Richard In The Dirt
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Tripel
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 8.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 26, 2017
- Added:
- Jun 03, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
A Belgian Triple with sweet flavors that permeate throughout. Malt flavors take a back seat to the sweet sugary additions of Belgian candy sugar which lend flavors of pear and apple.
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Reviewed by Tripel_Threat from Michigan
3.96/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Wife surprised me with a howler of this from a local watering hole. I've been chasing this one for a few years now. Usually it's on tap either a week before or a week after the time I'm up in Bellaire, and the planned bottle release last year was canceled. But now I have my favorite style from my favorite brewer.
Pours gold in color, a little darker than what I'm used to seeing in a tripel. No head, no lacing, no effervescence; also strange. The aroma is banana, clove, bubllegum, spicy clean hops. The first few ounces have a boozy warmth that dissappears the rest of the session. I wonder if it wasn't too cold at first, a later pour produces some fizzy head and lacing,and the boozy warmth is gone. Nice tripel flavor, sweet, but not as spicy as others. Overall satisfying and worth the wait.
Feb 26, 2017Pours gold in color, a little darker than what I'm used to seeing in a tripel. No head, no lacing, no effervescence; also strange. The aroma is banana, clove, bubllegum, spicy clean hops. The first few ounces have a boozy warmth that dissappears the rest of the session. I wonder if it wasn't too cold at first, a later pour produces some fizzy head and lacing,and the boozy warmth is gone. Nice tripel flavor, sweet, but not as spicy as others. Overall satisfying and worth the wait.
Rated by webmanspidey from Michigan
4.03/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
It's hard to find good American versions of this style. I think this is one of the better ones.
Jul 12, 2015
Reviewed by SportsandJorts from Virginia
3.16/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.16/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: orangish yellow color. Good clarity. Small whitish head that fades quickly
Smell: candi-sugar. Belgian yeast. Some fruitiness. Comes off a little strange though
Taste: starts off with some Belgian character. Belgian yeast , wheat mixed with candi sugar. Then comes some odd fruitiness that actually isn't so bad. But the second half of each sip is just loaded with alcohol.
Mouthfeel: fairly astringent alcohol. Otherwise a fairly medium body
Overall: this beer has potential as a off side good trippel but the alcohol just dominates the beer when it should be more subdued
Aug 23, 2013Smell: candi-sugar. Belgian yeast. Some fruitiness. Comes off a little strange though
Taste: starts off with some Belgian character. Belgian yeast , wheat mixed with candi sugar. Then comes some odd fruitiness that actually isn't so bad. But the second half of each sip is just loaded with alcohol.
Mouthfeel: fairly astringent alcohol. Otherwise a fairly medium body
Overall: this beer has potential as a off side good trippel but the alcohol just dominates the beer when it should be more subdued
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