Honey Triple
Ambacht Brewing
Sample Date
Mar07
2012
Bottle Number
235
Brewed In
Hillsboro
Oregon
ABV
9.0%
Season
Special
IBU
?
Tasting Notes
From Ambacht's website:
Our first big batch of Ambacht Honey Triple is soon to be released. Some folks got a preview of this beer at Portland's Cheers to Belgian Beers (2011). This batch is made with my own wildflower honey and has been aging in the back corner since this spring. Because we use a low-temperature mash our triple is one of the driest available, so if you are tired overly sweet triples, give this one a try.
Hmm... well, I still think this beer might qualify as "overly sweet", but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. There's a lot of sweetness, but you can definitely taste that it is a sweetness derived from honey, which is actually quite pleasant! This is on top of a nice, lightly malted backbone with a tad bit of dry yeast spice.
Very crisp, refreshing and easy to drink!
Ambacht Honey Triple
2012-03-07
Oregon Beer Project
Rating: 4 out of 5
Comments
Tom Kramer
Don't let the name fool you! This is a very dry beer (one of the driest American Triples around)
With the flavor of honey: the finishing gravity was 1.008. We use a low-temperature mash to get
a fermentable wort and add honey to get the alcohol up there. The taste of honey tells your brain
"sweet" but the crispness comes from the low residual sugar.
