Left Hand St. Vrain Tripel

Tap at Barcade 5th Anniversary party. Very pale straw coloured beer. The nose is quite light and spicy with a lean Belgian spiciness. The flavour is pleasantly dry with a very light herbal note set off by a kiss of peppery yeasty spice. Lean pilsner malt and a touch of light lemon peel and vanilla. It’s got a nice dry body and is surprisingly tasty. I have to say I’m very impressed and surprised. It could be punchier but it’s certainly a solid interpretation.

Tap at Barcade’s 5th Anniversary Party: Courtesy of JoeMcPhee- thanks! Pours a pale yellow with a fading head- quite pale and thin looking- almost like a filtered pilsner. Dry aroma- only a mild bubblegum ester presence and a mildly sweet Belgian pale malt note. Slick light body. Way less residual sugars than most U.S. examples of this style- which is good. Some pale grains, mild bubblegummy phenols and a touch of peppery alcohol on the back (also mild peppery noble hops notes as well on back). Simple, but highly drinkable for a U.S. interpretation of a Tripel.

In the bomber bottle at the 2009 Crescent Moon Summer Beer Festival. Pours golden with a bountiful white head. A very smooth beer with a big ethanol content. Love it. Will look forward to adding a detailed description when my cellar batch is ready to drink. Right now, I suspect the 2009 version is too young to pass judgment.

Pours a lacing, white head with a hazy, straw color body. Aromas of yeast, dried fruit, dough. Flavors of bubblegum, yeast, dough, sweet lemon. Finish is a little dry, citrus rind, clean.

Draft. Pours a golden body with a white head. Loads of fruity esters pears and berries with a yeasty spicy body. Sweet candied sugars, coriander wheat. What a mess overly sweet etoh. Ugh.

Courtesy of markwise. Pours hazy straw with micro thin white head. The aroma is full of fruity esters and grains. The taste is really smoother than I expected and gets to be a touch watery from time to time bringing sweet notes of grains, peach, apricot, plum and a bit of lemon and yeasty spice. Nice tasting brew.

Aroma is sweet with Belgian spices. Some yeast and floral hops. Flavor has some earthy moss with some sweet malts and spice.

Bottle courtesy of markwise. Pours a hazy yellow to golden with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of caramel, honey, candy sugar, light fresh fruit, banana, clove. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of candy sugar, caramel, light spice, light toffee. Medium body with a pleasing sweet malty finish. Reasonable representation of the style.