Phillips Surly Blonde Big Belgian Triple

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 4

This beer was crap, from it clear yuck gold body and no cap to its overly sweet fake taste, I can’t find one good thing to say about it. Aroma was very strong with to much apple to mild of a yeast/wheat component and a yuck aroma I can’t pin point. Flavor is way over the top sweet and once again taste like apple. I can’t taste any of the Belgium yeast, can’t taste alcohol but my stomach is getting warm. Some spicy notes where tasted toward the end. This beer was crap and when compared to others of the style it is supreme crap, what the hell was Phillips thinking actually releasing this to the public, there stock just went way down in my books.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

Bottle: Poured a deep bright orangey color ale with a a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of grossly sweet malt with cough-syrup ester is not the most interesting. Taste is also quite gross with too much fake sweet ester and some overpowered sugar. Body is about average with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. This is one of the worst tripel I have tried – way too much sweetness and not spicy yeast or fruity ester.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

My second review on this one because I lost the first, and couldn't even pretend to do it from memory. I was greeted with a foamy, white two-fingered head of less than stellar endurance, on top of a serious attractive clear amber body. Generous carbonation was noted. The aroma was of modest malting. Taste was some malt and spices too, but I can't place them to save my life. I did however pick up on some caramel. Mouthfeel and aftertaste are unremarkable.