hamma112 (1), Valley Cottage, New York, USA
does not count  Mar 30, 2007 I sampled this beer at the Lazy Boy Saloon and I enjoyed it so much that I stopped sampling other beers and started to order pints of the Xtra Gold. I would recommend this beer to people who enjoy Stella Artois
 Glouglouburp (1915), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jun 21, 2007 Updated: Mar 10, 2008In short: Excellent classic Belgian Tripel foundation with an American Hops twist. Fantastic.
How: Bottles from many batches. Rating slightly improving with each new batch (from 4.1 to 4.5)
The look: Cloudy golden-yellow body with a medium white head.
In long: Lots of tropical fruits is the dominant flavour, namely litchis, kiwis, grapefruits and many more. Very nice complex fruity flavour but never aggressive and no acidity/tartness usually associated with those fruity flavours. The fruity salad is then wrapped in some honey and aromatised with some soft hops essence. Moderately sweet. Up to this point it would “only” be an excellent Tripel. But the hopping really makes it stand out. Skilful and successful mix of noble European hops that one expect to find in a classic Tripel and citrusy American hops. Excellent. Captain Lawrence Extra Good.
robinvboyer (980), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
Jun 5, 2008 hazy yellow pour, big thick white head. Aroma of apples, pears, oranges, and yeast. Flavour is yeasty, and quite hoppy. Lots of citrus, and apples. Very very crisp finish, nice lingering bitterness. Excellent tripel.
Oakes (6819), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Jun 6, 2007 Deep golden colour. Lots of sparkle but the head doesn’t hold. Fruity, diverse aroma (plum, pear, pomegranate, guava, pineapple and on it goes). Bready malts, light alcohol in there as well. Great concept - the "American-style" ramped-up hops add so much complexity to that fruitiness in the aroma and to a lesser extent on the palate. Nice bitterness - after the number of cloying American (and Canadian) tripels this is really nice to see. Grapefruit, lots of bready malt and a kiss of late alcohol. Just enough yeastiness that you don’t forget it’s a tripel. Cool shit.
mtoast (283), City of Rust, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 10, 2008 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.
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