Big Creek Trappist
Sockeye Grill & Brewery

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From:
Sockeye Grill & Brewery
 
Idaho, United States
Style:
Belgian Tripel
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
3.5 | pDev: 1.14%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 2
Status:
Inactive
Rated:
Sep 15, 2020
Added:
Feb 16, 2016
Wants:
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Gots:
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This Belgian style ale is brewed using yeast from one of the six trappist breweries remaining in the world. This strong Belgian Trippel is Sockeye Brewing’s nod to the monks who originally brewed beer to feed their community in the Middle Ages. “Trippel” is a naming convention used by monastery breweries to describe the strongest beer in their range. In creating a batch of this traditional style, our brewers use up to three times the pale and Munich malts of a simple Belgian ale. Hazy copper in color, Big Creek Trappist has a banana, clove nose with a sweet and spicy finish typical of Belgian beers. Bitterness is up there for this beer, even with such a light body for its strength. Alcohol is barely perceived amongst the even balance of malts and hops. This beer is also known as Triple Pie Ale at Flying Pie Pizzeria in the Boise area
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.54/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
listed at 7.5% abv when i was in this weekend, the first belgian style i think i have seen from these guys, generous use of the trappist term to be sure, but the beer isnt bad, just a bit weird, not really quite fitting neatly into any belgian style category as far as i am concerned, no matter what they designate it as. a little deeper in color than most tripel types, frothy headed though and looking nice and lively in the globe they serve it in. it smells so weird to me, past obvious belgian yeast esters it straight up smells like deli mustard, vinegar forward and spicy like that, and once i identify that similarity, its all i can appreciate. fortunately, it doesnt taste like mustard, aroma aside, its got some nice richer sweeter grain characteristics, maybe some added candy sugar or some other fermentable too, a bit of residual sugar through it, esters of pear, rotting overripe peach, and green banana, all coming together pretty cohesively. this might have been fermented just a bit warm, its overrun just a little bit the yeast character, but the beer has some depth. not well enough refined or textured to be mistaken for something from belgium proper, but not a bad take for idaho...
Sep 15, 2020
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.46/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Cole Road location. Reconsidering this after a year, much better tripel than originally rated. Big and buttery, malt, savory spice, slick and smooth.
Feb 16, 2016