750 mL bottle at the Relentless Thirst Gathering in Richmond, VA, 8.29.09. Pours a copperish amber color with a thin head. Average head retention and lacing. Aroma is toffee with light citrus notes. Taste is toffee, caramel, bitter hops with a bit of citrus and raisin. Medium-full bodied.

Bottle shared at RBSG Grand Tasting. Nose was tart with minor citrus, and yeast. Murky yellow orange with a small yellow tinged head. Flavor was citrus orange with minor tartness. Not very sour!

@Noogfest High5 Thanks heemer77-750ml bottle #978 of 1126-pours no head and yellow/gold color. Aroma is vinuous, dry, tart/lemon, yeast. Taste is dry, tart/lemon, yeast, light fruit. Farmhouse character.

@Noogfest High5 Thanks heemer77-750ml bottle #375 of 1191-pours a white ring for a head and hazy pale yellow color. Aroma is wood, yeast, light malt, fruit. Taste is wood/oak, yeast, light malt, fruit-tart. Nice.

Draft pour at the brewpub in the Old Market, Omaha Nebraska. Pour is slight haze orange copper with a smallish off white head. Nice lacing as the beer falls. Aroma of the ginger, coriander, earth, yeast and wheat. Behind that is a straw grassiness that gives it an interesting edge. Flavor is big on the ginger, and that dominates the taste initially. As the mouth acclimates to the ginger, the additional spices and wheat take center stage, and eventually this is a pleasant, nicely spiced Saison. Palate is medium, a bit rough, and less dry than the Lemon Haze Saison I had. This beer was interesting, and was likely somewhere between a Wit and a Saison in the style wheel.

Draft pour at the brewpub in the Old Market, Omaha Nebraska. Pour is orange golden, hazed with a smallish off white head. Aroma is immediately of the sugary sweet orange fruit and orange peel. Behind that is grainy earthy wheat and a clove yeastiness. The flavor follows the nose closely, sweet orange fruit and peel initially, followed by the grainy wheat, finishing with dry yeastiness. Palate is medium, dry in the finish which makes it drinkable and refreshing. The big sweetness is the main story here, perhaps a bit overboard, but does make it unique.

Bottle 75cl.[ Courtesy of henrikb ]. Unclear sparkling with a medium red color with a average to large, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white light red head. Aroma is moderate malty, vintage, earth, cherry syrup, red wine cask wood - harsh and dry notes, cinnamon. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet, light to moderate acidic and light sour with a long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090116]

FRO Throwdown: Bottle courtesy beastiefan2k. Sherry caramel color. Sherry, plummy figgy flavors. Wood in the finish? Strong but pretty well balanced finish.

Tasting at Papsoe, corked bottle
Hazy red-amber color. The aroma is light, it has a strong caramel flavor, some residual sweetness, strong nutty character, strong bitterness; strong but not interesting for me, not even a Barley Wine IMO.