No head but rim over pale copperish coloured beer. Fresh pale & toasted malts, nice aroma enlived by fine aromahops. Also some grain and/or grass. Toasted, waffles gone too long, gardenherbs in the flavour. Well-carbonated, medium bodied. Absolutely like the nose. If the rest had been up to that standard...Earlier Rating: 8/10/2004 Total Score: 3.6More orange than blond, end totally flunky; good yellowish head, slowly retreating. Nose is lactic, roasted cookies, even some butterscotch... finishes citrussy. Quite bitter initial taste, not hoppy, but citrus-zeste like. Gets sweeter afterwards, without ever becoming really malty. In the end, there’s even a whiff of aroma-hops. Finish is very good & balanced. Medium bodied, slight creaminess; finish feels, as said under ’taste’, just right, as if enriched with freshly pressed fruit juice. It’s more than OK. When the "Mars Especial" came to supplant the old "Maartse", I was less than happy. This first fully new post-Willy C. beer, promesses, however.

21st September 2009
Hazy amber beer. Soft palate. Aromatic malt. Very slightly spicy. Orange fruit. Hangs together well. Light and tasty.

(bottle, 33cl) Hazy, orange-golden colour with a blond and tall foamy head. Citrus-fruity, slightly zesty cara-malty aroma. Sweet-bitter flavour, medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Cara-malty base with citric notes of tangerine and a touch of drying herbal hops; sweet-bitter malty and slightly fruity and spicy finish. Quite good. 09.X.11

Bottle (not sure, might be draught) @ Moeder Lambic. Very yellow to orange colour with a vast white head. Smells mandarine, fruity, refreshing. Tastes as i expected from the smell. This beer would be best enjoyed during the summer, outside and when it’s warm.

Draught at Moeder Lambic, Brussels, for Zwanze Day 2011 as well as the Moeder vs Stone beer festival. Sampled on September 17, 2011Hazy yellow greenish color, smallish white head. Sweet, sugary, alcohol taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness. A bit spicy aftertaste, also alcohol. Sweet malty scent.

Sept 2011. A dark amber ale with a thick creamy light mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light sulfur notes, dark fruits, weird. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with candy sugar, light curacao, oily mouth feel, still decent after close to 10 years. Bottle from Bièropholie.

Cloudy dark yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and yeasty. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 270811

Bottle. Hazy dark yellow with medium off-white head. Flavour is malt, spices, yeast, hops, fruit and a little dry and bitter.

Clear yellow / golden color, nice thick white head. Smell soft hops and sweet. Taste soft bitter, sweet and malts. Decent carbonation, medium body. Decent blond beer.

Bottle at Botteltje bar in Ostend, Belgium. A golden/amber coloured pour with a decent white head on top. Fruity, sweet, Belgian aroma. Tastes fruity, quite sweet, malty, honey. I’ve also had this on tap a few times, really nice Belgian ale, this is almost a Belgian session beer.