this really is just mostly a vehicle for the fruit instead of a Tripel, but it's somewhat enjoyable. I'm picking up on aromas of tart cherry, raspberry cordial, pear skin, brown bread, clove, and a touch of candi sugar
Even with more of the underlying beer poking through in taste, it just gets weirder, and even hits a medicinal vibe on the finish. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting tart cherry, passionfruit, clove, bready malt, banana, sweet honey, and light clove. The swallow brings notes of cherry medicine, clove, sweet honey, overripe banana, brown bread and pear skin
A medium full body pairs with moderate carbonation, resulting in a slick beer. Finishes mostly sticky with an acrid medicine vibe
This is a really perplexing beer. Who is this for? If you're looking for a Tripel, this is barely serviceable, and if you want fruit or sour in a digestible format, just get a Kettle Sour and call it a day. It would certainly be better than this
Sep 10, 2022Pours a cloudy brownish orange with 2 fingers of rocky off white head that fades to a thin cap and leaves minimal lacing
In the nose this really is just mostly a vehicle for the fruit instead of a Tripel, but it's somewhat enjoyable. I'm picking up on aromas of tart cherry, raspberry cordial, pear skin, brown bread, clove, and a touch of candi sugar
Even with more of the underlying beer poking through in taste, it just gets weirder, and even hits a medicinal vibe on the finish. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting tart cherry, passionfruit, clove, bready malt, banana, sweet honey, and light clove. The swallow brings notes of cherry medicine, clove, sweet honey, overripe banana, brown bread and pear skin
A medium full body pairs with moderate carbonation, resulting in a slick beer. Finishes mostly sticky with an acrid medicine vibe
This is a really perplexing beer. Who is this for? If you're looking for a Tripel, this is barely serviceable, and if you want fruit or sour in a digestible format, just get a Kettle Sour and call it a day. It would certainly be better than this
Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
3.63/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L: Pours a dark orangish color with no head or lacing on the glass.
S: Lots of passion fruit, raspberry, smells tart and sweet, I get a lot of fruit but the characteristics I usually expect from a tripel are buried under the fruit.
T: Some belgiany yeast and coriander with lots of passionfruit, and raspberry, but I get a lot more of the Belgian characteristics in the taste than I did in the aroma.
F: Big body, smooth carbonation.
O: The fruit overpowers some of the tripel characteristics but overall this is a very solid fruit beer.
Jul 05, 2022S: Lots of passion fruit, raspberry, smells tart and sweet, I get a lot of fruit but the characteristics I usually expect from a tripel are buried under the fruit.
T: Some belgiany yeast and coriander with lots of passionfruit, and raspberry, but I get a lot more of the Belgian characteristics in the taste than I did in the aroma.
F: Big body, smooth carbonation.
O: The fruit overpowers some of the tripel characteristics but overall this is a very solid fruit beer.
Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
3.57/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.57/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Rating is geared mostly due to lack of carbonation. Not sure if my bottle was bad or what, however it seemed flat and little to no carbonation which affected flavors.
Nov 14, 2021Reviewed by jkblr from Indiana
3.75/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz undated bottle poured into a teku glass at fridge temp 9.5% ABV per label. Tripel brewed with cherries, raspberries and passion fruit. The beer pours mostly bright red tinted amber with off white head. The head recedes to a thin ring and island of tiny bubbles. Nearly no lacing. The aroma is mild with vague fruit and some Belgian yeast notes. The taste is sweet, clovey with plenty of malt and candi sugar. Minimal bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Overall, good. Tripels aren't my favorite style, but this is well done and the fruit is very subtle.
Jun 28, 2021
Voodoo Love Child from Voodoo Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
514 ratings
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