From the casino, Evian-les-Bains, opening it on saturday after an afternoon at Bernaqua. Not really the best option during these Andalucian days in Switzerland. Even though, it a good one but heavy and I could say than one is enough for the night, boozy, 19.07.2022, at Epalinges.

Pours a deep orange copper colour with a small off-white head. Aroma of citrus fruits, mango, herbs, bitter hops. ABV is hefty at 11.5%, unsurprisingly the alcohol doesn’t hide itself. Hoppy, bitter aftertaste. Good, but not spectacular.

Notes from 3/21/2008. Poured into an ordinary ho-hum pint glass. An inch of off-white head goes up & down, leaving a mess of crazy stitched lace & film scarring the glass. Body is orange & brown & full of haze & bubbles. Nose is soapy, but somewhat masked with menthol-like hops & loads of caramel. Syrupy & sappy, the hops are as oily & sticky as anything I've ever encountered. Once again, a soapy aspect leeks in, with an Irish Spring zest as well as a similar mouthfeel. Yes, I was one of those children. Just barely a note roast in there(somewhere). Astringent, but with plenty of caramel(though it only seems to intensify the stickiness). The hop oils do not wash off easy. It tastes as if actual pine(needles, cones, bark, & all) was used in the brewing of this beer. The balancing act just creates too much of everything. It's so sweet, it's so astringently bitter. Mouthfeel is of course thick, but also very suddy. With all this coarse carbonation, the beer should be able to move around a little, but it doesn't. Its sappiness just seals off your tongue while the alcohol linger & saturates. Overall it wasn't totally unpleasant, but would of been more palatable in a smaller serving. Yes, even 12 ounce was a little too much for me. I didn't read the label initially, but once I took a sip, I knew I had assumed too early. A different day, & different person, they might enjoy this. It's just not for me though.

Bottle Pours amber with off-white head. Sweetish caramel taste. Bit boozy. Full bodied. Ok