 Sledge Jr (2716), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Feb 14, 2007
At the 2007 Big Beer, Belgians, & Barleywines Festival in Vail. Opaque amber with an off-white head. Strong alcohol nose. This is a great beer with massive fruitiness collapsing onto a sturdy malt backbone. Has an incredibly long finish of caramel, bitterness and aromatic fruits.
Steib (536), Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
Sep 21, 2007 On tap at papago. Pours a nice light orange-lemon color with a nice head. Mild malt to caramel aroma. Light to sweet flavor, somewhat full-bodied. Flavor is a little drab, Light notes of fruit and sugar. Ends on the palate a mellow hoppiness, the alcohol finally comes through. A decent brew, but is it an abbey?
hellbilly (865), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Jun 4, 2007 warm, red apple pie aroma...yeast, fruit and sugar. flavor is vinous...probably from the alcohol, woody, malty and sweet with vanilla. full bodied and almost creamy. has a strange sourness on the finish that i can’t describe.
General_Gao (2509), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Jan 21, 2007 Draft at Papago. Clear orange-brown color with an off white head that laced the glass. Smelled of clove, light brown sugar, white wine, and pear. Sweet on the tongue. Flavor is less complex and dominated by malt which imparts a distinct brown sugar flavor. There was a warm splash of alcohol at the end. Not bad, but didn’t completely live up to its billing as an abbey ale.
eaglefan538 (2052), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Sep 23, 2006 Poured an orange-brown color with a nice intial head, good retention, good lacing. The aroma was bubblegum and light caramel. The flavor was bubblegum, soap suds, some spiciness, but really lacking other Belgian qualities of dark fruits, candi sugar, yeast, etc... Alcohol was also rather sharp and perhaps this one was a bit on the astringent side of things. Not a great example of the Belgian style.
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