(330ml bottle from La Mise en Bière, Lausanne) Pours hazy dark amber with a small whitish ring of head and lace. Aroma has a large sweet caramel component with a bit of grain, strawberry, faint citrus, pine resin but not very distinct, muddled aroma. Flavour is quite sweet crystal malt character at the start that quickly and completely dries out with a big resinous bitterness, astringent and slightly medicinal in the finish and aftertaste. A muddled fruitiness like a canned fruit cocktail where nothing is very punchy. Lighter body verging on watery despite bitterness, average carb. Lacks a bit of focus.

Bottle from Au Grain d’Orge, Crissier; brewed 24Dec2014, bb 23Oct2015
Hazy amber color with small compact head. Some aroma of malt, sweat, dust, yeast; metallic. Good body; but the malt has a grainy and metallic character, there is an evident presence of yeast; strong bitterness, but not much hop qualities, just a bit of resins, and a touch of chicory in the end.
Nice but not impressive.