9th Anniversary Ale
Carolina Brewing Company
- From:
- Carolina Brewing Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Tripel
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 0.59%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2004
- Added:
- Jul 18, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ncbrewerbun from North Carolina
3.42/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Brown long-neck bottle with a bottled on date of 06-30-2004.
This beer poured a clear yellow gold with very little head.
Aroma was somewhat spicy, with herbal and fruity notes. I also detected a slight sulphur in the nose.
Flavor produced the usual fruity/Belgian character with some hop bitterness. The tripel character was there trying to break through, but just couldn't, which I am attributing to the lack of fermentables necessary for a good tripel. You just can't make a real 5.99% tripel.
Overall this was a decent beer, but not (couldn't be with the stupid NC law) a true tripel.
Oct 25, 2004This beer poured a clear yellow gold with very little head.
Aroma was somewhat spicy, with herbal and fruity notes. I also detected a slight sulphur in the nose.
Flavor produced the usual fruity/Belgian character with some hop bitterness. The tripel character was there trying to break through, but just couldn't, which I am attributing to the lack of fermentables necessary for a good tripel. You just can't make a real 5.99% tripel.
Overall this was a decent beer, but not (couldn't be with the stupid NC law) a true tripel.
Reviewed by GCBrewingCo from North Carolina
3.38/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
The beer arrived on the bar a hazy pale yellow golden with a sizable white head which lasted to lace the glass.
The aroma was, well, nearly nonexistent. Just a slight burned caramel and muted fruit.
The flavor was an unsettling graham cracker flavor which must have come from the Belgian Candi Sugar. It was more of a burnt caramel flavor. There was a sweetness in the beer but the burned flavor really detracts.
The finish was dry with that same nagging lasting burned flavor into the aftertaste. The body was medium.
The beer was lacking any real Belgian yeast character and without the burned caramel flavor it would really be enjoyable. Also it would be interesting to see what this would have been with different alcohol laws in effect.
Pint at 42nd Street. This is touted at the brewery as a Belgian Triple made with Belgian Candi Sugar, but the NC alcohol laws only allow a 6% ABV beer. The rollout note said, "This Saturday, July 3, marks the ninth anniversary of the delivery of the first keg of Carolina Pale Ale to 42nd Street Oyster Bar. To commemorate this event we have brewed a special batch of beer in the style of a Belgian Trippel. This unfiltered golden beer is made with Belgian Candy Sugar and a special yeast strain to impart fruity esters. It is scaled down to just under 6.0% alcohol to adhere to state laws."
Jul 18, 2004The aroma was, well, nearly nonexistent. Just a slight burned caramel and muted fruit.
The flavor was an unsettling graham cracker flavor which must have come from the Belgian Candi Sugar. It was more of a burnt caramel flavor. There was a sweetness in the beer but the burned flavor really detracts.
The finish was dry with that same nagging lasting burned flavor into the aftertaste. The body was medium.
The beer was lacking any real Belgian yeast character and without the burned caramel flavor it would really be enjoyable. Also it would be interesting to see what this would have been with different alcohol laws in effect.
Pint at 42nd Street. This is touted at the brewery as a Belgian Triple made with Belgian Candi Sugar, but the NC alcohol laws only allow a 6% ABV beer. The rollout note said, "This Saturday, July 3, marks the ninth anniversary of the delivery of the first keg of Carolina Pale Ale to 42nd Street Oyster Bar. To commemorate this event we have brewed a special batch of beer in the style of a Belgian Trippel. This unfiltered golden beer is made with Belgian Candy Sugar and a special yeast strain to impart fruity esters. It is scaled down to just under 6.0% alcohol to adhere to state laws."
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