a: clear golden coloured body | thinnish white head
a: crisp | bread | biscuits
f: mild nuts | cereal | perfumey finish
t: bitter | drying | clean-drinking
o: true-to-style | mellow throughout | malt-centric

16 ounce can | Wegman's (grocery): Alexandria (Stovall Street), Virginia | 11-February-2026 | US$2,33 (part of a mixed six pack) | canned: 31-December-2025 | sampled: 22-May-2026

Pour is a bright gold with a large white head. Aroma is candi sugar, yeast esters and some old musty books. Flavor is a big candi sugar with some white pepper and some almost sage-like herbs. Finish is a touch sweet but also a bit herbal. Pretty good Americanized triple.

Grapefruit and grass nose. Clear amber, medium head. Grapefruit, lilly, weird sweet tart presence. Medium body, easy carbonation.

12oz bottle out of a sixer. Bottled on 12/15/25. Poured into a goblet/tulip type of blended glass by Saranac (Legacy IPA) glass that was gifted to me by a friend from Utica. Port City, to me, is the most underrated brewery in my region and , I believe, probably my fav brewery from Virginia. I have been buying numerous six packs since they have appeared in my market in Bmore. It is a winter seasonal and a $12 for a sixer of bottles, it is also probably the best deal for beer of this quality. As anyone that has drank American Belgians, especially Tripels knows, this is a tough style to do well. This version has definitely avoided ALL the pitfalls. It is not typical American sweet/sugary. I mean it is still a Belgian estery beer with all the characteristics but definitely not sweet/sugary for the style. Aroma is that doughy and biscui Belgian pie crust with a decent noble hop kick underneath. The beer seems to be filtered because it is a completely clear golden color. A small head slowly fades to a halo lacing. Nothing leftover at the bottom of the bottle. The flavor is similarly a malty Belgian dough with some lighter (for style) fruity esters and a low bitter hoppiness. It finishes rather dry leaving behind a light mineral character and a soft light ester sweetness. Not sticky on the cheeks or tongue. And it hides the 8.5% fairly well. I share this with non-beer-eek friends and they enjoy it and I buy numerous sixers annually.

a: clear but deep copper coloured body | very thin off-white head
a: tobacco | walnuts | earth
f: bourbon | toasted grains | caramelised sugars
t: toffee | cascara coffee tea | biscuity end
o: super polished | very well hidden alcohol (aged well) | complex woodsie notes throughout

12 ounce bottle | Whole Foods (grocery): Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia | 26-October-2020 | US$1,99 | bottled: 06-October-2020 | sampled: 27-January-2026, a bit after five years after bottling/purchase

a: slightly hazy golden & orange coloured body | no head at all
a: ground ginger | dough | light stone fruits
f: bready | coriander seed | cardamom finish
t: deep candy sugar | strong yeast | fresh ginger finish - strong
o: drying | complex | quite spiced...even after all these years!

12 ounce bottle | Whole Foods (grocery): Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia | 02-November-2020 | US$1,99 | bottled: 26-October-2020 | sampled: 23-January-2026, a bit more than five years after purchase