There was quite a spectacle surrounding this bottle at brewtopia - the guy from specialty beer took the cap off and was about to get a corkscrew when he noticed the cork was slowly working its way out of the bottle on its own - a small group of us stared at it in anticipation - some salivating for the beer, others just gathered to witness the secret, explosive power of bottled yeast byproducts - "it’s gonna go," he said - the corked slid up seductively, like a stripper slowly rolling a stocking off of her leg - "it’s totally gonna go" - [insert tasteless sexual similies about "building up" and "exploding from the shaft of the bottle" here] - and sure enough, BOOM, the cork rocketed the approx. 60 feet to the ceiling of the auditorium, bouncing off of it and landing somewhere behind the lonely Saranac booth a few brewers down (I could almost hear the Saranac rep mutter "maybe if we made cool beer like that I wouldn’t have to sit here with my thumb up my ass all day") - oh, and yea, the beer was really good, too - in fact, this is quite possibly my favorite of the fest - naturally, the carbonation was immense, and the body was a dark ruby, wine-like color - lots of spice and must and wood in the aroma - exceptionally smooth and seductive, with a full, creamy mouthfeel (even with the high carbonation) - lots of berry, chocolate and caramel, with a touch of spices, but I didn’t really detect any sourness at all in this - it was really more sweet than tart - chocolate aspects linger in the finish an amazing length of time - this is by far the best non-trappist Belgian ale I’ve ever had.

Dark brown, fully hazy; slim rim of yellowish foam. Cypress nose, fresh juniper, some dark candi sugar. Again a fresh taste, like blueberry, myrtle, bog-myrtle, and enormous depths and strange and rare malts. Truly amazing. Very well-bodied. Again a just superb realisation by Dany. I'm more than impressed. Has to be tasted to be believed. BUT... a Flemish brown???