Beau's All Natural Gruit Series: Triceratops Tripel

Beau's All Natural Gruit Series: Triceratops Tripel

Brewed by Beau's All Natural Brewing Company

VanKleek Hill, Ontario, Canada

Style:  Abbey Tripel

9% Alcohol by Volume

10 International Bittering Units

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Brewed for the 5th annual International Gruit Day, this beer features an assortment of organic botanicals including bog myrtle, dried heather flowers and lavender. The Gruit Tripel is a marriage between the centuries-old technique of using herbs, spices and other botanicals to create inventive recipes (known as gruit ales), and the relatively recent Belgian-style tripel, a dense, malt-forward golden ale. HISTORY & STYLE: Gruits take inspiration from centuries-old brewing tradition; a time before the Bavarian Purity Act of 1516 that declared that all beer be made solely with barley, hops, and water. In gruit ale, herbs, spices and other botanicals replace a dominant hop character, throwing open the door to experimentation with flavour and beer terroir. The tripel is a relatively new style of beer, originating in the Trappist breweries of Belgium. TASTING NOTES: Triceratops Tripel pours hazy pale yellow with a light white foam. The aroma offers lemon and pepper notes. The flavour is spicy, herbal and fruity. The finish lends lasting warmth. FOOD PAIRINGS: Handmade lamb & pork sausage patty with warm braised red cabbage, apple & sour cherry slaw and roasted garlic aioli; smoked ham & brie in puff pastry with ground beer mustard; raisin butter pastry tart with vanilla whipped cream. TECHNICAL SPECS ALC/VOL: 9.0% INGREDIENTS: Local spring water, barley* and wheat* malts, flaked oats*, cane sugar*, bog myrtle*, dried heather flowers*, hops*, lavender*, brewer's yeast (*organic). MALTS: Pilsner, Wheat, Carafoam, Acidulated (all organic) HOPS: Organic Pacific Gem YEAST: Monastery Ale Yeast IBU’S: 10 OG: 19.4 °P FG: 2.7 °P