Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy orange with an small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 160115

Location: 12 oz bottle from Bruisin' Ales, after midnight on NYE, so technically 1/1/15, We'll definitely call this my FIRST TICK of 2015!!!

Aroma: Decent aroma which has some earth hops, bread, spice, and a little orange
Appearance: The color is murky orange, with absolutely no head and some light, drippy lace
Flavor: Flavor-wise, I got some decent, though lighter, bitterness, along with a mild sweetness
Palate: The body is medium, fairly clean, a little sticky, a little dry, and a little off
Overall Impression: This one is not the greatest. It isn't a bad beer, but it isn't a good one either. I could probably have rang in the new (rating) year better. Anyway, happy new year to all! May it be as ticktastic as you want it to be...

Bottle. Orange, light coriander, and wheat malt aroma. Lightly hazy golden yellow with large white head. Lightly sweet lemon, coriander, and wheat malt flavor. Decent.

Bottle. Caramel malt and weedy grass/alcohol aroma. Hazy golden yelllow with moderate head. Sweet caramel malt and moderately bitter herbal grass flavor. Alcoholic finish. Rough.

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, 5/15/2012 bottle code on the bottom. Pours very hazy deep reddish amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big raisin, plum, orange peel, pear, apple, clove, pepper, honey, caramel, candi sugar, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of raisin, plum, orange peel, pear, apple, clove, pepper, honey, caramel, candi sugar, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, orange peel, pear, apple, clove, pepper, honey, candi sugar, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and robustness of fruity/spicy yeast, bready malt, and earthy hop flavors; with good malt/yeast flavor balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. High carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and lightly creamy/prickly mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good Belgian strong pale ale. All around good complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Draft at Brew’d Pub. Crystal clear golden color, champagne bubbles. Aroma is peppery and papery. Taste is just odd. I’m giving it a pity point for appearance because of the name.

Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle, bottled on May 23, 2014, poured into a glass. Pours deep golden with lots of suspended yeast, and small white head. Aroma is light strawberry, light/medium body, medium carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is yeasty, hints of strawberry, hints of slightly bitter hops in the finish. Over all bland.

12 ounce bottle opened 8/24/14. Pours a hazy orange color with a thin white head. Poor head retention. Aroma of strawberry and citrus with wheat. The taste is wheat, biscuit malt, mild strawberry. Medium bodied.