Boulevard Long Strange Tripel

Thanks to brewblackhole. Amber color. Smell of yeast, dark fruit, hops, pepper, clove, ginger, brown sugar and alcohol. Taste of yeast, malt, light citrus, dark fruit, hops, pepper, clove, ginger, brown sugar and alcohol.

750 ml bottle. So this is the last of the Smokestack beer for me to try... So far I would rate the series as a very pleasant surprise, so expectations are pretty high. Pour demonstrates very heavy carbonation (inch or two of beer, the rest of the glass is head). What beer there is is orange with a slight cloudiness to it. Aromas are sweet (honey and glazed donut), a touch or cloves and oranges and some alcohol. Flavor is OK, but maybe it needs some time to balance things out a little better. The alcohol comes off as a bit sharp and burns a bit... almost overpowering the rest of the flavors. The sweetness, cloves and citrus flavors come through, but get a bit swamped by all of the astringency. Still, this is enjoyable enough, but all remaining bottles I buy will be the IPA from the series.

750ml Bottle from Happy Hour - This is a lovely little beer. Pours a rosy garnet shade of orange, with a quickly dissolving white head, that just leaves an ever so slight ring of bubbles. Cookie dough nose, with some yeastiness, clove and banana a bit of sugar cookies and citrus hoppiness. The taste is very nice, not overly sweet, with ample carbonation levels, some caramel, and has kind of a gumminess to it, that sticks around into a really long lingering finish. Its going to be a long strange trip to the end of this bottle. I’m not sharing this with anyone but myself tonight.

deep golden, small but lasting head. Yeasty and spicy, some deep bitter sweetness. Finish is dry but sticky, bitter yeast follows. Nice tripel, obviously going after westmalle tripel. Good clone

750. Nice gold color with a small head. Flavor has vanilla and just a touch of sulphur. Somewhat dry with a decent creaminess and ash.