Tripel
Red Collar Brewing Co.
- From:
- Red Collar Brewing Co.
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian Tripel
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 7.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 02, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 29, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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A monster tripel packed with vibrant banana aroma and traditional character.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by altstadt from Canada (BC)
3.6/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.6/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Clear orange-amber color. Poured a short head that dropped down to a patchy skiff in less than a minute. Moderate flow of mixed size bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. Left a lot of small dots of lacing.
Light anonymous fruit and malt scents. Very light yeast. A sweet floral smell got stronger as it warmed a bit. Swirling the glass kicked up a light horse blanket and a stronger malt. The horse blanket faded away after a few seconds.
Mild sweet fig and plum flavors to start. Light malt trending towards a light caramel. A mild spice showed up as it warmed a bit. Started with a hint of yeast towards the back of my mouth but this built up into a dominant flavor after several swallows. The aftertaste started with a light bitter then the yeast and caramel came back.
Mild tongue tingling to start. Turned somewhat creamy for a few seconds then turned into a light foam. Heavy body.
Milder flavors than the "No Fun Frank" recipe from the same brewery. Nothing really stands out. The yeast and light bitter become a bit too dominant after a while. A bit too sweet for my tastes. This tastes a bit like one of those old home made soft drinks, like root beer made with Hires extract and yeast in a cool basement, but with more of a bitter aftertaste.
The current label is completely different from what was originally uploaded. ABV is the same. The beer is perfectly clear, as compared to older reviews which talk about some haze or particles. Other differences make me wonder if this is following the same recipe. Maybe it should be added as a new beer and the previous one retired.
Jul 02, 2022Light anonymous fruit and malt scents. Very light yeast. A sweet floral smell got stronger as it warmed a bit. Swirling the glass kicked up a light horse blanket and a stronger malt. The horse blanket faded away after a few seconds.
Mild sweet fig and plum flavors to start. Light malt trending towards a light caramel. A mild spice showed up as it warmed a bit. Started with a hint of yeast towards the back of my mouth but this built up into a dominant flavor after several swallows. The aftertaste started with a light bitter then the yeast and caramel came back.
Mild tongue tingling to start. Turned somewhat creamy for a few seconds then turned into a light foam. Heavy body.
Milder flavors than the "No Fun Frank" recipe from the same brewery. Nothing really stands out. The yeast and light bitter become a bit too dominant after a while. A bit too sweet for my tastes. This tastes a bit like one of those old home made soft drinks, like root beer made with Hires extract and yeast in a cool basement, but with more of a bitter aftertaste.
The current label is completely different from what was originally uploaded. ABV is the same. The beer is perfectly clear, as compared to older reviews which talk about some haze or particles. Other differences make me wonder if this is following the same recipe. Maybe it should be added as a new beer and the previous one retired.
Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)
3.73/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
650ml bomber poured into tulip 12/7/16
A lots of tiny suspended particles being moved around by lots of tiny bubbles, a finger of dense foam sits around for a few sips leaving a single partial ring
S candied pineapple, dried apricot, coriander, dried banana chips, sweet malt, maybe some brewers candy?
T again its sweet and spicy, candied orange and chewing gum added to the nose
M has some weight, less bubbles then I'd guess after looking at it, a little sticky, some boozy heat, sweet coriander finish
O respectable beer but could use more Belgian influence and its a little boozy
One of those beers that's decent but nothing memorable, reasonably pried at least but neither sparks my interest in guys these or discourages me from trying more of their offerings
Jul 13, 2016A lots of tiny suspended particles being moved around by lots of tiny bubbles, a finger of dense foam sits around for a few sips leaving a single partial ring
S candied pineapple, dried apricot, coriander, dried banana chips, sweet malt, maybe some brewers candy?
T again its sweet and spicy, candied orange and chewing gum added to the nose
M has some weight, less bubbles then I'd guess after looking at it, a little sticky, some boozy heat, sweet coriander finish
O respectable beer but could use more Belgian influence and its a little boozy
One of those beers that's decent but nothing memorable, reasonably pried at least but neither sparks my interest in guys these or discourages me from trying more of their offerings
Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)
3.73/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
This is a rather enjoyable take on a Tripel. It pours with a bit of froth and energy - a lovely gold body with a pure white head. The expected sweetness and fruit abounds in the nose, while the body is full of pale malt, dried banana chips, and a distinct booziness. The mouthfeel is oddly flat and indistinct, but the overall package is quite satisfying. I'll be looking to try different styles from this Kamloops brewery.
Jun 25, 2016
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.64/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
650ml bottle - nice to see another new BC-based craft brewery leading off with Belgian-style brews in bombers!
This beer pours a mostly clear, medium copper amber colour, with two skinny fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly dirty white head, which leaves a few instances of island bridge lace around the glass as it gently falls away.
It smells of domestic and tropical fruit straight off the bat (pineapple, syrupy pear, bruised banana, and red apple), pink bubblegum, slightly grainy pale malt, tame clove, white pepper, and coriander spice, some weak earthy and leafy hop bitters, and a mildly perfumed metallic booziness. The taste is gritty, bready pale malt, mixed light orchard fruit, stale banana chips, estery, and just short of phenolic yeast, chewed-out Hubba Bubba, fading muddled spice, a still hard to really get a read on green hoppiness, and more sidling, poking, and sneaky elevated alcohol notes.
The carbonation is quite low-key in its plain and innocuous frothiness, the body on the shy side of yer typical middleweight, and not particularly smooth, as that hanging boozy scepter just takes all the fun out of things at this juncture. It finishes still fairly sweet, the malt, multi-varied free-range sugars, and fruitiness carrying the day.
Overall, a standard iteration of the style, as the spice, sweetness, and booze all get along well enough, but I found myself wincing (before you judge, I enjoy 9%+ DIPAs all the time) more than I should. There's no obvious flaws here, but this is not the one that makes me stop what I'm doing, eyes agog, and declare that I have finally seen the Belgian Tripel light.
Jan 29, 2016This beer pours a mostly clear, medium copper amber colour, with two skinny fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly dirty white head, which leaves a few instances of island bridge lace around the glass as it gently falls away.
It smells of domestic and tropical fruit straight off the bat (pineapple, syrupy pear, bruised banana, and red apple), pink bubblegum, slightly grainy pale malt, tame clove, white pepper, and coriander spice, some weak earthy and leafy hop bitters, and a mildly perfumed metallic booziness. The taste is gritty, bready pale malt, mixed light orchard fruit, stale banana chips, estery, and just short of phenolic yeast, chewed-out Hubba Bubba, fading muddled spice, a still hard to really get a read on green hoppiness, and more sidling, poking, and sneaky elevated alcohol notes.
The carbonation is quite low-key in its plain and innocuous frothiness, the body on the shy side of yer typical middleweight, and not particularly smooth, as that hanging boozy scepter just takes all the fun out of things at this juncture. It finishes still fairly sweet, the malt, multi-varied free-range sugars, and fruitiness carrying the day.
Overall, a standard iteration of the style, as the spice, sweetness, and booze all get along well enough, but I found myself wincing (before you judge, I enjoy 9%+ DIPAs all the time) more than I should. There's no obvious flaws here, but this is not the one that makes me stop what I'm doing, eyes agog, and declare that I have finally seen the Belgian Tripel light.
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