Three Little Pigs
Rockingham Brewing Company

Look - slight haze copper with a nice white rimming and lacing
Smell - grainy citrus bubble gum
Taste - about the same as smell, pretty grainy and sweet
Feel - medium full body with a medium light slight creamy carb
Overall - nice triple

Cans from Littleton Coop poured into glass at home. It’s no Erastus, but very enjoyable because…the world needs more tripels!!

 

 

 

 

Sampling a cellar temp 16 oz can poured into my snifter. Picked up at a shop in Keene, NH during a recent trip to the State.
No date stamp on the can.
The beer pours a crystal clear golden to straw hue with a fluffy bleached white head of 2.5 cm foaming up with a gentle pour. This foam fades slowly and leaves some windowpane lattice on my glass.
Aroma on this beer is some light sweet fruit and a bit of green apple and pear mixing with some candied sugar and a bit floral honey note. Hops not really present and I dont get any booziness either.
First sip reveals a medium body and fine tingly carbonation. Texture is smooth.
Flavor is some light sweet fruit then rolls to some bready malt and finishes with a bit of a yeasty almost funky finish. The finish is also very dry on my palate. There is also some bitterness that develops on the swallow, not hops, but more of a black peppery booze related bite.
I am enjoying this tripel and rarely see local examples of this style, which is why I picked it up. I think this is a pretty good take on the style.

canned 08/20/18

L- The beer pours a slightly hazy golden. The head is two and a half fingers of white foam which recedes to a thin ring with large island. Lacing is present around the glass and lasts.
S- The aroma is mild to moderate candi sugar sweetness and yeast must.
T- The taste is less sweet than the nose. There is still a touch of sweetness which is cut by the mustiness of the yeast. There is light alcohol presence and some breadiness which lingers in the aftertaste.
F-Mouthfeel is medium to medium full with some accompanying stickiness. Carbonation is light which accentuates the thicker mouthfeel.
O- A more than solid, no frills, domestic triple. One that I would drink again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours with a one finger, white head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Hazy amber color. Good carbonation and medium bodied. Nose is Belgian yeast, flavor is sweet, yeasty, bready some bitterness. $10.75 for a 22oz bottle from Lazy Dog Beer Shoppe Londonderry, NH. Bottled May 2016.

22oz bottle: This one pours a crystal clear golden color. There was a small white head that didn’t linger long. The nose has notes of yest, bread and a touch of sour/tart green apple. Faint spices. The taste is good. Some breadiness, yeast, light spices, faint sour apple and some graininess. A nice tripel.

Having a small tulip pour at the Brewery right now. At least 12oz, perhaps 16.... glass is deceiving. Beer is a clear, medium golden hue.... Carbo is very light, as is the head.... just some small gatherings at the rim with light lacing. Nose has some bready, crackery malt with a touch of green fruit. Body is medium, and the prickle factor is low.

Flavor is also crackery, with pear and green apple. Has a smidge of bubblegum, but it's acceptable. Finish is dry, with a suggestion of yeasty spiciness. A solid, tasty Tripel, though it would fall into the middle of the pack of Tripels I have had the pleasure to consume in Holland and Belgium. Prosit!

4/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

1887

Poured from the bottle into a tulip glass. Bottled May 16tth 2016.

Slightly hazy body appearance with a presented fourteen carat gold color. Decent enough clarity to witness a great middle column of carbonation. Head creation is a bit small, but consistent. Bright white head in color, with a creamy simple top. Nice looking tripel.

Lots of dry barley like aromas on the nose, with some faint sucrose, and almost sour peach to apricot stone fruit like tones. A good bready aroma kicks in with some nice density on the malt base too. Decent aroma.

First sip is a great vanilla flavored creamy feeling palate. Rich malt with some excellent fruity esters that are quite unique. Tangy apricot and melon with an almost soft bitterness which is complimented by just the right amount of honey and malt like sweetness. Mild spicy phenols round out on the finish with some good faint touches of heat and clove, balancing and taking turns nicely.

Excellently made domestic tripel.