Long Strange Tripel
Boulevard Brewing Co.
- From:
- Boulevard Brewing Co.
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Tripel
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 10.82%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 472
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 20, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 24, 2007
- Wants:
- 173
- Gots:
- 293
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
Part of the Smokestack Series
Lately it occurs to us that if, back in 1989, you planned on starting a brewery in the back of your carpentry shop, you'd been wise to seek out someone like Harold “Trip” Hogue. A collector of ancient Volvos, Trip was well qualified for the make-do engineering required to coax recalcitrant equipment out of retirement and into making the first Boulevard beers. Today, he is our longest-tenured employee. We offer this rich, golden Tripel in grateful tribute to dedication, everywhere.
23 IBU
Lately it occurs to us that if, back in 1989, you planned on starting a brewery in the back of your carpentry shop, you'd been wise to seek out someone like Harold “Trip” Hogue. A collector of ancient Volvos, Trip was well qualified for the make-do engineering required to coax recalcitrant equipment out of retirement and into making the first Boulevard beers. Today, he is our longest-tenured employee. We offer this rich, golden Tripel in grateful tribute to dedication, everywhere.
23 IBU
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Ratings by BarrelAgedG:
Rated by BarrelAgedG from Wisconsin
3.87/5 rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 27, 2018
3.87/5 rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 27, 2018
More User Ratings:
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
4.05/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
RB transfer
Sep 20, 2025
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.84/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Light yellow color; see-through.
Huge white head; frothy lacing.
Bananas & clove in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Bananas & clove taste, with a hint of sweetness which elevates this slightly.
A good beer.
May 04, 2019Huge white head; frothy lacing.
Bananas & clove in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Bananas & clove taste, with a hint of sweetness which elevates this slightly.
A good beer.
Reviewed by iguanodon from Utah
4.21/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
[Original rating 2012-12-25] Pours clear gold/orange with a small white head that disappears quickly, leaving no lacing. Nice carbonation bubbling up from the bottom of the glass. Aroma of malt and fruit. Apples, stone fruit, straw, bread. Taste is sweet with a bit of alcohol, long sweet finish. Nice thick, oily mouth feel.
Oct 03, 2018
Reviewed by craigbelly from Iowa
4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Notes of pear, peach, and warm bread throughout, with a hint of white pepper. Faintly sugary maltiness. Shimmering yellow-gold in the light, and capped by a mountain of creamy white head. Sweet malt dominates the flavor with hints of fresh-baked biscuits, spicy pears, and alcohol lurking behind a wall of ripe pears and honey.
Sep 03, 2017
Rated by poisoneddwarf from Idaho
3.52/5 rDev -15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle. Smells of pine and nice pot resin. This is an average pale ale. There’s nothing unique here. It’s drinkable, nothing more.
Jun 05, 2017
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