Bottle at Le Supercoin, Paris on 29th November 2014. Deep red-black with pale tan head and almost no lacing. Roasty aroma with spices and hint of smoke. Richly spicy, herby and roasty in-mouth with sweet malts. Fruity finish with caramel and roast malts. Zingy mouthfeel and medium body.

On tap at La Fine Mousse, Paris on 29th November 2014. Hazy copper with thick white decreasing foam and lacing. Sweet fruity aroma with apple and pear prominent. Pungent, earthy, yeasty and fruity in-mouth with sweet apple, citrus and caramel malt. Burnt molasses and toffee flavours in the finish. Rather a lot of sweetness. Zingy mouthfeel and a fair amount of body.

Bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais and drunk at home. Clear gold thin white head. Some hop and orange flavour on the aroma. It’s a bit like a spicy Belgian blond ale but lacks the esters on the aroma. Strong blond biere de garde with plenty of orange fruit and decent hop. Pretty good I thought. A bit of floral orange.

Bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais and drunk at home. Clear reddish amber colour lasting beige ivory head. Tripel candied fruit aroma. Rather pleasant in the mouth. Some hop on the finish. Decent enough beer.

Hazy dark ruby brown colour, decent creamy beige head, recedes slowly, good lacing. Aroma sweet malty, caramel, candy sugar, roasted, cacao, some cinnamon. Taste medium sweet and bitter, some chocolate. Medium body, oily to creamy texture, average carbonation, malty bittersweet finish, chocolate, spicy notes (cinnamon, cloves), hint of wood, alcohol well-hidden. Overall a tasty and robust winter beer.

Cloudy orange color. Effervescent head , but then evaporates. Sweet malty aroma with overtones of caramel and orange. Sweet orange zest flavor, but not much finish. OK, but not great.

Bottle looks simple but really good. Beer in the glass zippy, dark brown, nice head. Starts intense malty, strong, a bit alcoholic, some fruity notes. Hints of caramel, a bit earthy. Strong-malty finish, light woody notes. A good one!

Trübes dunkel rötlichbraunes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr fruchtig malzig, Karamell, würzig. Geschmack leicht röstmalzig, dunkle reife Früchte, Karamell, leicht alkoholisch.