33cl can, with a canned date looking to be 6-18-2012, quite unlikely this was 2013 ... 7 days from Hawaii to retail in Belgium being near impossible. In any event, not sure why these cans only arrive so late in Europe, maybe they were selling bad in the US? especially at 2€25 a can. Orangé trouble avec un col blanc cassé qui disparait très rapidement. Arôme clairement axé sur le fruit de la passion avec une pointe cerise qui peine à se faire présente. Malts pâle-cara qui restent aussi en retrait par rapport à la passion. Je détecte un soupçon de brett rappelant ici l’influence JP. Palais reste aussi ici dominé par le fruit de la passion. Pointe de funk très subtile et faiblarde, malt léger caramel. Effervescence med-high avec un fini aigre minime. La cerise peine à se faire une place. Pas mauvaise, mais j’attendais nettement mieux.

Sample, can, 12 ounces, from and with Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), savoured on April 13 2013; eye: dirty brown with a caramel hue, opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: passion fruit, hops, light bell pepper, light black pepper, light unknown unpleasant aroma; mouth: passion fruit, hops, light bell pepper, light black pepper, light unknown unpleasant taste, finale in passion fruit with presence of unknown unpleasant taste, medium body, slightly bitter and sweet, thin; overall: once is enough FRANÇAIS Échantillon, canette, 12 onces, 6 %, de et avec Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), savourée le 13 avril 2013; œil : brun sale avec une teinte caramel, opaque, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : fruit de la passion, houblon, léger poivron, léger poivre noir, léger arôme inconnu déplaisant; bouche : fruit de la passion, houblon, léger poivron, léger poivre noir, saveur inconnue légèrement déplaisante, finale en fruit de la passion avec présence de la saveur déplaisante, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, très légèrement amère et sucrée, mince; en résumé : une fois, c’est assez

Can from Bhensonb. Nose is spicy, caramel, and a bit of cherries. Murky copper orange with a huge beige head. Flavor is lightly sweet with a bit of caramel covered cherries and just a tiny hint of tartness way in the background.

Can, gift from Bierkoning (shop), at Amsterdam. Opaque hazy red brownish color, small off - white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly sour, some fruits. Nice flavor while in your mouth but once you’ve swallowed it it’s gone. Just a dry finish left. Low to medium body and carbonation.

A hazed reddish amber ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, a super fruity mix of passion fruits, black pepper, catty hops, and light tobacco leaves. In mouth, passion fruit and green pepper, with some light harshness, some plaster powder, Ok.

Can at Antenna America, Yokohama. Dark red colour with an off-white head. Some funkiness in the aroma. Rather sour fruit flavour.

Keg at Craft Clerkenwell. It pours cloud deep red with a medium beige head. The nose is dark fruit, tangy cherry, jammy, cake, wood and a hint of coconut even. The taste is tangy, sour cherry, sweet berry, lemon, earth, red grape and vinous notes. Medium body and fine carbonation. Nice flavour and high drinkable. A bit unusual, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Muddy, hazy orange tinted deep amber body with a two centimetre tall tan head with chunks floating by - nice. Aroma of cherries, fresh hops, passionfruit, grass and a bit of guava. Light-bodied; Nice fresh fruit flavour with passionfruit and a touch of cherries noticeable, some very light malt and almost nothing else after the initial tastes. Aftertaste is very very subdued with only some light fruit flavours coming out at all - no malt, no alcohol and surely no complexity. Overall, a decent beer, but so much could have been done with this one. Not really worth sampling, and i’m still waiting for my JP 75 cL bottle to sample since I expect more, but this one wasn’t so great. I sampled this twelve ounce can (hawaii canned//3 ridges) purchased from Total Wine in Tustin, California on 04-August-2012 for US$3.49 sampled at home in Washington on 16-March-2013.

18th February 2013
Keg at Craft, Clerkenwell. Very hazy amber beer, no real head. Light crisp palate. Minerals. A little caramel malt, sweet. Acetic pear and apple. A little citrus. Light crisp finish. A little odd but okay.

Can at home ... dark copper .. thin white head ... soft toffee ... light sweet berry fruit nose ... sweet fruits ... bready fruits ... ok