Livery Agent 99

Brewed by The Livery
Style: Abbey Tripel
Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

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.

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!

cloudy off copper color w/ a tiny whisp of white head, mine is mostly a yeast shot. Very nice fruity sweet aroma a good amount of bananas like bananas w/ sugar or candied banana maybe a touch of spice probably clove. Palate is pretty avg. Flavor is delicious alcohol is extremely well hidden for an 11% covered by a candied banana hints of honey, quite nice.

22 ounce hand bottle from Mike
Served in my Boulevard Smokestack Series goblet.
Pours amber brown with with ruby edges. No head. Lots of particles floating around here.
Aromas or banana, clove, various candied fruits, honey.
Lots of honey flavor. Warm. Banana and clove.
Medium body. Oily. Light carbonation, if there’s any at all. Semi sweet finish.
Thanks for holding this one for me, Mike.

(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.

Bottle. Body-Light brown, thin ring of bubblers, kinda murky and ugly, flat. Nose-sweet macro Belgian, straw, husky, big corn, light metal, light brown sugar, fresh hay. Taste-high fructose corn syrup, medium spice, musty, really nothing but a malt extract and some corn. Dry spice (black cardamom et al), remind me of an old straw broom. Like a big sweet macro with Belgian yeast, Husky.

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 ).

a huge thanks to BBB63 for sending me this beer. It pours an opaque dark brown with no head. the aroma is of candy sugar, fruity and a few other things. tasty and smooth, the 11% ABV is well-hidden. The flavor has some sweet fruits and doughiness. but it is very drinkable