Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a mild hazy burnt yellow color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Mild messy lace.
The aroma starts off with some toast, mild floral notes, some grassy hops. Some lemon sweetness.
The flavor was basically the same as the aroma. Dry floral and lemon sweet aftertaste with the same finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Low carbonation with a mild grassy hop bitterness penetrating my tongue appropriately in the harshness.
Overall, decent Belgian ale, maybe again.

12 ounce bottle into signature globe glass, best before 7/19/2015. Pours fairly crystal clear golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lemon, pear, apple, white grape, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, white grape, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of peppery yeast spiciness and earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, pear, apple, white grape, light banana, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/yeast/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and lightly creamy/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a very good Belgian pale ale. All around good robustness and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

12 ounce bottle from a Folly Pack. Pours a clear golden with a large foamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of doughy malt, bread, stone fruit, floral and herbal notes. The taste is floral notes, candied fruits, bready malt. Medium bodied, refreshing.

12 ounce bottle found as a single at my neighborhood liquor store - they’ve apparently brought this one back in the new Folly Pack (I’ve already sent a correction to have it unretired) - pour is clear gold - the body is lively and there is a fairly frothy, sticky lace - nose is medium sweet, with some bread crust maltiness (becomes lightly husky as it warms), subdued phenolic spice, some pear esters, the faintest hint of musk - soft carbonation, medium body - flavor is a bit sweet for the style - esters of pear and very mild banana - not exactly what I’d call overly estery, but the sweetness makes the esters more prominent to me than I’d like them to be - moderate bitterness and spicy phenolics late - finish is a little heavy, with a lot more lingering sweetness than I’d like to see in an abbey single - lacks the crisp, snappy finish I was hoping for - tail end is a little sugary at room temp - overall, despite my criticisms, it’s a decent beer and certainly better than I was expecting, it just doesn’t fall in line with what I enjoy and look for in the style.

(draught) Orange corn colour; slight white head. Rather fresh grassy smell - do I smell cornsyrup/cornflakes? Grass returns in the taste, but with a roasted malt aftertaste following a rather long bitterish finish. Hint of esters. Light mouthfeel, some body from the ?corn?. Not very exciting really. Not bad neither.

Golden coloured. Light bodied. Well hopped American style. Interesting. ...

Very nice and unique beer. A low gravity Belgian style single, with a definite funky Belgian yeast, mostly apparent in the nose: soft pear and bananish aroma with light acidity. Flavor though, is all PNW hops - which is what makes this beer unique. It has an excellent resiny hop flavor - though not as pronounced as an IPA - with light bitterness and a soft fruity flavor. Nice copper-gold color and lasting head.