8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 7/11/2019. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, banana, bubblegum, clove, coriander, peppercorn, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, banana, bubblegum, clove, coriander, peppercorn, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy bitterness; peppery yeast spiciness; and wheat tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, banana, bubblegum, clove, coriander, peppercorn, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, wood, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and earthy hop flavors; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness and tart/tangy wheat balance; with no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is an awesome Belgian blonde ale. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and earthy hop flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp to drink with the mellowly bitter/spicy/tart/tangy/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesomely well rounded Belgian yeast complexity, with a nice sized pale/wheat malt backbone, and noble hop presence for the ABV. Light residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example.