Livery Bourbon Cask Aged Belgian Trippel

Formerly brewed at The Livery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

Growler shared @ DLD ’07 by BBB63-Very interesting brew.Lots of bourbon and some belgian spice stood out in the aroma.Pours dark brown with a thin tan head.Got some spice,caramel malt and bourbon in the flavor.Full mouthfeel with a smooth bourbon finish.

sample from a growler at DLD (from BBB63?), thanks! - pours brown with no head. nose has bourbon, sweet fruits, apples, raisins, vanilla, and caramel. flavor was pretty sweet and hot, toasted and caramel notes with bourbon and vanilla. pretty good stuff.

Growler shared at DLD by BBB63 - Thanks Mike! - Pours brown with not much head. Aromas of yeast, caramel, somee apple, anr raisin. Quite complex overall. Flavor is yeast, caramel, some oak, spice at the finish and some bourbon. Smooth low carbonation and a somewhat dry finish. Beautiful brew...

Growler shared by murrayswine on 12/16/06: Pours a barely transparent dark brown with a thin ring of light tan head. Aroma of sweet raisins and dark caramel with brown sugar complexity. Body starts sweet and full with good dark caramel maltiness and smooth, lingering dark fruity complexity and chocolate chip cookie dough notes. Hides its alcohol quite well. Thanks Chris!

Sampled at the FOBAB. Another over the top Bourbon offering at this fest. One dimensional with vanilla notes being the only flavors other than Bourbon to come through. I could not discern any of the "Belgian Triple" qualities at all.

Thanks Chris! The beer pours to a deep ruby/brown body with no head. But, the color is really nice. The aroma is interestingly bourbon. After smelling this, I’d love to try Heaven Hill bourbon. There is nice vanilla, brown sugar, weird fruits, and a light watermelon. The flavor is rich. Bourbon vanilla and brown sugar. Perhaps some peated malts. Nice dark malts in this one. Lots of sweet malts. Rich palate that’s really sugary but also nicely textured. The alcohol is well hidden.

Dark brown body and - I see I wrote nothing about the head. A bit too much Bourbon for me (Me- a guy who used to drink Jack Daniels by the barrel!), but a sweet, darky fruitiness manages to work its way into the nose. It tastes of Bourbon, dark sweet malts, dark brown sugar, warm spices, vanilla, and alcohol. But just a bit too much of the liquor for me in this one.

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FoBAB 2006. Amazes me that this rings in at 14.5, as it hides its alcohol amazingly well. Anyway, notes of tar, plum, and brown sugar on the nose lead into fig, all spice/nutmeg, and bourbon. Impressive. The Livery was robbed for not winning at the festival.