Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours a dark amber with a slight haze and an off-white head. Fruity nose with a slight tartness. Medium body, sweet and fruity with a rather tart finish. Well... 010410

2013-06-29, draught at Pibar, Lausanne, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Cloudy orange-amber color with compact head. Very nice aroma of West Coast hops, fresh, fruity. Dynamic mouthfeel, with a good malt and toffee flavor, semi sweet; some dust, prominent spiciness from the yeast, good bitterness level, with plenty of hop fruitiness.
Dirty but excellent.

2010-01-03, bottle, 8-5-7-3-16=39
Hazy orange-amber color; nice creamy head, persistent. Despite having been stored in good conditions for a few months, the aroma shows not only the expected Saison spices, but also a light suspicious sourness. Good malt flavor and some caramel; the hop is very fruity, a wonderful signature; just after come the spices and unfortunately the light sourness, that leaves a dry mouthfeel too. Correct bitterness.
Undoubtly good and interesting, but probably this bottle is a bit spoiled.

Bottle: Poured a dirty dark beige color ale with a small foamy head with average retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of sweet Belgian malt with floral and dry hops and a bready yeast finish. Taste is a quite particular mix between some nice floral hops with Belgian malt backbone and a yeasty presence that brings some fruity ester to the mix. Body is full with limited filtration and average carbonation with no apparent alcohol. Interesting mix thought not something I would wish to go for very often.

A golden IPA with a thick creamy white head. A pleasant cereal and grassy hops in aroma, with wild herbs. In mouth, a very pleasant creamy ale with light notes of cloves and good hops. Medium bodied. Tasted at Mondiale 2007.

Bottled 75 cl (BB 10/2008)
Orange color, huge cloudy white head. Very fresh piney and fruity aroma - huge nose. Propably American hops are used. Very crisp carbonation. Now flavor has saison-like barnyard, but mainly this brew is very hoppy - very IPA-like. Also grain, pineapple and resin. Nice mix of Belgian Saison and American IPA. One of the better Swiss beers.

Bottled (Thanks Bov!). Golden colour, huge white head. Aroma is huge hoppyness, tropical fruits and some barnyard. Flavour is grassy and fruity hops with some barnyard. Aftertaste is mainly grassy and barnyardy.

Sample, at the Mondial de la bière 2007, savoured June 2 2007; eye: burnt caramel, no effervescence, clear, no head; nose: floral hops, dry hopping, grapefruit, caramel; mouth: less hoppy than the nose lead to believe but nice, nice hops-caramel balance, dry hopping, floral hops, grapefruit, light malt, creamy texture, medium body, average carbonation, mildly bitter; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bue au Mondial de la bière 2007, savourée le 2 juin 2007; oeil : caramel brûlé, pas d’effervescence, claire, pas de mousse; nez : houblon floral, houblonnage à cru, pamplemousse, caramel; bouche : moins houblonnée que le nez laissait présager mais très bon, belle balance houblon-caramel, houblonnage à cru, houblon floral, pamplemousse, léger malt, texture crémeuse, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, amertume moyenne; en résumé : très bien