<b>Objectively speaking:</b> A filtered, rather stripped, simplistic strong ale. <br /> <b>I like:</b> Liberal use of noble hops, perhaps even too enthusiastic. I like that brewery in general, but fail to understand what they’re aiming at here. <br /> <b>I dislike:</b> Frail body is comparable to their regular English-style ales and does not have anything Belgian about it. Thin-bubbled carbonation. Even the label feels like a weaker effort than what they’re capable of. Feeble banana and yellow apple flavours. Dominating bready and bubblegum yeast derivatives.

<i>My Bottom Line:</i><br /> Bubblegum phenols and honeyed fruit nonchalantly walk into a dry, hoppy finish for a lean and overly clean Belgian-style Strong Ale.<br /> <br /> <i>Further Personal Perceptions:</i><br /> -A thin veil of foam foam slowly sinks into the transparent, dull golden.<br /> -Some vegetal excrescence seems to be growing in the nose.<br /> -This is on the thin side of things for a 9% Belgian-Style Strong Ale.<br /> -This is simply not up to par for a style which has many high quality examples &#40;Charlevoix, DDC, Unibroue&#41; in our province.<br /> <br /> <b>From the bottle and on tap at Brouhaha.</b>

A nice deep golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet candy sugar with notes of juniper berries, light bananas, and orange peels. In mouth, a sweet malt with banana notes, yeast, caramel, aniseed, nice belgian and warming alcohol. Rich and smooth. Bottle from Joanette, 6.59$.

<b>Bottle &#40;500ml&#41;</b>. <i>Shared by blankboy with tupalev</i>. Slightly cloudy light gold pour, average creamy-frothy white head. Dry, intensely floral-sweet aroma, with banana & yeast for days. The taste brings some floral bite to the sweet malt table, but the primary character is still floral and fruity; the alcohol emerges as it warms. Average, oddly syrupy body, low-level carbonation, and a bit of a tingly yeasty aftertaste. This is pretty damned good, if sweet.

Clear golden pour with a thin white head. Average aroma of honey and herbs. Average flavor of honey, herbs and spices. The body is medium with an oily texture and gentle carbonation. It’s a fairly simple beer and it doesn’t really feel belgian.