Signature Ale

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Lochristi, Belgium

Pours cloudy orange with a huge white head. Very bready, yeasty nose, with noticeable tartness, light fruit, and just a hint of funk. The flavor begins much like a tripel--yeasty, fruity, and spicy--but ends with a very distinct marriage of musty, slightly funky brett and grassy, citrusy hops. Very interesting stuff, and I think it’ll only get better over the next year or so.

Purchased bottle at Holiday Wine Cellar. The last bottle they had so I considered myself lucky to be able to grab one for a taste. The pour is a clean clear golden elixir with a rigorous thick heading. In the nose, I found a mild aroma of Belgian yeast and spice with a light citrus background of possible orange. It has very subdued flavors that are chewy and spicy paired well with the soft delicate palate and its rich creamy finish. I’m really amazed how smooth this ale turned out but hey when you got pizza port working on it and some masters from Belgium how could it go wrong?

Thanks to mivers for sharing this one. Pours a lightly hazy golden with some orange notes and medium bubbly white head and left some lacing. Aroma was very floral, lots of citrus notes, slight funky notes, perfume, some Belgian yeast esters, bready, dough and some toffee notes. Flavor was bready, lightly tart, grassy, some hop bitterness, various citrus notes, light alcohol and dry.

Gold, small head. Malt, citrus and flower aroma. Rich amber malts, honey, apricot, lemon, pineapple, spice. Make sure to let this warm up a tad as the flavors are much more pronounced when not super cold. I’ve had this on tap and in bottles and it’s a winner!

Thank you notalush and his Santa. Very good. Nice aroma. Sweet and spice balance. Nice and complex with some fruit and bitterness too. Taste is sweet too. Malty and spices like cloves and dried oranges and figs. Nice carbonation too helps all the mellow hops shine.

Bottle shared by puddintane: Pours a clear golden color with a tiny white head. Aroma, bready malts, some yeast and spices. Flavor, spicy, pale bready malts, yeast.

Re-rate: From a 11.2oz bottle, some bretty funk is starting to come through, a nice spice to it. Really coming along nicely.

Bottle. [thank you, after4ever]
Pours hazy coppery orange with a small to medium, creamy, off-white head. Great aroma with lots of flower and spice notes on top of a yeasty and light caramel background. Vanilla, oregano, roses, tulips, oranges as well. Lowish carbonation, quite dry mouthfeel with fine creaminess. Flavour has a feel like Duvel Tripel Hop, but this is far more spicy than hoppy. Sweet maltiness with lots of vanilla, flowery hoppiness and a slight note of tarty brett character. The alcohol warms brilliantly without ever being too much. I think this is a beer that loses something from a small sample - you really have to get it in a big bottle, swirl it around and enjoy the spicy complexity - and the brett only slowly enhances as the beer breathes.

750mil bottle from trade with bobkunz23. Thanks Bob! Pours a hazy medium golden color with a nice size white head.Aroma of yeast, caramel malt, wood and light hops. Taste of light fruit, malty, yeast and spices. A little different than what I have had in the past. Basically it is a light hopped belgian ale and it has all of the flavors to vaidate it as such. Alcohol is detectable but not overpowering.Has a semi sweet finish. Very nice and easy to drink.