500 ml can, bought in France. ABV is 7.5%. Deep amber colour, nearly clear. Large off-white head. Pleasant malty aroma with notes of aromatic hops, leather and oak. Malty and oaky flavour with tolerable hops, notes of toffee and caramel. Not bad at all for a canned beer!

Some complexity in this slightly unusual beer. Not as much funk as I hoped for, no sourness at all. The beer is light amber and start with a large thin head that fades quickly. The aroma is predominately apple with very light spice. Several flavors; significant malt, light sugary sweetness, a little more apple, and just a hint of yeasty weirdness and alcohol. Fairly thin palate and easy to drink.

Date on bottle is 3/2005. 750mL consumed on 9/19/2005. Interesting aroma at the start. Hoppy, perhaps spicy saaz-like farminess in there. Typical, pencil-crayon yeastiness of the brewery. Could call it veggies, if you were so inclined. Slight whiff of caramel. Amber-ruddy, light haze to the body with an off-white head that is large, somewhat collapsing, but still well-retained at about a finger high. Plenty of lacing to follow. Very tiny bubbles rise. Smells dry and corky, yeasty/musty now. Honey and some stale brown bread are discerned as well. Towards the middle-end of the bottle, hops aroma has completely died off. Flavor starts out with butterscotch, caramel, sweet honeyish malt and spicy hops on the finish, which balance the malt well. Very nice mouthfeel. Tiny, zesty bubbles add great texture. Body is full and substantial. Tons of caramel honey maltiness. Qutie thick, but the carbonation keeps it in check. Lot less yeast apparency than the Jenlain blonde (which tasted like it was brewed with pencils). But it’s there slightly. If you could get rid of that altogether, get a bit more attenuation and a bit more malt complexity, oh and ore hops apparency, it would be perfect. As it is, it’s darn well drinkable for me. A bit too sweet as it wears on, though. Not terribly complex.

500ml can. Amber colour, good choccy malts but also some balancing hops. Fullish in mouth with some toffee sweetness and some alcohol. Then more choc leading to dryish finish. Hops are quite tangy on end with a bit of choccy graininess 27/10/05 75cl bottle from Auchan. Amber colour, nice sweetish malt aroma, smooth in mouth. Good finish with more toffee malt and touch of candy sugar. Some nice greenish peppery hop throughout. Better than average Ambree

Creamy offwhite head, excellent lacing mostly lasting. Nice malty aroma. Average finish with a touch af tosted bread. It is a bit to fizzy.

(Bottle 33 cl) Very beautiful amber coloured beer, slightly hazy with a thick, creamy head. Very full-bodied with a distinct sweetness, malty and aromatic. But lacks some of the fruity notes found in the best Belgian ales. 220501

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Dark amber color. Malty beer, with a good body strength, medium sweet but with a strong bitterness (of pretty good quality). One of the best common beers in France.

Corked bottle. A distinct quinine aroma. Clear amber color with small head. Initially a sweet malt aroma with a bitter quinine finish. Like tonic water.

Red orange colour with nice creamy head. Malty aroma with hints of fruits. I can smell apples. Has a sweet fruity and malty taste with a nice bitterness. This is a very good beer.

Bottled. Amber coloured with a creamy nice head. Sweet aroma of fruit along with notes of malt and hops. Malty taste with hints of fruit and honey. Finish is a bit bitterish, but overall a nice beer.