Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet Yule Tide (- 2012)
Slightly sweet with a complex malty flavor. The spicy flavor comes from our unique blend of Trappist yeast and Belgian candi sugar - making it both aromatic and flavorful. It will benefit with aging up to two years. VINTAGE DATED.
3.4
162 reviews
Baltimore, United States
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Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning 2012, Ulfborg. Pours cloudy golden with a small creamy head. Grain, candy and alcohol. American Tripel. Overly sweet cloying and nasty! Burning hot!
Bottle. Slightly hazy deep golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, fruit and notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, yeast, fruit, little orange peel, medium sweet, little liquorice and a little bitter.
Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, yeasty and fruity. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 180212
Bottle, 22oz. A clear, dark golden beer with a small, off-white head. Rather sugary, candyish nose with caramel, some grassy, peppery hops and some alcohol. Some dried fruits too. It’s warming, full-bodied and sweetish on the palate, with flavors of dried apricot, sugar, bitterness and some grass. Lasting finish with warmth and some bitterness. Overall, too warm, and not enough tripel-ish. 120218
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste syrop, yeast, malt, caramel, fruits and hops.
fantastic, its an amazing berry like flavor with a nice clean flavor, the taste is smooth with a touch of cereal and sunny floral hops that makes a nice beery for the nice Christmas meal
The aroma is very malty and fruity with enough hops to be assertive. The appearance is light amber with a small foamy head. The taste is like the aroma. The palate is smooth. Overall an enjoyable beer.
Great tripple! Frothy white head with a thick orange color. Smells of yeast and an excellent fruity taste. Yummmmm.
Pours a cloudy golden orange color with a rather tall white head. Smells strangely of grass and lemon zest. A bit tart, too. Is it supposed to be that way? Not much in the way of malt or sweetness like you’d expect from a tripel... The flavor is pure pineapple juice which is nice, but also not intended (at least, I’m fairly certain of that). There’s a bit of acidity and tartness to it and a pretty obvious lack of maltiness/sweetness. Medium body with high carbonation.
22oz bottle. Mostly clear orange color, nice white head, leaving lace. Nice, fruity estery spicy taste. Good, light carbonation, nice crisp sharp mouthfeel, and spicy aftertaste. An enjoyable and spicy tripel, a nice take on the belgian style. Strong sweet taste, maybe a bit too sweet. Something chalky about the texture.
Bomber poured a hazy gold with a lasting creamy ivory head. Aromas of yeast, straw, pineapple and pear. Palate was medium to full bodied and smooth. Flavors of straw, pineapple and pear with a smooth lingering pineapple finish.
poured a light reddish brown. Very smooth and easy to drink. Clean finish. Not what I was expecting, but a very nice surprise.
22 ounce bottle into globe glass, 2011 bottle. Pours slightly cloudy deep golden straw color with a nice 2 finger dense off white head with great retention that reduces to a thick lacing cap. Some nice lacing clings on the glass as well; good amount of carbonation streaming up from the bottom. Aromas of big lemon, apricot, pear, candi sugar, clove, tart and spicy yeast. Nice aromas with big strength. Pretty much spot on from what I was expecting from the style; pretty much no alcohol noticed in the aromas. Taste of huge pear, apricot, lemon, caramel, candi sugar, biscuit, clove, pepper, spicy yeast, and a bit of tart grains. Lingering notes of pear, apricot, pepper, clove, and tart spiciness on the finish for a bit. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a lightly creamy and fairly slick mouthfeel. Nice and easy drinking, but is still a sipper as expected. Alcohol is nicely hidden, but there is still a decent sized warming on the finish. Overall this is easily one of the best American made Tripels I have ever had. Super fruity, yet balanced. Easy to drink despite being 10%.
Draft: Babyfood banana nose with apricots underneath. Clear amber, thin head. Doughy banana flavor with apricot accents, particularly in the finish. Subtle lemongrass. Drinks a little warm even for 10. Solid wheaty tripel.
Bomber. Pours hazy gold with barely any head. Aroma is yeast and floral hops with some fruit and spice notes. Flavor is bread, malt, spice, alcohol, and slight floral hops. Medium mouthfeel, carbonation and warming.
The trappist yeast is the real money maker in this beer. Consider this in a very seansonal beer only context.
Pours a clear gold. Not really slightly sweet, very sweet, in fact overly so. Candy apples, some yeast and hops but just didn’t work out well at all.
Decent sized feint orange head of fine bubbles. Yeasty and fruity aroma with some peaches, pineapple, sweet malts and dough. Not an overly sickly sweet aroma like you can find in some triples. Nice copper orange in color. Big alcohol presence and warming upon first sip. Flavor is a bit disappointing. Mostly malts and a bit of herbal flavors and spices but no fruit. Rather hot and a little thin in the body. Lingering sweetness at the finish. A decent tripel.
Bottle. Pours a hazed gold with a thin white head. Spicy yeast, candy and a touch of malt. Clean citrus, very light and crisp. Candy and malt, sweet with a hint of booze. Spicy alcohol and yeast.
Strong aroma is yeasty with fruity, floral and grassy undertones. It pours a pretty clear golden amber with a fluffy eggshell-white head that leaves some good lacing. Rich, fruity flavor has malty and grassy hints, and - WHOA, watch out for the alcohol bite! It has hints of caramel and butterscotch as well. Smooth, full-bodied texture has quite a bit of fizz to it, leaving a persistent tingle. Just what you need to get through the blooming holidays!
