Captain Lawrence Xtra Gold

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottle 750ml. @ home.

Clear medium to dark yellow orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers, perfume, grapefruit, citrus, peach, moderate to light heavy yeasty, fruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100627]

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thick off-white head. The aroma is sweet with citrusy and spicy notes. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus and spices - especially coriander, but also with a light alcohol burn, leading to a dry bitter and spicy finish. Thanks to Papsoe for sharing.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of kmweaver. Hazy golden with an off-white head. Very fresh, piney aroma. Medium body with lightly sweet, fruity accents and a base of pale malts. Discreet yeasty touches but otherwise dominated by excellent aroma hops. Distinct alcohol in the finish. Excellent and a very different take on a Tripel. 301107

From bottle, no 20 at Papsoes blindtasting. Pours hazy yellow to orange and with a diminished white head. Hoppy pineapple fruity. Flavour is sweet fruity towards slight soapy hoppy. Has a soft sweetness leading into the finish. Not much caramel malt but rather more clean sugarish finish.

Bottled@Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Hazy orangeish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is yeast, some grass, fruits, mild acidic notes as well. Flavour is yeast, grains, grass and some slight maltyness as well.

Bottle. Hazy golden coloured with a huge white ehad. Fruity aroma of spices, thyme, hops and pine needles. Fruity flavour of hops and pine needles with some sweetness an d notes of spices and yeast. Hoppy and yeast finish.

UPDATED: FEB 24, 2008 Date: 06/23/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBSG 2007

Appearance: clear gold, sudsy white head creates short lived lace,
Aroma: rich malt aroma with light fruity lemon character with a nice spicy character,
Body: big body,
Overall: sweet malt balanced by lots of hops, plenty of belgian spicyness,
-------- /> Date: 02/23/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar tasting

Appearance: not a gusher but pours with a huge white head,
Aroma: dry and spicy aroma with lots of musty cobweb character,
Flavor: flavor is drying out as well picking up a lot of musty character, touch of sweaty leather, lots of spicyness,
Overall: aging very nicely

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4
-------- /> Date: 09/29/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2006
Score: 3.4 to 3.5

Appearance: gusher,
Aroma: aroma has dried out and lost the fruity edge,
Flavor: flavor has grown to pick up the fruityness lots in the aroma, lots of bready character, the spicyness blends well with the bread and fruit,

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2007 2007-11-30, Papsø’s Blind Tasting, 7-3-7-4-15=36
Cloudy blond color; huge head. Very nice hoppy aroma, elderflowers and some fruits, but not persistent; hop leaves. Medium body, some sweetness, the hopping is good (flowery, delicate oils, lightly fruity...), bit it’s a bit too warming and alcoholic, and apparently the yeast left a bitterish trace. Anyway, good.

2007-01-01, draught at Hop Devil, NYC, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Blond color. The aroma is soft, malty and fruity. Very sweet for being a Triple, a bit spicy, oranges, not thick. Refreshing and pleasant.

Clear golden with and medium white head. Malty aroma with fruity and piney notes. Flavour had peach, pine, grapefruits, loads of hops and malty hints. Hoppy tripel i’d say.

Bottle @ Odense Tasting, April 2010. Pours dark unclear yellow with a small creamy head and lacings. Citrus, peach and yeast. A bit of alcohol. Smooth and well balanced. Nice