An orange beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet malty with some notes of honey. The flavor is very sweet with slight notes of grapefruit and a prickling very carbonated mouthfeel.

Nice light coloration with a minimal white head... Aroma is very fruity with a little bit of apple-type sweetness. Flavor starts off a little tart and then smooths out into sweeter fruit flavors.

Clear, sparkling gold with small, foamy lace - full aroma of vanilla, orange peel, spices, a bit of peach - tingly mouthfeel - flavor of aplples, cream, peaches, herbs, background hops - finished relatively clean, with some dry grassiness - pretty good.

Bottled. Clear golden. Sweet with a touch of lemon. Clean mouthfeel. Fairly thin with a touch of alcohol. White wine like.

Pours a honey like color. Aroma is very sweet and sugery. Flavor is very musty and fruity. Lots of corriander and lemon to make this a intresting brew. The honey in the aroma is also a presence in the flavor. I guess there s some tulip in here but i don’t really know what they taste like. I would deffinatly recomend this as a after dinner brew.

Sampled at From The Vine beer tasting Jul 9th, 2004: Pours a rich yellow color with a thin and dense white head that did not last long. Minimal lacing. The aroma consists of tropical fruit and yeast. Light-bodied and on the carbonated side, with a spicy character and flavors of molasses, malt and citrus. The finish is semi-sweet spices with a touch of hops. On the shallow end of the Belgian pool but a decent beer regardless.

2004 bottle. Pours a deep, thick, juicy yellow with a good creamy white head. Sediment at the bottom. Good complex aroma of lemon puff cookies, light belgian yeast, angel food cake, hints of lemon and cream. Flavor is similar to an Abbey Trippel with its lighter mouthfeel, sweet, yeasty flavors and hints of lemon, but there is a stronger sweet malt here, and the mouthfeel gets a bit too creamy and sweet. Light yellow fruit esters, good medium to medium full body. Even hints of goldings hops (or something similar) on the finish. Smooth and tastey, though a bit too much on the malting, IMHO.

This is in much the same vein as the AleSmith Horny Devil I recently had the chance to partake of. Starts with a vinous, sweet aroma. The cloudy golden body is very flavorful and sweet (candi sugar?) with vinous notes, alcohol presence, and an earthy hops aftertaste. Most of what I like in a Belgian can be found here. It is important to note that this was brewed for the 2002 Tulip Time Festival held in Holland Michigan. Dutchmen (some flying) from around the world descend upon Holland, Michigan like a plague of locusts, devouring Windmill Cookies, dancing in wooden-shoed stupor, and enveloping themselves in the splendor of thousands upon thousands of tulips. Some even lay their eggs on the tulips, in hopes that their offspring will hatch and consume the leaves. Oh, did I mention I'm part Dutch too? Damn...