Fortune & Glory
River's Edge Brewing Co

16 ounce prowler into chalice, filled on 12/1/2019. Pours fairly crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amunt of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, clove, light banana/bubblegum, candi sugar, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, candi sugar, moderate pale malt, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, clove, light banana/bubblegum, candi sugar, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy bitterness; and pepper/clove yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, clove, light banana/bubblegum, candi sugar, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, candi sugar, moderate pale malt, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/sugar/bitter/spiciness balance; and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of 9.1% after the finish. Overall this is an excellent tripel. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, candi sugar, moderate pale malt, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; dangerously smooth and fairly crisp to drink with the mellowly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Well attenuated and not overly sweet for the ABV. Great well rounded Trappist yeast complexity with balancing pale malt/sugars, and solid earthy hop presence/balance. Light residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressively spot on style example as expected of the brewery.