22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, 5/15/2012 bottle code on the bottom. Pours very hazy deep reddish amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big raisin, plum, orange peel, pear, apple, clove, pepper, honey, caramel, candi sugar, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of raisin, plum, orange peel, pear, apple, clove, pepper, honey, caramel, candi sugar, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, orange peel, pear, apple, clove, pepper, honey, candi sugar, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and robustness of fruity/spicy yeast, bready malt, and earthy hop flavors; with good malt/yeast flavor balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. High carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and lightly creamy/prickly mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good Belgian strong pale ale. All around good complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Bottle pour to snifter. Dark gold. Sour aroma at first, then faded. Not sure why this is classed as a strong ale. It is a nice Belgian golden ale with pilsener characteristics.

On tap at the Vintage. Better than expected. How come a belgian ale is called a paralizer? Weird. Should be a pacifier. Pretty dark but not dark dark in appearance. Very nice lacing from the start. Sweet almost pepsin aroma, nifty olfactory. Goes down easy for a 8%. Yes, better than most american beldgy wannah beez. Mild co2 nd a well behaved finish..

Location: 22 oz bottle from State Line, 7/29/12

Aroma: The nose has some Belgian yeast, clove, other spices, and some fruity notes
Appearance: It pours a cloudy dark orange-brown color with a thick foam of beige head
Flavor: The flavor is an interesting combination of pale malts, Belgian yeast, spice, and a hops
Palate: The body is medium, with a smooth body, soft carbonation, and with a dry and spicy finish
Overall Impression: I actually quite enjoyed this one. The Belgian style spice flavor combined with the less predominant, but still clearly there, hop component works pretty well in my opinion. Maybe I'm too much of a pro-RJ Rockers reviewer, but I think that this one, like the Son of a Peach, is underrated.

Whole Foods, P st, DC 650ml ($5): Pours a brownish color with an off-white head. Pale ale indeed. Aroma is all like homebrew yeast, if that makes sense, along with a few notes of spice. Body is very light. Hops are very mild, but leave a mild bitterness for a bit. Almost no sweetness. Not too much in the way of flavor either. While this is not drainpour like some people say, I do not think that it is very good. It is, however, plenty drinkable.

22oz bomber from Wine and Cheese Place poured into my Chimay Trappist glass. Pours a hazy nut brown with a small bit of off-white head. Aroma of caramel, spicy hops, brown sugar and a little banana. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Caramel, spicy hops and some wheat and banana. Light bodied with a somewhat thin texture. Lively carbonation and not much of a finish. Overall, it’s ok. I’ll enjoy this one but nothing I would buy again.

Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm. Hazy dark amber, small head. Yeasty nose with pears and caramel. Lots of almonds. Spicy hops combines with trich caramely malt and marzipan-like yeast character. Growing bitterness. A solid, heavy handed American style Belgian style ale.

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 29 June 2011) Dark amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with dried fruit, hints of yeast, caramel, spices and floral aromas of violets. Malty, fruity, spicy taste with notes of caramel, dried fruit, hints of yeast and a spicy finish with a certain sweetness. More than medium body, sweetish. Nice Belgian twist.