Draught @ De Zalm, Roeselare, Belgium.Unclear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light nuts, toffee, buttery, light hoppy and yeasty, fruity notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - creamy - smooth, carbonation is soft. [20090308]

From tap de Zalm, Roeselare. Pours hazy orange with a huge white head. Mild fruity and slight citric aroma. Vague butterish, malty and slight yeasty fruity flavoured. Light acidic touch into a yeasty and malty finish. Caramel and butterish.

Draught at Engelbewaarder in Amsterdam. Unclear, dark golden with a small but lasting white head. Not very strong, but quite fruity aroma with some malt. Flavor is refreshing, light malty, quite fruity, some citric sourness, a bit sweet and a light balanced bitterness. Totally OK, but I was expecting a bit more from the hype.

Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading - as Palm Cask Ale, quoted ABV of 5% Hazy amber with a soapy looking off-white head that laced the glass very nicely; tropical fruit aroma; honey and tropical fruit flavours with pineapple and mango to the fore, nicely balanced and not over-sweet; bready, light caramel finish. Very, very pleasant.

Handpumped at De Zalm, Roeselare. Acidic aroma, slightly moldy, hint of citrus fruit. Cloudy dark orange colour. Big stable, Kräusen-like head. The flavour is quite citric, dry lemon flavour, some woody notes. A little grapefruit bitterness. Quite complex. Thinnish mouthfeel. Low carbonation. Nothing like a regular Palm.

Handpumb @ Brasserie de Zalm. Unclear amber with large off white long lasting creamy head. Sweet malty aroma with notes of fresh wort and wet barley. Sweet malty flavor with caramel and mild hoppy notes. Ends bitter. Soft mouthfeel and refreshing.

Big offwhite coarse lasting head. Hazy deep orange-brown body, clearly with lots of yeast. Light acidic wooden aroma, very faint. Taste is round, yeasty and fruity, very mild, with caramel and milk notes. Very smooth, with a milky mouthfeel. Dry all the way through. Dryish wooden aftertaste. Very unusual, but highly drinkable. (0.25l draft.)

Darught at the Grand Cafe Horta, Antwerp, Belgium 04-10-06. Slightly hazy orangey coloured beer with a fluffy white head. Aroma a bit yeasty and also a little bit of banana detected, little bit nutty in the taste but again detected slight banananess along with yeasty flavour. Very enjoyable beer that I could have had a few of quite comfortably.

On tap at Cafe Horta, Antwerp. Hazy copper colour with lasting creamy head. Caramel/yeast aroma. Lovely and drinkable in mouth. Caramel/yeast/hop finish. Quite full in mouth and much better than normal Palm

Palm ongefilterd (=unfiltered) is the cask-ale version of Palm, AFAIK only available in two selected Palm-outlets: the Brouwershuis in Steenhuffel, next to the brewery, and the Grand Café Horta, Kipdorp in Antwerpen. Orange-foxy colour, totally hazy. Thick white, very regular head. Yeasty nose, very much like green beer, some malts. Bitterish, but with a creamy texture from the yeast. Banana, fruit and even some cloveflavours. Lots of malts underneath. Here is some likeness to British real ale: like a strong draught mild. Exactly right carbonation, not fizzy. Aftertaste gives some sweetness, not cloying. Theoretically this is the same beer as the ubiquitous "Palm(ke)". In reality - worlds apart. In character it stands between a strong cask mild, a Bavarian Hefeweizen and a Belgian speciale. BTW, the big difference with British cask ale, is that this is REALLY unfiltered. No isinglass or suchlike fishy thingies. We're Belgian after all.