Tripel Ale | Allagash Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Allagash Brewing Company
Maine, United States
allagash.com
Style: Tripel
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 9.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
This strong golden ale is marked by passion fruit and herbal notes in the aroma, with suggestions of banana and honey in the complex palate. The Tripel has a remarkably long and smooth finish.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 11-08-2001
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Ratings: 2,864 | Reviews: 967
3.55/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
4.54/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.97/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Brilliant gold in color with vibrant carbonation. There's a fingernail of eggshell wright around the rim and covering the vast majority of the top. The aroma is of pale Belgian malt, honey, and banana. The taste is right in line with the aroma, but the pale Belgian malt is more pronounced and the honey is more subdued. As it warms I'm also tasting banana. The mouth is highly carbonated, crisp, and dry.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Brilliant gold in color with vibrant carbonation. There's a fingernail of eggshell wright around the rim and covering the vast majority of the top. The aroma is of pale Belgian malt, honey, and banana. The taste is right in line with the aroma, but the pale Belgian malt is more pronounced and the honey is more subdued. As it warms I'm also tasting banana. The mouth is highly carbonated, crisp, and dry.
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4.15/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Good triple really masks the high ABV very bitter at first but drinkable though the aftertaste
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Good triple really masks the high ABV very bitter at first but drinkable though the aftertaste
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3.5/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.27/5 rDev -21%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
poured from a bottle into a flute-like glass.
appearance: a nice opaque gold, on the lighter side. poured with a very short white head that receded into a cap with a thin sudsy film on top. very little lacing.
smell: very sweet. honey. very slightly floral with a note of tropical fruit. not a super strong scent.
taste: initial taste is almost banana-like. follows with herbal notes and a nice semi-sweetness throughout. a fairly complex taste. hides the alcohol very well.
feel: very bubbly. medium-bodied. a decent sipper.
overall: it could be better. it seems to stick to the style of a tripel well enough but it's a little bit too light and bubbly for me. that being said, it definitely doesn't feel like a 9% until you're halfway in and you notice it. all in all it's a pretty accurate tripel but it's not my cup of tea (or beer, as it were.)
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
poured from a bottle into a flute-like glass.
appearance: a nice opaque gold, on the lighter side. poured with a very short white head that receded into a cap with a thin sudsy film on top. very little lacing.
smell: very sweet. honey. very slightly floral with a note of tropical fruit. not a super strong scent.
taste: initial taste is almost banana-like. follows with herbal notes and a nice semi-sweetness throughout. a fairly complex taste. hides the alcohol very well.
feel: very bubbly. medium-bodied. a decent sipper.
overall: it could be better. it seems to stick to the style of a tripel well enough but it's a little bit too light and bubbly for me. that being said, it definitely doesn't feel like a 9% until you're halfway in and you notice it. all in all it's a pretty accurate tripel but it's not my cup of tea (or beer, as it were.)
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3.91/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A - Golden (as advertised) with a thin white head that broke down and left random deposits on the side of my Spiegelau barrel-aged glass that was tulip-styled enough
S - Tropical fruits with with a faint but evocative bread dough/yeast mixed in.
T - Ripe, juicy stone fruits with a little spic
F - A bit watery for the intensity of the flavor - almost what seems to be a brewery signature
O - Super approachable, despite the 9.0 abv although I think the the use of "Belgian-Style" is a bit of a cop-out.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A - Golden (as advertised) with a thin white head that broke down and left random deposits on the side of my Spiegelau barrel-aged glass that was tulip-styled enough
S - Tropical fruits with with a faint but evocative bread dough/yeast mixed in.
T - Ripe, juicy stone fruits with a little spic
F - A bit watery for the intensity of the flavor - almost what seems to be a brewery signature
O - Super approachable, despite the 9.0 abv although I think the the use of "Belgian-Style" is a bit of a cop-out.
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4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.93/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Good carbonation, luscious mouthfeel. There's a bitter floral character to the beer that dominates the more you drink it. Next most dominant taste is the spices. Citrusy passionate fruit taste that is much more apparent on the first few sips but ever present throughout. Wine-like kcal (262) to abv ratio (9%).
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Good carbonation, luscious mouthfeel. There's a bitter floral character to the beer that dominates the more you drink it. Next most dominant taste is the spices. Citrusy passionate fruit taste that is much more apparent on the first few sips but ever present throughout. Wine-like kcal (262) to abv ratio (9%).
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4.74/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
3.55/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Simply amazing. I lived in Germany for three years (2014-2017) and had the good fortune of being able to drink some of the finest biers Europe had to offer. When I got back I looked forward to trying some of the newer craft brews made here back home. A lot of them have not been my stein of bier. THIS however, the Allagash Tripel is the by far now my favorite. This very smooth, I love the color and feel, however I was expecting a bit more flavor *but I am by no means complaining).
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Simply amazing. I lived in Germany for three years (2014-2017) and had the good fortune of being able to drink some of the finest biers Europe had to offer. When I got back I looked forward to trying some of the newer craft brews made here back home. A lot of them have not been my stein of bier. THIS however, the Allagash Tripel is the by far now my favorite. This very smooth, I love the color and feel, however I was expecting a bit more flavor *but I am by no means complaining).
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3.72/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Draft. Tons of lemon and grassy notes.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Draft. Tons of lemon and grassy notes.
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4.04/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tripel Ale from Allagash Brewing Company
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