Bottle: Poured a deep reddish/brown color ale with a medium head with very little retention. Aroma of syrupy field berry is more or less enjoyable and doesn’t match very well with the malt. The field berries also dominate taste, which seems to come out of concentrated syrup, which I don’t really understand with the availability of fresh berries in the summertime near the brewery. I also don’t dig the strong malt mix and the high-level of alcohol with fruit beers. Definitely not something that I’m looking forward to drinking again.

Lightly hazed blonde with a thick white head. Light maple toffee aroma. In mouth, pleasant maple wood, like an amber maple syrup, light malts. Light but refreshing, like a maple wit.
Earlier Rating: 12/22/2005 Total Score: 3.1
Sickly golden hazy ale with thick big bubbled white head diminishing to a creamy lacing head. Dark floaties. Sweet maple aroma laced with lemon pie. In mouth, bready malt with maple wood notes, very yeasty taste, peppery notes. Actually, not too bad considering this is almost a year old . Bought at Joannette, 2.30$

Hazy blonde with a thin white head. Faint woody maple in a dirt/peat background. In mouth, a lemony wheat ale with the faint maple syrup in finale, nice sweetness and tartness. And its not contaminated...what’s happening. Bought about 1 yr ago at Joanette.

On draught, 6/5/2005 at Mondial. Very pale-white, slight copper tinges to it. Minimal white head grasps futilely to the surface, but can not hold on long. Modest cloudiness, little to no lacing, below average carbonation. Aroma of wet hay, coriander, very dry bubblegum, and dusty, drying yeast, lightly acidic at that. Flavor is bubblegum that has already been chewed once, light coriander acids, straw-like malt notes and a bit of a crisp, lemon finish. But then you get to the body, which is weak, watery and loose, with the low carbonation adding nothing. Very light bodied, the coriander does not seem light and fresh, but rather heavy, stale and dominating. Very drying wheat effect as well. Don’t see what made this a "triple" wit, would have put this as just a regular old watery example of the style.

On draught at Mondial, 6/3/2005. Hazy orange, copper, shiny gold. Little head recedes to ring. Head is off-white. Bubbles rise quickly, bursting lazily at the top. Bits of buttercream in the nose, then growing stronger in to a sugary sweet cream. Flavor start with light grassy/herbally hops, maybe a touch of citrus. Some apple juice makes its way in with bits of yeast on the end. Caramel sugars, and some bubble gum esters all the while. Finishes yeasty with low carbonation. Some light cereals on the end and a little bit of white bread dough. Medium to medium-full body.

On draught at Mondial, 6/3/2005. Decent-sized white head is somewhat retained atop a very light, pale-gold/white body. Smells of plenty of maple fudge, and has a bit of paperiness in there as well. Walnuts to the max. Kind of like opening a tub of dry walnuts. Flavor has some maple to start, but then a lightly sour, very cheap, cerealish grainy malt appears. Some table sugar like sweetness. Boring pale malt. Walnut/maple finish, but far less inspiring than the nose. Papery, sugary, dry mouthfeel, highly attenuated, medium to medium-light body.

2004 bottle from Dépanneur Rahman. Deep carrot-orange colored beer, some light earthy brown tones, and gold tints as well. Tons of foamy white head is lasting and provides tons of lacing. Aroma is full of funky veggie-fruits and has tons of dry yeast, lots of spices and is quite strong. I was reminded of Chimay Bleu when smelling (and drinking) this. It has that carrot-juice-like yeast aroma and flavor and something like Special B fruitiness of raisins and plums. Flavor is malty indeed, quite sweet, caramelly, sugary and full-bodied, with the yeast ever-present and a moderate amount of coriander/black pepper spiciness for balance. Light alcohol warmth on the end is not out of place. Fruity sweet (peaches, sweet pears, sweet apricots and oranges) with more sugar on the finish. A big beer, but I really enjoyed it. Probably a good candidate for extended aging. Bubbly, naturally carbonated texture, leading to spicy retronasal notes.

Bottled. Cloudy amber colour. Acidic papery malt aroma. Lemony with sweetish malt and soft mouthfeel. Medium bodied. Interesting, but not much lambic character.