 dpjuart (670), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 7, 2008 750 ml bottle, Batch 32, courtesy of Naka split with Exec Board. Pours straw yellow w/ white head, small, rimming, and fizzy. Sweet, sugary cotton candy-esque noste with a touc hof butter and caramel. Taste is sweet, with notes of lemon and other citrus. Some funk twang present. Dry finish with slight bitterness. Tasted like an IPA minus the hop bitterness, or more correctly, saison-y because of the fruit and spice. Very good stuff. Thanks, Naka
Nate (2556), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 6, 2008 Sampled from 750 (batch #32), courtesy of Naka. Cotton candy nose, with orange blossom, yeast and a bit of funk. Like a nice spicy saison in the aroma, peppery with mild bubblegum. Hazy golden amber with off-white lacing head and some fairly large chunks of sediment floating around. Medium body with medium carbonation. Really nice taste to this one, like a saison, really. Spicy with pepper and Brett, yeasty. Mild sweet orange peel and coriander. Nice bitter finish with yeasty chalkiness and bitter after. Nice ale.
steview (902), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 3, 2008 #666: trappist glass; fresh aroma and fizzy pour; slightly hazy golden-straw body with a busy white head that calms quickly and eventually diminishes; soapy, wild lacing; creamy and smooth mouthfeel with just enough carbonation; there is primarily lemon and banana to me, with a small peppery note, and a good amount of yeastiness; i’ll be damned! this is anything, but hell! it is God-damned drinkable!
tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 1, 2008 golden color, big white head, nose is apricotes lemon, maybe some Banana odd, flavor is again banana lemon homen some tartness, too much carbonation, somewhat strong alcohol . Ok beer.
doubleo (1121), San Diego, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 30, 2008 Pours a golden honey color that’s clear at the beginnign of the bottle and cloudy towards the finish (stirrin’ up the yeast). Somewhat frothy head that laces the glass. Smells yeasty and bready. Also a good bit of citrus, orange peel smell. Tastes pretty citrusy and spicy. A little bit deeper flavor than your normal Belgian. A lot of bready, yeasty characteristics. Somewhat thick mouthfeel but the flavors show why. Good full body and great carbonation. Very drinkable tasty brew.
Naka (526), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 28, 2008 A clear light golden color with a moderate fizzy white head. Clove and banana nose with some yeast and bitterness. Tastes sweet with a really strange, dry bitterness. There are some apples and spice, and leaves a lingering alcohol on the tongue. A nice light beer that would be pretty refreshing in the summer.
diabel (1372), Aarschot, Belgium
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 28, 2008 Bottle Yellow, hazy body. White, creamy head. Aroma of hops, perfume, flowers (marigold), citrus, orange, hops, ... Quite complex and well balanced. Moderately bitter, lighty sweet flavour. Good balanced but the flavour is not as complex as the aroma. Nice beer however!
illidurit (891), Santa Cruz, California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jan 26, 2008 As with all BSPAs, this one is poured into my Duvel tulip. Hazy gold color with a fluffy white head of 2 fingers. Nice Belgian lacing.
Smells a bit like a wheat beer, with banana/clove phenols. A nice yeasty flavor comes through as well, with some pear and apple rounding out the fruitiness.
Flavor is like a sweeter Duvel. Banana and yeast are very strong, with some great spicing along the lines of coriander and mild ginger.
Very soft and mellow mouthfeel, with fluffy carbonation and a medium body. Extremely drinkable.
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