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A- Poured from the bottle with a 1/4" white creamy looking head, with some pretty impressive lacing (highly proteinaceous by appearance), over an amber colored, lightly sedimented and carbonated body. S- Quite nice. Comprised of light citrus juice notes over a crackerlike pale malt base. Simple and elegant. For some reason though, I'm not getting any Belgian yeast aromatics- which I would expect from anything labelled "Tripel". Good nonetheless. T- You get some particularly sweet malty and vinous notes up front, which are met with moderate earthy hop flavor on the midpalate. The hoppiness really ramps-up in the finish with quinine-like bitterness that lingers on the tongue like a resin. A bit solventy overall, which takes the flavor down from a 4.5 in my book. M- Medium body with a carbonation that walks the line between soft and coarse; pervasive carbonation that's non-bloating. A little bit of astringency comes in from that hop punch. D- Overall tasty and quit drinkable. The solventy edge on the palate is enough to indicate the ABV, but it doesn't hinder drinkability at all. A couple of these, and you'll be feeling good!