Captain Lawrence Xtra Gold

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Pleasantville, New York USA

Cloudy yellow colour with a white head. Hoppy, fruity and light spicy aroma with a vague sweet note. Malty, light sweet flavor with hoppy fruity notes. Light dry, biter and spicy finish.

750ml thanks to dmac621. Are you kidding me? Another great beer by CL. Lots of bubbles in this one that were fun to watch. Flavors of sweetness, and some bitterness. Awesome stuff that words don’t do justice. Captain Lawrence I am hypnotized by your beer efforts.

750 ml bottle shared with Padrefan98. Slightly hazy apricot colored pour with nice white head. Lots of bubbles coming up from the bottom. Aromas of sweet bread and citrus. Flavors were sweet up front with citrus hops and nice dry finish. Pretty darn tasty. Fred, I am loving your CL hookup.

750 ml from brewery. Hazy gold with frothy white head. Yeast, apple, mango, and honey with citrus/floral hop and spice. A little more orange upon taste and spice with alcohol at the finish. Much more hoppy than most tripels.

Bottle from The Epeeist on July 2007. Tried at PP bottle shop with Sean, Tim, and Ryan. Lots of carbonation. Yellow color. Some interesting aroma like corriander, but not quite. Very dry. I prefer some sweetness. A hint of sour. Maybe a Brett finish? Side by side with Golden Delicious, which is much better.7,3,5,3,14:3.2 Rerate at alohaCs 2008 end of year party: 8,3,7,3, 16: 3.7

Bottle courtesy of willblake -- thanks!

Pours a beautiful and barely hazy (at least in the first glass) glowing gold with a lovely and long-lived white head. The aroma on this beer is absolutely stunning; I’m very tempted to give it a 10 but I’m going to show restraint. Powerful blast of pear and tropical fruit (pineapple, passionfruit, etc.) mingles with spicy yeasts that recall a high ABV saison e.g. Avec Les Bon Vieux, a definite sourness, a hint of rising dough, and time after time the nose doesn’t fatigue, the aroma carries its full weight even after many sips and deep inhalations.

Flavor is neither as sweet nor as sour as the aroma might suggest; while not exactly dry, you get a nice tripel dryness. Doughy malts, that peppery yeast, oily herbal hops, drier tropical fruit juices, honey. Lingering aftertaste of both the honeyed pineapple sugars and the bittering hops. Nice mouthfeel, not hot, abundantly but not overly carbonated, full bodied.

Splendid, engaging, out-of-the-ordinary beer that doesn’t try hard to be different -- it just is.

75cL bottle courtesy of Lukin013 at Pittsburgh gathering on 1/27/08. Hazy golden yellow with huge rocky foam, great retention. Aroma is big and estery, a good bit of green skinned apples with a noticeable sharp hoppiness. Big and fruity flavor at first, leads to some nice hop bitterness and finishes with very dry with more apple in the finish. Alcohol is very well hidden, a fantastic US brewed triple.

The aroma was citrusy with hints of honey and saaz hops. The beer poured a beautiful hazy golden copper with thick lasting head and lacing. The flavor was wonderful with honey, saaz, caramel, citrus, and cloves. The mouthfeel was light bodied with great carbonation.