Draft. Golden beerwith a whitish head. yeast and malt aroma. Spice and yeast flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Spice and yeast lingers with light pine, light earth, and malt.

Bottle shared by Doug at footbalms going away party
Appearance: Hazy yellow with a medium sized white head and some lacing
Aroma: Banana eaters and coriander
Taste: Spices, yeasty and citrus
Nice and easy drinking

Tap at the Saint-Bock: Poured a lightly cloudy dirty beige color ale with almost no head. Taste of light rustic malt with not much else. Taste is a bit of a letdown with lit watery malt and light rustic notes. Body is a bit too flat for style. I get a bad impression that the tap lines at Saint-Bock need a good clean-up. I have a bottle of this sitting in the fridge that will be use to re-rate.

Sampled at Max’s in Baltimore. Pours a transparent orange with a very frothy white head. Aroma is very mild, floral, sweet, lightly herbal. Flavor is sweet, sugary sweet, malty, orange candies, herbs. Finish is sticky sweet, medium bodied.

Sample, savoured at the Oktoberfest des Québécois on September 9 2007; eye: burnt orange, hazy, no effervescence, nice creamy white head; nose: spices, caramelized malt, coriander, pepper; mouth: caramelized malt, citrusy, lots of spices, finale in spices and rather peppery, good carbonation, medium body, savours are powerful, nice freshness; overall: quite liked FRANÇAIS Échantillon, évènement l’Oktoberfest des Québécois, savourée le 9 septembre 2007; oeil : orange brûlé, voilée, pas d’effervescence, belle mousse blanche crémeuse, petite dentelle; nez : épices, malt caramélisé, coriandre, poivre; bouche : malt caramélisé, citrique, beaucoup d’épices, finale en épices et plutôt poivrée, bonne carbonatation, corps moyen, puissance des saveurs, belle fraîcheur; en résumé : bien aimé

Draught tulip at Vices et Versa on 9/29/07
Clear golden-yellow with a slight chill haze; very well-conditioned, with a small, but well-retained white head atop and plentiful carbonation in the liquid. Moderate lacing as well.
A very potent yeast and spice combo in the nose, with a fair amount of acidity and light astringency being downplayed by a supple, honey and sourdough-like maltiness. Pale malt sugars keep things soft, but there is plenty of phenol and ester activity. Spices seem appropriate. Used very tastefully and in low enough amount that they could be mistaken for yeast phenols and spicy hops. A bit of vanillin and some doughiness, with acidity still strong on the finish. Dry and crisp, as a result, and quite inviting in the nose. No wild character, but a more aggressive version of Dupont, probably similar to D’epeautre or Southampton Saison. Medium-high strength of aroma, no alcohol or flaws noticed.
Gentle carbonation allows a blanket of light, bready sugars, with notes of vanilla and candied ginger, to be deposited all over the palate. Coriander and white pepper-like notes, with a brace of yeast acidity, quickly work to clean this up and tip the balance scale to quite dry on the end. There’s still a little near-astringency or "sourdough and/or lemon-rind"-like notes that are slightly unsettling, built up on the finish. But otherwise the malts are soft and very well-extracted, the hops are spicy and not overly bitter, the yeast very assertive and flavorful. Had I not had the Benelux Saison the night before, this may have been more impressive. It’s certainly a true rendition of a Belgian saison (not a pseudo, American-saison in the least). Yeasty, spicy, acidic. Very lovely.

A hazzy golden amber ale with a thin white head. A pleasant peppery malt aroma with caramel and apple butter notes. In mouth, a nice crisp malt with peppery notes, coriander and warming alcohol. Rich and impressing saison. On tap at Oktoberfest des Québécois, Mascouche, Sept. 8 2007.