== New uncited comments== 
 Does anyone have a source for the comments that the Tripel style was developed to compete with Pilsners?  I wouldn't think monks would be worried about competition as they are not looking for a profit. 

 The same user added that recent reports claim that it originated with the Witkap brewery in the late 1920s and was soon copied by the Westmalle brewery.  Has anyone else seen these reports?  I'm tempted to remove both comments, but would like another's opinion.