UPDATED: APR 23, 2024 Shared 11.2 oz. bottle poured to a logoed chalice at The Beer Cellar-Glen Ellyn, IL., showing a slightly hazed, light orangey/gold color, with a fluffy layer of white froth, and spots & strands of lacing. The nose was soft grain, dried fruit & citrus, followed by subtle tartness & tanginess, and floral & yeast spice hints. Medium bodied, the taste was similar notes, with lively spritz to the effervescence, continued tartness & tanginess, some fruit, skins, & rind astringency, and a dry finish. Flavorful and quite expressive for a table beer.

UPDATED: MAR 29, 2024 Bottle. Hazy golden pour. Sweet yeast and grain aroma. A bit of sharp pepper on the nose but a fairly thin bodied malt. One can taste the grain and the Belgian style yeast but it is pretty mild. Decent and easy drinking and it is only a table beer but I was still expecting something a bit more outstanding or special from a Trappist beer.

UPDATED: MAR 24, 2024 Bottle at home. Cloudy orange yellow and big foamy white head borderline gusher. Nose is herbal and yeasty. Tastes of orange peel, lemon, chamomile, yeasty, herbal and some peppery spice. Easy drinking.

UPDATED: MAR 22, 2024 AP: Cloudy, pale gold, persistent frothy white head. AR: Yeasty, banana, clove, lemony, slight citric acidity and herbal notes. FL: lemony and spicy character w/hoppy and herbal notes on the finish. MF: Refreshing and crisp feel, light body, gassy CO2.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2024 Clear golden with fluffy head. Floral and slightly sour aroma. Fresh spicy taste, with citrus and a balanced bitterness.

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2024 330ml bottle pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice sweet spice notes some zest. Taste is more of the spice notes belg yeast.

UPDATED: FEB 7, 2024 11.2 oz bottle poured, from Special Brews. Bottled 11/24/22, best by same date this year. Can't believe it took this long to pour this one and try it. Cloudy but bright peachy golden pour. Patchy active fizz head. Aroma is dense with spicy, floral notes. Flavor has lots of floral and spicy character as well, with some herbal notes, and a nice cooling Belgian yeast follow. Spicy note hangs on late into the palate. Slight lemon peel. Refreshing and crisp, with a dry side. Everything about this brew is interesting. Love this.

UPDATED: FEB 18, 2024 11.2 oz at a time, bottled 2022 NOV 24 and best before 2024 NOV 24. A slow gush, clear straw with a foamy bright white head. Nose of straw, dust, pale malt, momentary stale tire air, Champagne. Taste dry, sometimes soul-suckingly dry, pale/Pils malt with black pepper spice and firm, slightly hard and metallic medium hop bitterness, lemoncit. Thin body with bitterness coming through the foam, hints of apple juice, bits of straw and grape. Yeast character is relatively dominant here, and it's a good one. No alcohol but the herbal hops take some getting used to -- could see this as a great one to pair with food. My mouth feels clean afterward, and the aftertaste is pleasant and reminds of an open, perhaps planted field, maybe more of a freshly-stocked haymow. Wins at the margins, with hustle, I can see my opinion of this rising with every bottle. [2024.02.02: 3.3] Ooh, baby, my third one was properly cold and what a difference! [2024:02.18: 3.6]

UPDATED: JAN 22, 2024 Flot højt hvidt skum og sødlig humlet duft. Smagen, ja, den er forbavsende blid og danser som snefnug over smagsløgene. Masser af aromatisk humle med saftige indtryk af urter, citrus, fyrnåle og diverse krydderier. Malten har indtryk af modent gult æble uden den sædvanlige belgiske gærsmag. Rund og tør med en forholdsvis kort lidt skummende eftersmag som klinger langsomt ud i en let citruskærneagtig bitterhed. Karboniseringer er frisk og sprudlende.

UPDATED: JAN 8, 2024 Bottle. Amber beer with a big cream head. Yeast and fruity ester aroma with herbal notes. yeast and spice flavor with light malt. Medium bodied. Spice and yeast linger.