Tonight's beer: 21st Amendment/Elysian He Said (Tripel)
Earthy pumpkins and spicy bitterness up front, with pale bread and a little caramel. Some fruit and a little funk, and some flowers and some grass, emerge into the middle. Some hints of booze—white rum comes to mind—and then the beer dries out nicely.
A bit on the light-ish side of medium-bodied, with lots of carbonation. Maybe a hint of something mineral; eventually very drying and refreshing. A trace of boozy heat, about right for 8.2% ABV.
Very, very nice. Though there's not here that says "tripel" to me, it's drinkable as heck, and plenty tasty: Intense and complex, nicely integrated if overtopped by some odd lightly-funky flavors that might be from the pumpkins. To me, it comes across more like a lightly funky saison than a tripel (but I like saisons, especially lightly funky ones). Both of these brewers have good reputations, and I don't think this beer does anything to change that.
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| 21st Amendment/Elysian He Said (Tripel) |
Earthy pumpkins and spicy bitterness up front, with pale bread and a little caramel. Some fruit and a little funk, and some flowers and some grass, emerge into the middle. Some hints of booze—white rum comes to mind—and then the beer dries out nicely.
A bit on the light-ish side of medium-bodied, with lots of carbonation. Maybe a hint of something mineral; eventually very drying and refreshing. A trace of boozy heat, about right for 8.2% ABV.
Very, very nice. Though there's not here that says "tripel" to me, it's drinkable as heck, and plenty tasty: Intense and complex, nicely integrated if overtopped by some odd lightly-funky flavors that might be from the pumpkins. To me, it comes across more like a lightly funky saison than a tripel (but I like saisons, especially lightly funky ones). Both of these brewers have good reputations, and I don't think this beer does anything to change that.
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