 cking (1012), North Canton, Ohio, USA
Oct 5, 2009 Medium golden body with a big collapsing white head and thick strands of lacing. Aroma is yeasty with a good earthy quality backed by hints of lemon, flowers and wood. Smoothly blended, rich and filling with a faint trace of alcohol. Starts sweet and finishes with a hearty kiss of whiskey. Fermented fruits with a citrus backdrop followed by light bread and a mild nuttiness. Plenty of Belgian yeast flavors to keep this in check. Wonderful drink, and it was in great form.
clingman71 (239), Centerville, Ohio, USA
Oct 2, 2009 bready, yeasty, slightly fruity aroma, seems like there is some honey sweetness in there as well. Flavor is bold, jumps on the tongue, there is a sweetness initially, but a tartness and sour apple thing get going mid taste. This is a very unique beer, strange, but very enjoyable.
vtafro (452), , New Jersey, USA
Sep 30, 2009 08 Bottle @ Isaac Newton’s. Golden pour with very small white head. Slight sweet, oak , almost wine aroma. Flavor is alcohol heavy, bourbon, oak, and sweet. Would like to see this mellow with some time.
grandet (477), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 25, 2009 Draft at coopers. Poured a golden colore with a nice big off white head. Aroma is of sweet belgian sugar and some oak. Taste is hige on the alcohol with mild oak and sweetness through out. Not bad but needed more time.
drowland (1360), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Sep 21, 2009 750 mL into a pint glass. The aroma is mainly on the abbey side - lots of sweet esters with just a hint of wood and alcohol. The flavor is a good combo - sweet malt, candy sugars, esters, phenolics, and vanilla and wood. A bit of alcohol burn and pretty high carbonation round it out.
MaltOMeal (642), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
Sep 20, 2009 On tap at Gingerman. Pours a cloudy, light orange with a white head. Nose is of orange, wood and alcohol. Taste is of drinking a fruit parfait or orange dreamsickle with wood. Mouthfeel is sweet and dry with alcohol and some carbonation.
j12601 (1151), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Sep 17, 2009
On tap at the Peekskill Brewery. Pours a hazy yellow gold with a medium white head. Almost sour barrel notes, light bourbon, apple, pear. Fresh and complex. Lemony, smooth, light bourbon, wheat. Finishes dry with some light lingering whiskey notes, and a touch of banana yeast. Really tasty.
Berley31 (107), New Brunswick, Canada
Sep 15, 2009 A: Poured out of a 22 oz bottle into two tulips. Good-sized, white head that stayed around for most of the drinking (which took quite a while). Very decent lacing on the sides of the glass. The beer was quite cloudy, and a nice, orange-yellow color. Sediment was left in the bottom of the bottle.
S: Wow, there’s a lot going on here. Quite a good amount of yeast, and definitely some orange in there too. The alcohol comes through, but not too strongly, and the oak is quite present as well.
T: Just as much going on as in the aroma. Starts off tasting orange and slightly bready, from the yeast, followed by the warmth of the alcohol in the back of the throat (not overpowering, but it’s definitely there). After a few sips, the bourbon-flavor starts to come through. Finishes ever-so-slightly dry, and the flavor lingers for quite a while.
M: Medium-bodied, and very creamy... feels extremely nice on the palate. Average carbonation balances it off perfectly.
D: This is an awesome beer to sip over a long period of time... the high alcohol content keeps it from being chugged. Definitely to be savoured with someone else who is likely to appreciate it.
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