Rêve and CTR Return

It’s time for the 14th iteration of Red Rock’s Rêve, Belgian style tripel. This beer is one of my favorite seasonal beers. Belgian style tripels don’t tend to find their way into my tummy as often as they used to, because of their boozy candy-like sweetness. This one is a different story – through the magic of barrel aging with the addition Brettanomyces and Bruxellensis yeast strains this beer becaomes a whole different beast. 

Pours a light golden honey color with with a moderate fluffy white head that dissipated to a very thin froth. The nose is a little boozy with banana, cloves malt and ripe mango. The taste is very much the same starting with candied sugar and cloves that transitions into toasted malt and banana. Tart vinous fruit come next balancing out the sweetness creating dry and almost puckering finish. The alcohol is warming and welcomed, masked well by Rêve’s full body. It adds a whole new dimension to the beer. You really get a good sense of the oak in the fini …