Spiced ale by Bere Brouwers in Gistel near Ostend, apparently created in honour of a family member (an aunt) called Mia, I assume in extremely limited quantities - but some bottles have been sold, including one to yours truly, so I guess it is legit to add it to this site. Thick and very frothy, eggshell-white, regular, finely lacing, dense and very stable head remaining closed for a very long time; hazy straw blonde robe with ochre-ish hue. Aroma indeed dominated by very obvious spicing, the unmistakable and often rather pushy white cardamom upfront but also reminiscent of ginger powder, dried lemon peel and coriander seed, next to impressions of halfripe banana, white bread dough, freshly cut grass, green apple, unripe pear, dry straw, white pepper, 'kerrie' powder. Crisp, fruity onset, sweetish with a mix of banana ester and some green apple acetaldehyde, vague apricot and pear notes as well, fizzily carbonated but maintaining a soft, bit fluffy, full mouthfeel; minerally side effects accompany a white-bready, bit doughy and slightly honeyish malt middle, quickly spiced by again white cardamom and coriander seed, perhaps a pinch of ginger as well, spicing which in all adds quite some wryness and bitterness, in itself blending with a leafy, floral hop bitterness in the end - but still I remain under the impression that the cardamom provides most of the bitterness, as it becomes a bit astringent in the end, in a sharper way than hops tend to do. The effect of old dusty 'kerriepoeder' (yellow curry powder) lingers along with the bitterness, but the malts carry some residual sweetness to the finish as well, with a somewhat mitigating effect. Warm, Far East spiciness meets a hoppy Belgian blonde - not bad, in all, even considering my general dislike of overly spiced ales, and certainly technically well made, not showing any brewing flaws. Better than expected, to be frank - cheers to aunt Mia!