An opaque, copper colored beer. Gushed from the bottle but low carbonation. Mild hop aroma. Flavor is more complex with grain and more hops, as well as flowers and light spice. Mildly sweet aftertaste, followed by hops. Nice palate.

Bottle at the 5th Annual Epic Beer Tasting in Richmond, VA, November 28, 2010. Pours nearly black with ruby highlights. Large tan frothy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of dry roasted malts with a sweet finish. The taste is very dry roasted malts, smoke and caramel. Very strongly carbonated. Medium bodied. Nice.

Real ale at Q-Brick. They call it a blonde ale, though it is a deep copper color. This is a completely different beer from the one I had a couple years back with the same name. Thin lace head. Big citrus nose--hoppy, with grapefruit, orange, come caramel, lemon. Very nice. Caramel and some chocolate malt flavors, some grass, earth, very complex hoppiness--full-on fruit, full-on bitterness. Might be better without the orange peel? It seems to add some astringency as well. Big fruit. Nice. Nothing like the stuff the served under this name last time.

Very yeasty nose. Light mouth, a bit sour, bananas, pears, apples, a touch of smoke. Great depth, butthe mouth is going like a million directions and I just can’t figure out what it wants to do. Lingering sour finish. Bizarre. Not my thing.

Draught. Nice citrus aroma—works with the hops. Medium body Medium rich malt flavor, fruity, nice bitterness, though it becomes a bit astringent in the end and after drinking a bit of it. Really nicely integrated fruit, though the bitterness of the peel is a bit too harsh. Nicely done fruit beer, overall.

Fascinating aroma: light citric, earthy, berries, salty Unami? Amber, off-white ring. Medium to light body. Exits like a light pale ale. Quick finish. Still not sure I got that aroma, very intriguing.

Brown bottle, 1 pint 0.9 ounce, purchased at Bangor Wine and Cheese on August 17 2010, savoured on October 9 2010; eye: geyser, caramel, hazy, no effervescence, tan head that turns into a tiny sheet, lots of lacing; nose: resinous hops, perfumy, light orange, grapefruit; mouth: hops, perfumy, grapefruit, light orange, finale in hops wit light perfumy presence, medium-light body, below-average carbonation, lightly bitter, slightly sweet, lightly grainy texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 0,9 once, achetée chez Bangor Wine and Cheese le 17 août 2010, savourée le 9 octobre 2010; œil : geyser, caramel, trouble, pas d’effervescence, mousse fauve qui se transforme en une mince couverture, beaucoup de dentelle; nez : houblon résineux, parfumé, léger orange, pamplemousse, bouche : houblon, parfumé, pamplemousse, léger orange, finale en houblon avec légère présence parfumé, corps moyen-léger, carbonatation sous la moyenne, légèrement amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement granuleuse; en résumé : correct

Draught at Tadg’s. Pretty light brown with lots of red, fine lace. Fruity, yeasty aroma, earthy hops, spices, Belgian yeast? Spicy, dry, estery flavor with earth, caramel, lots of fruit, peaches. Dry, dirty, well bitter finish. Has a biere de garde or saison like yeast character. Don’t really know if I can taste the rice in there…interesting, though, and original, quite funky and dirty, with very nice hopping. Tastes very Belgian to me, though they do not advertise it as such. Great flavor for a 5% beer.

Crisp, very hazy copper coloured body with a bright orange glow and a rusty look - very nice, coupled with a super dense, microfoamed tan head. Aroma of fresh soapy hops, some light cardboard and malt, a bit of unfinished wort and a touch of peaches. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy and herbal hops with that soapy characteristic and a bit of caramel and caster sugar at the end. Aftertaste shows some caramel sweetness, a dry earthy hoppy character and a subtle, yet noticeable soapy finish. Overall, a good beer - not sublime, but not a bad representation of the style from the Japanese. I sampled this 50 cL slender bottle purchased from La Bodega (Yukon Spirits) in Anchorage, Alaska on 26-June-2010, sampled at home on the other side of the country in Washington on 31-September-2010.