Canned. Golden colour, not much head. Malty nose. Sweet malty flavour with some hoppy hints. A bit dry palate.

Can (BB 10/2005)
Golden color, not much head. Malty nose. Sweet malty, some hops in the finish. Reasonably ok for a 3.5% beer.

Can. Grainy aroma. Yellow colour, unstable white head. Bready, grainy flavour. Slight, but harsh bitter aftertaste.

2005, I assume, pub can provided by tiggmtl with Muzzlehatch tagging along as usual, too (can’t ever get rid of that guy!). Sampled on 6/4/05. Served in a chouffe tulip, La Chouffe, to be precise, at a little over 45 degrees F. Color is a bright orange-golden, with ripe peach tones throughout, crystal clear, highly filtered, no doubt. Head begins about a centimeter high, is white and bubbly (large, evil, forced CO2 bubbles), and recedes (fizzles) away in to the void, in no time at all. Need I say there was no lacing? Aroma begins with corn, has corn in the middle and ends with some corn. Though there is a bit of sugary sweet malt, some honey butter on cornbread, if you will. Touches of dry bitterness can be pulled from the tulip, probably more credit to the glass than the beer. Flavor includes such exciting notes as corn, quickly fermented powdery, sugared breadiness, and artificially sweet candied fruits (peaches and oranges mainly). There is some bitterness, hard to tell if it is a metallic bitterness, or just some hops extract, there is certainly no trace of hops flavor. Where are the light roasted grain notes and rich caramel presence? Body is thin, carbonation is offensively unbalanced (too much) and the finish is stale, cheap and mocks a really enjoyable style. Though, for sure, I’ve had worse.

(Bottle 33 cl) Dark golden with a small fine, dense head. Extremely dry (as opposed to the original X-mas White) with a rather harsh bitter finish. One of my least preferred Christmas-beers. 120100

(Bottle 33 cl) Dark brown with a red hue, small beige head. Very soft, very sweet. Lovely malt in both aroma and flavour. 101299