Pour warm dark golden with a thin bright white sticky head that left beautiful lacing...pour was quite clear...smell is sweet with coriander and vanilla...yeast, flower petals...nice rich and creamy mouthfeel...nice spicey notes coriander and some floral notes...not hoppy floral notes, but sweet flower floral notes...light alcoholic notes toward the finish with a hint of lemon lime citrus flavor...the end of the finish is slightly bitter and sweet but not quite bittersweet...this is absolutely the most outstanding offering this place has...

750ml bottle from Walt shared with ClarkVV on 4/9/06. Big thanks to Walt for this treat! Pours a dark pineapple color with a big thick rocky white head that leaves a great amount of lacing throughout the glass. Nose is very fruity with lots of mangos, papayas, some giner and candied sugars. Some honey and coriander finish up with a sweet and spicy mixture that is wonderful. The flavors are great, some spiciness rounded out by very sweet and juicy fruits, a very nice light maltiness that fits right in. There are some great grapefruit notes that mixed with a bit of tartness from the limes resembles Squirt as clark had mentioned. Excellently donee a symphony of a beer with a great story from beginning to end. Many great thanks to Walt once again!

Beautiful clear golden body with a huge whipped cream like white head that lasts trough the beer. Beautifullll; The nose is beautiful as well, huge with both malt, hop and yeast showing in a very pleasant balance, the only down side is the kaffir lime being a bit to up front, it is the very distinctive aroma of its leaves; Huge perfect big bubbled carbonation in a perfectly textured pleasant body, balanced with a small amount of lemon like fruity acidity, the body is great but could be a little deeper and a little more complex; Long evolving finish, it changes from fruity acidy, bitter to a little fruity sweet, great balance and great depth, the aromas of the finish are great but in the late finish there is a little to much sweet ginger. What an amazing beer, one of the most drinkable beers I have ever had. Thanks a billion Walt for this one!

Had bottle-conditioned. Rather stubborn cork. Poured crystal-clear pale golden color. Huge citrus notes with a noticeable spice (coriander and...?). Hope to have this one again.

2005 bottle shared by SuIIy on 4/9/2006. They weren’t kidding about the cork, either.
This bottle conditioned beer, of low filtration, appears a papaya skin/pineapple juice color with some light haziness and an absolute mountain of stubborn, white head that leaves immense sheets of lace behind. Tiny, bottle conditioned bubbles rise in large quantities throughout. As fine an appearance as any of the best bottle conditioned beers of Belgium!
The nose is a mix of tropical fruits at first, with light ginger mixing with fruity esters to give a robust juiciness that reminds me of candied, dried fruits. This is met by large amounts of honey and vanilla-like pils maltiness, full in aroma and soft on the nose. The coriander is not overdone, providing a light drying sensation on the end that is herbal and plant-like, but still similar themed to the spicy yeast and ginger. Fruits abound as it warms, but the sweetness also becomes quite blunt and we get a lemon merengue pie effect, more on the sugar and merengue and light on the lemon. All the while, gently carving a niche of their own are some delicate (Styrian Golding?) hops that stand apart from the spices and add a layer of complexity and sniffability that you would expect from a Belgian farmhouse style beer. The strength of the aroma is medium-strong to strong and I found not a trace of alcohol in it.
I took a sip expecting a Guldenburg or Duvel-like sweetness but was surprised to find a much higher attenuation than those two. Spicy phenols, light tropical fruit esters and creamy honey notes all combine to give a papaya topped with honey and coriander effect. The sweetness, fruitiness and spiciness work in unison and pleasurably set off all of the taste receptors at once. Meanwhile an extremely tight, engaging carbonation and unfiltered, round maltiness provide a riveting texture on the tongue. I get a little hop-like funkiness, as if there were Brewers Gold or something, but it’s probably just the yeast and coriander acting together. Towards the finish, and undeniably apparent, the kaffir lime leaf pops up, mixing with the fruitiness to provide a flavor strikingly similar to "Squirt", a soda that they have in the midwest. Brightly tart/acidic lime notes combine with candied ginger-like notes (the ginger is not too strong or drying, but more spicy-flavorful) to leave the palate with a spicy, zesty, tingling sensation. The yeast is also done very appropriately, not suffering from the heaviness/meatiness that many American-style Belgians succumb to. Yet again, I find no alcohol in the flavor. Round honey notes and fruity Belgian yeast notes pair well with tasteful spicing, that’s for sure, though I could see this having a bit more malt depth, maybe a more dry biscuit-like malt and more hop apparency in flavor.