UPDATED: APR 9, 2019 12oz bottle thanks to kyotolefty pours out golden copper color topped with a small head. Nose is nice big sweet belg candy some wood and ripe fruit. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts belg candy some yeast and fruit.

This bottled brew from rbsg poured a medium sized head of foamy fine to medium sized white colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a hazy light brown colored body and a poor lacing. The aroma was musty and malt hop. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The mild flavor contained notes of sake alternative ale. A decent one that I would consider drinking again.

Draught at Popeye Tokyo (rated Apr 2008, vintage 2001). Head is mostly diminishing. Body is light amber. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (caramel), with notes of peach, dried pineapple, alcohol. Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium to full body, watery/syrupy texture, soft/flat carbonation, moderately alcoholic. Pleasant despite everything working against it (age, strong sweetness, very low carbonation). Soft and fruity. I didn’t want to drink much of it, but not because it was unpleasant...just too sweet and faded.

Draft at Popeyes (Tokyo), pours a clear dark gold. Very oaky nose, reminiscent of a whiskey. Very sharp, nearly vinegary. Some pretty nice fruit flavours, similar to port. The more I drunk this the more I liked it.

Had this courtesy of KyotoLefty at the Grand Tasting during RBSG. Pours a hazed gold with a thin white head. Soft wheat, hint of hops. Soft and sweet. A bit too sweet, with a bit of corn and apples. Long tangy wheat and sweetness on the finish.

Bottle shared by kmweaver on 8/24/08: Pours a clear deep golden bronze with a thin ring of wispy white head. Unique nose of slightly toasted grainy pale malt with some floral rice notes. Body starts with a mild sweetness and some woody cedar balance with a touch of light fruity esters before a drier warming finish. An interesting and fairly well-balanced brew.

Draught (2001) at Popeye, Tokyo. Clear golden - white head. Clean barley, licorice, white bread, toasted, candy, syrup, sweetness, alcoholic, sharpness, nice hoppy.

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is very sweet with strong notes of fruits. The flavor is very sweet - too sweet for my liking, and strong notes of fruit - especially peaches, and medium notes of malt. The alcohol leaves a burn in the mouth.

courtesy of Antonio Ruiz - pours a cloudy orange colour with a white firm foam; yeasty and estery nose with fruity touches (peaches and oranges) and notes of alcohol underneath; full-bodied and very sweet; oily, low bitterness and a long sweetish fruity finish with long warming alcohol notes - lacking of complexity

Bottled. Cloudy deep golden. Fruity niose with almond and grass. Sweet and full bodied with chewy malt. There’s grains and hay and it lies pleasantly soft in the mouth. The alcohol is well hidden, but it’s not the most complex 12% beer ever.