This is my favorite style of beer. Sampled from a 750 ml brown bottle this beer poured a hazy orange-gold with a very large yellow-white head. The aroma was a very pleasant mix of sweet, fruity spicy and yeasty elements. The mouthfeel was thick and substantive. The flavor was sweet, spicy, fruity, and tangy. There was a light peppery element towards the finish. The finish was long, sweet and tangy. Very very nice.

Exceptional beer, golden in color, one glass the head was retained all the way down to the bottom, but the next glass the head disappated very quickly (kinda weird), lacy white head, another beer with that nice warming effect from the high alcohol content, very strong aromas, smelled of alcohol, spices, grapes, very strong flavors as well, including grapes & different spices, very smooth aftertaste, a very drinkable beer, a lot of its charactertists were similar more to a barleywine than a Belgian ale, all-round very excellent beer

Bottle - 750mL corked and caged - courtesy of hopdog! Pours an effervescent gold with a billowing foamy white head that keeps on building like a summer storm cloud. Eventually, it dies leaving a sticky, delicate lacing around the edge of my Allagash glass. Aroma is sweet with big fruit notes (pear, tangerine and tropical fruits), Belgian yeast, candi sugar, sweet malts, soft spice and light flowery notes. Taste is equally delicious! Lots of fruity flavors (pear, tangerine and mango, perhaps), along with more Belgian yeast notes, sweet malts, fresh cut flowers, soft spices and candyish notes. Body is medium with lots of carbonation. Sticky in spots as well. Finishes with more sweet malts, ripe fruits, soft spice, Belgian yeast, candi sugar and some doughy bread-like flavors. I didn’t notice the 10.3% at all! Delicious beer! I’ll have another!

Draft, Batch 1, brewed 7-24-02... Poured a clear gold color with a small white head and sticky white lacing on the glass. Aroma of spicy cloves, banana, citrus fruits, and cardamom. Taste was fruity, some tart citrus, light yeast, candy sugar, and a light alcohol finish. Rather juicy, with a creamy mouthfeel. At 3.5 yrs old, this is an awesome tripel!

This was the ’02 aged vintage edition that was special on tap on 2/3/06... Appears a hazy light gold with a a small white head that slowly fades. Tiny bubbles slowly crawl to the top of the glass. Spotty lacing is left around the glass. Smell is of warm vanilla, peach, apricot, and fresh bread. Perhaps a touch of spiciness and banana way in the background. Very mellowed out though compared to the newer batches. Taste is also of the aromas. Nice little yeastyness touch to it that picks up that Belgian breadiness that makes this a winner. Mouthfeel is sweet, warming, yeasty, fruity, and slightly prickery.