Crystal clear golden and peach coloured body with a rich, super nice microfoamed off-white head that leaves a very intricate lace on the side of the glass. Aroma of yeast, light fruit, peaches, apricots, a touch of hops, and a pungent perfume element. Medium-bodied; Nice creamy mouthful that shows some excellent light hop flavours, some bread and biscuity malt notes and a very refined, yet elegant sweetness from fruit, a touch of icing sugar and some light honey. Aftertaste is well-structured with some light yeast notes, some grain and malt product and a smooth yet defined alcohol presence near the back end. Overall, a fairly good beer that shows a lot of well-defined elements, very smooth complexities and a good depth throughout, but this is definitely not an IPA in any sense of the phrase - more of a Belgian Ale or a Belgian Tripel with this yeast strain and nothing else. I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Marche des Sauveurs du Quebec in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 14-February-2016 for CA$6,75 sampled at home in Washington after booking a flight a few minutes ago from Canada in just a few days.

22oz bottle pours a murky amber with some frothy, white head. Nose has honey comb, orange pith, soap, Flavor is brown sugar, caramel, some pith, honey comb, soap. Full bodied, sweet and bitter finish.

Bottle at the DC Gathering. Thanks iphonephan! Hazy golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of stone fruit, herbs, spice. Tastes of stone fruit, honey, caramel, floral. Medium body with a dry finish.

From a bottle at the Nov 2015 RateBeer gathering. Pours a cloudy copper with an off white head. Flavors of caramel and light pine notes. Pretty subdued for a big IPA.

Bottle courtesy of iphonephan, thanks! Why is this an American Strong Ale? Shouldn’t it be a Canadian Strong Ale. Hazy golden color. Aroma of orange peel. Taste is bitter fruity citrus and raw bread dough. Tasty.

Bottle: Poured a deep dirty murky beige color ale with a super-giant foamy head with great retention and some really good lacing. Aroma of citrusy hoppy notes with some earthy flavors are pretty enjoyable. Taste is also dominated by citrusy notes with loads of earthy flavors with a dry mal backbone. Body is super full with limited filtration with a huge amount of carbonation. Weird beer that is close to a barleywine than an IPA. Some work need to be done on the bottling and level of carbonation but it is to be expected of such a new brewer.

An orange amber DIPA with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, a musky biscuit with resinous hops, alcohol warmth, herbaceous qualities, nice. In mouth, a massive malt bomb with light licorice, resinous hops, loads of alcohol, very nice.

Dégustée en fût sur place. De couleur ambrée et claire. Nez de houblon floral, résineux et aux notes herbeuses, moyen de fruits (agrumes, léger d’abricots, traces de fruits tropicaux), léger de malt sucré avec des notes d’alcool et des traces de biscuits. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture légèrement crémeuse et résineuse. Goût moyen-amer de houblon floral, légèrement citrique aux notes herbeuses et résineuses (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) accompagné d’un goût fruité (agrumes, moyen d’abricots, notes de fruits tropicaux) aux notes épicées (poivre) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un moyen goût de malt sucré avec des notes de pain et quelques traces de biscuits puis en finale l’amertume de houblon s’intensifie légèrement en se faisant plus résineuse, légèrement asséchante et légèrement plus herbeuse en plus d’être accompagné de notes d’alcool réchauffant. Post-goût long et un peu sec, amer de houblon résineux, légèrement floral, herbeux et aux notes citriques avec un goût fruité (zeste d’agrumes) et des notes d’alcool. (20 février 2013)