Livery Agent 99

Formerly brewed at The Livery
Style: Abbey Tripel
Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

(Hand bottle from BBB63) Pours an amber-brown body with a spare off-white head. Aroma of mustiness, pear, ginger, brown sugar, and some herbal. Flavor of honey, ginger, and dark fruits with a sticky finish.

Draft at The Livery. Poured cloudy orange color with an average frothy off-white head that lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate to heavy yeast and tart fruit aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy yeasty sweet & sour flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate duration with a small alcohol bite. This is a standout beer. Poured clear yellow-golden color with an average fizzy white head that lasted with good lacing. Complex citrus, bubblegum and yeasty aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy bittersweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration with a small alcohol bite as it warmed. This is a refreshing good beer.

Thanks to Mike for bringing the handbottle! This seemed much more a tripel than a quad. Poured medium caramel with no carbonation.. the first pour was clear, and the latter ones got thick. The aroma picked up lots of bananas and spicy lighter fruits along with some chewy caramel.. the back-end found some apricots amplified by alcohol.. warm and inviting. The flavor had lots of alcohol-amplified lighter fruitage.. white pepper and banana gave a strong, sweet, and rather yeasty impression.. very warm at the finish, yet really well-balanced throughout.. bitterness was low. Heavier-bodied and warm on the palate with very low carbonation (which worked well here). I enjoyed this one!

On tap at the brewery and served in a smaller 10 ounce glass: A slightly hazy amber hue with a minimal head but some oily film. The big nose shows a fruity (apricot and pear), grassy and herbal, slight sugary and doughy, honey and interestingly wintergreen esters.

WOW big fruity and malty overtones greet the taster supported by some honey and bready midsection. While sweet the beer never comes off cloy due in part to the light bitterness upon the finish and the alcohol found within. Moderate levels of spicy goodness is found throughout the tasting as well. The mouth feel is very smooth and oily with soft carbonation.

This is rocking even if not to any one style. I viewed this like a quad and yet another winner by Steve. Congratulation of 2 years of outstanding brewing! Hope for many more!!

Sampled during Cheesehead YeHA in Brookfield, Wisconsin and shared by BBB63. Pours a hazy light caramel amber brew with no head but a thin film on glass top (I got a later pour). Aroma of banana esters, yeast and some light caramel malt. Taste is medium bodied, no carbonation with flavors of light caramel malt, some fruity character, yeast and a touch of white pepper/spice. Finish has a slight apricot and banana aftertaste with a high alcohol warmth.

On tap at the brewery. This reddish amber ale poured with a thin off-white head and a fruity aroma. The flavor is all about yeast and oak. It is pleasantly sour and a bit smoky, with a warming alcohol trail. Very enjoyable.

Hand-bottled bomber from Mike, shared with a few other peeps. Very nice, spicy aroma, fine bread notes and florals. Close to style while still being light. Flavor is a bit murkier, a touch of wheat and german yeast spiciness. Though the flavor doesn’t hit it as well, this is as close to a real quad as I’ve had an American beer be (despite their calling it a tripel :O ).

Thanks Mike. The beer pours to a rusty amber body with a thin white head. The aroma is yeasty bananas foster. Very unique but more of a tripel in my opinion. The flavor is yeasty bananas, medium light candi sugar. Doesn’t have that intense dark candi sugar like in a quad. This, to me, is a triple (and apparently the brewer think the same).