French Louie Belgian Tripel
Adirondack Pub & Brewery
- From:
- Adirondack Pub & Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Tripel
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 12.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2018
- Added:
- Sep 10, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
French Louie's Ale is a robust Belgian-style Golden Ale with a distinct aroma of citrus fruits and spice. Fermented with imported Belgian yeast and brewed with American hops; light in body.
34 IBUs
34 IBUs
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Reviewed by 52Skiman from New York
3.16/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Style: American-style Belgian Tripel
ABV: 9.0
IBU: 34
Note: This must be a reformulation. It used to be 8.00 ABV, 45 IBU
Purchase container: 12 oz (355 ml) bottle from Adk Brewer's Fantasy Variety Pack
Serving container: Weizen glass
Appearance: Unfiltered hazy medium amber with lots of floaties, thin short-lasting off-white head, moderate to sparse lacing
Aroma: Complex combination of malts, spices
Taste/Flavor: Very complex flavors: Syrupy sweet but not cloying, with faint hints of banana. Well-balanced between hops and malts. Alcohol is well hidden.
Mouthfeel: Light body, somewhat fizzy carbonation, sweet slightly dry finish
Overall: This is an excellent beer, a somewhat unusual style, not for the faint-hearted. BEWARE the very high ABV; this is a sipping beer. Be careful with it, otherwise it will knock your socks off
Feb 15, 2018ABV: 9.0
IBU: 34
Note: This must be a reformulation. It used to be 8.00 ABV, 45 IBU
Purchase container: 12 oz (355 ml) bottle from Adk Brewer's Fantasy Variety Pack
Serving container: Weizen glass
Appearance: Unfiltered hazy medium amber with lots of floaties, thin short-lasting off-white head, moderate to sparse lacing
Aroma: Complex combination of malts, spices
Taste/Flavor: Very complex flavors: Syrupy sweet but not cloying, with faint hints of banana. Well-balanced between hops and malts. Alcohol is well hidden.
Mouthfeel: Light body, somewhat fizzy carbonation, sweet slightly dry finish
Overall: This is an excellent beer, a somewhat unusual style, not for the faint-hearted. BEWARE the very high ABV; this is a sipping beer. Be careful with it, otherwise it will knock your socks off
Reviewed by DMarlinJ from Michigan
4.06/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Head formed on pour but did not last and ended up with none at all and no lacing. It looks like a flat beer at this point, no carbonation bubbles either. Doesn't smell or feel flat though. I get the spice and fruit in the smell. Light taste and feel. Maybe ripe banana and cardamom spice in taste. Alcohol hidden well. Sweet but not cloying. A bit fizzy prickle in feel. Nice easy drinking overall.
Feb 13, 2016
Reviewed by dar482 from New York
3.81/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
The beer comes in light amber color.
The aroma offers caramel and syrupy sweetness, banana, spicy hops.
The flavor follows with banana, medium syrupy sweetness, a pop of alcohol, prickly carbonation. A surprisingly decent tripel.
Nov 21, 2015The aroma offers caramel and syrupy sweetness, banana, spicy hops.
The flavor follows with banana, medium syrupy sweetness, a pop of alcohol, prickly carbonation. A surprisingly decent tripel.
Reviewed by koopa from New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Received this one as a gift from a generous BA thanks! Cool upside down label error on my bottle!
Appearance: Pours a murky caramel to tawny auburn with honey folds. The crown is small, dull white, shows little retention and moderate lace.
Smell: Oak, herbal hops, citrus hops, citrus zest, mild whiskey notes, and a hint of caramel / candi syrup.
Taste: Same as the nose.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with prickly carbonation.
Overall: An interesting brew that could use some refinement. The oak, booze, and prickly carbonation kind of work together but overall the beer seems disjointed.
Sep 10, 2012Appearance: Pours a murky caramel to tawny auburn with honey folds. The crown is small, dull white, shows little retention and moderate lace.
Smell: Oak, herbal hops, citrus hops, citrus zest, mild whiskey notes, and a hint of caramel / candi syrup.
Taste: Same as the nose.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with prickly carbonation.
Overall: An interesting brew that could use some refinement. The oak, booze, and prickly carbonation kind of work together but overall the beer seems disjointed.
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