Pours dark gold-amber (a bit coppery for a tripel) with a quick off-white head. Nose is fairly weak and standard for the style, with citrus, white sugar, yeast, a touch of coriander and a little booze. Flavor features a massive kick of alcohol and sweet orange peel on the front, fading quick to fruit and a little breadiness. Finish is weak. This isn’t bad, really, but it’s a bit less character-rich than I look for in a tripel. The flavor has an almost artificial feel to it at times as well.
Yule Tide is a fantastic beer with a warming alcoholic finish. Slightly fruity with a delicious spice note and perfect palate for a cold winter night.
Bomber from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA, quite some time ago. Opened 6/29/11. Pours a hazy golden color with particulate matter. Medium sized creamy white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of bread, candi sugar, tropical fruits and stone fruits. The taste is bread, brown sugar and tart fruits, mainly stone fruits with some pineapple. Medium bodied.
Bottle: Heavy straw, faint orange, cloudy, thin rocky white head, a few rings of lacing. Sweet mealy nose, straw, alcoholic lemon. Sweet breadyness on the tongue. Not as cloying or heavy as other American examples. Has a bit of a melon like fruitiness. Slight alcohol, albeit not that warming. Falls off a little quickly, but lingers with a sweet mealiness that seems to work well. This one I do like more than most other American examples because its smoother, not as heavy nor cloying. Not like Belgians, but it is what it is, fairly tasty. Thanks Kevin!
Reviewed from notes.
Poured into a tulip. Appearance is light golden in color with a white head. Pretty good lacing. Nose is a good dose of spice with mild fruit and a bit of grain. Taste is light with some nice spicing. Feel is quite nice with a smooth character. Spicing is quite nice. Drinks very well and is a nice holiday spiced ale.
Serving type: cask
Reviewed on: 11-09-2010
The beer pours a surprisingly dark clear gold with a small white head, that is gone quickly and has pour lacing.
The aroma is light but just like most tripels, light hops, flowers and some yeast.
The taste is nice and smooth, floral beginning lots of heavy hops to finish. The finish also has some nice flowers.
The feel is nice and drinkably.
Overall, pretty good tripel, little more yeasty than most but pretty good.
Pours a hazy orange with a modest creamy white head. Aroma has a mildly ester nose, light sugary sweetness, mid malty sweetness, low pineapple and pear fruity scents. Flavor is overall pretty sweet and starts off with a hefty does of candi sugar sweetness with a strong pineapple, pear and mild estery presence from the yeast. The malt comes in late in the tasting and adds a little grainy note. Body is very heavy and full with a sugary texture and lower than average triple carbonation. Overall a pretty good brew. The fruity and estery notes are pretty strong for the triple style and overshadow the stronger grainy notes that are typically seen. Even though it doesn’t follow stylistically, it does deliver as very enjoyable, hefty and sweet brew.
Amber golden pour. The nose is fruity and a little bit spicy. Sweet date fruitiness. Lightly chewy with a bit of figgy sweetness. Some brown sugar and a bit of light candi sugar. Fruity and complex and luckily it’s not too dark. A little bit of chewy sweetness. It’s a little bit too sweet for me, but I think it would age nicely.
22oz bottle, dated 12/09, courtesy of beachbum25. Thanks, Jim! Pours a hazy orange-grapefruit color; creamy, fine-bubbled off-white head with solid retention and lacing. Lots of juicy grapefruit, oranges, and a very prominent peppery and raw-doughy yeastiness (really strikes me as a Chimay strain); definitely some crystalline sugar qualities in there, and a touch messy, but quite engaging aroma-wise. Medium-high body; medium-high carbonation; alcohol is a bit prickly, but not inappropriately so for the style. Lots of sweet unresolved candy and crystalline sugars in the mouth (without the high carbonation and alcohol, this would be quite hopeless); lively citrus / grapefruit hop bitterness on the tip of the tongue, pleasantly so, but that huge bulk of sweetness isn’t going away; the yeast character is hugely pronounced, as in the aroma: dough, pepper, esters and phenolic qualities out the wazoo - and if I didn’t like the yeast profile, that would be a problem. Still pretty messily brewed. The finish shows a lingering mineral and citrus bitterness, along with candied sweetness that lingers; the biggest concern is a slight plastic-y off-note at the end, which fills the mouth and dominates the aftertaste after a moment.
Bottle, courtesy of Bruisin’ Ales down the street in Asheville, NC. Interestingly, this is a 2009 bottle, as the brewer informed me that the yeast went bad in the 2010 recipe; thus, the whole release was discarded. It pours a hazy orange-amber into the glass, with a ton of yeasty "floaties" and a frothy eggshell head that retains, leaving light soapy lace. The nose is of sweet melon, alcohol and dank basement notes. Flavors are similar, with sweet malts lingering upfront. Melon integrates mid-palate, alongside yeasty notes that culminate in an alcoholic, boozy finish. The mouthfeel is syrupy, with an alcohol bite that, again, makes for a boozy liquor-like embodiment. It does have its place, don’t get me wrong. But even for the year+ that it’s been aging, it’s still a tad thick and "young" in my opinion. It needs to settle a bit and rest to allow all the heavy complexities to work together a bit more... if they ever will.