Bouteille 500ml. De couleur ambrée. Nez houblon citrique, légèrement herbeux et aux notes terreuses, légèrement fruité (agrumes, traces de mangue), malté de caramel légèrement rôti avec des notes de pain. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-faible et une texture huileuse aux notes crémeuses. Goût moyennement amer de houblon floral et légèrement citrique (pamplemousse, une amertume qui dure toute la gorgée) avec un goût légèrement fruité (agrumes) avec quelques traces d’épices (poivre doux) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un moyen goût malté de caramel aaux notes rôties ainsi que des notes de pain puis en finale l’on retrouve une amertume plus asséchante de houblon herbeux et aux faibles notes terreuses. Post-goût long et sec, moyennement amer de houblon floral aux notes citriques, herbeuses et terreuses avec quelqes notes fruitées (zeste d’agrumes).

Bottle: Poured a light copper color ale with a solid off-white head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cereal and dry bitter hops are dominating. Taste is a mix between some dry cereal note with light dry caramel and some dry and also astringent bitter hops with no floral or other characteristics. Body is about average with good carbonation. The use of a very dry malt base with some dry hops resulted in a somewhat one-dimensional beer with not much complexity.

Tap at the brewpub. An amber beer with a small beige head. The aroma is sweet nutty, but quite faint. The flavor is dry nutty and bisquety, and with a grassy bitter end. OK bitter.

On tap at the brewpub

Bright bronze colour. Very toasty, fresh malty character. Earthy yeast, woody hops. Complex, flavourful English ale. Takes on a bitter, ashy character over the course of the pint.

2005 bottle shared with bucknaked, 4/29/2005. Light brown color, with hints of auburn, sediment present. Head is yellow-flecked white, large and creamy, with good retention and lacing. Aroma of light Belgian? yeast, some fruitiness, floral hops and a sticky caramel malt. Flavor is lightly bitter at first with plenty of sweet caramel and toffee, great body on it. Hops get a bit earthy on the end, moderately bitter, but staying quite flavorful. Yeastiness present, with a very even mouthfeel, low carbonation. Very enjoyable if somewhat off-style, like the Vache Folle ESB.

Golden copper ale with a thick off-white head. Light caramel and pungeant light hops. Good malt base with nutty notes, flagrant hops and citrus" medium bodied, with a great fragrant bitterness. My dad was flabbergastered!