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Cranker's Brewery

 

22 ounce bottle into chalice; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours clear golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big apricot, lemon, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, clove, light banana, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big apricot, lemon, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, clove, light banana, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Moderate yeast spiciness and light herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of apricot, lemon, pear, apple, white grape, pepper, clove, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from yeast spiciness as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and lightly creamy/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very nice Tripel. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.