UPDATED: FEB 6, 2019 750ml corked and caged bottle. Pours an unclear gold-orange with a medium, frothy, long lasting, white head that laces. Sweet aroma of doughy, grainy malt, caramel, Belgian yeast, red apple, honey, apricot, peach, banana, spice and floral hops. Sweet flavour of doughy, bready malt, caramel, red apple, Belgian yeast, apricot, peach, lemon, coriander, black pepper and floral hops with a dry, mild bitter, alcohol warming finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft to average carbonation. Very nice, an excellent Tripel.

$9.99 bomber, Wine Warehouse. Pours clear golden with a giant off-white head. Aroma is banana, clove, yeast, pear. Flavor is pear, banana, yeast, browning grass, yeast, light citrus, stone fruit, light bubblegum.

Appearance: hazy pale amber with two fat fingers of rocky ivory head, excellent retention and thick lacing. (4/5) Aroma: caramel malt, boozy dark fruit, apples and pears, banana. (7/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate-low bitter. (7/10) Palate: medium body, lively carbonation, sweet slightly boozy warming finish. (4/5) Whoa! An explosive uncorking caught me by surprise, but didn’t follow with the expected gusher. (And before we go any further: I’m sorry, but does anybody else who’s graduated high school and endured a valedictorian speech find “long strange trip” to be an unbearable cliché? Because I sure do.) Anyway. This was a bit of a gamble on my part: on the one hand, it was a year past its best-before. On the other, it was a high-ABV Boulevard Smokestack. I decided it was worth the risk. I have no regrets. I prefer a bone-dry Tripel, and this one tends sweet, but it still has decent Belgian character. Given the complete lack of hop character and the high ABV, I can say with a fair degree of certainty that this will keep forever, BB dates be damned. It might not be a home run, but it’s at least a triple. (15/20)

Bottle pour. Aroma is plum, cloves, and alcohol. Clear dark golden with white head. Full lightly creamy body. Sweet with a light bitter finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

UPDATED: NOV 2, 2016 Yeasty with a faint malty aroma, Pours clear, light amber. Full mouthfeel, coriander and clove notes. Finishes a touch sweet. Lovely beer.

Aromas of clove, peach, apricot, and yeast. Taste is clove, sweet orange and apricots, vanilla, and yeasty bread. Nice creamy mouthfeel. Bottle was bb 7/2015. Glad it aged well.

Aroma is citrus, tart, sulphur, plum, raisins and candy sugar. Taste is rich sweet malts, dark sugar, dark fruits, caramel and fig. Very light tartiness on tip , just enough to add character. Appearance is a slightly hazy gold with a frothy pearl head that retains quite well.

Sampled during brewery tour. Sweet and fruity. Heard it didn’t make the cut for 2017.

750ml bottle poured into tulip glass. Color is amber with decent amount of white head. Highly carbonated. Taste has a pleasant dry finish. Very good trip

Pours a bright golden yellow color. Active carbonation throughout the session. Aromas of hops, fruit, and a little yeast. Has a light fruity citrus taste, with some yeasty notes, and a good hop flavor.