Blonde with slight haze, pleasnt sweet aroma with spices and bananas. Hybrid between pale ale and belgian ale. Lots of hops and spices. Rather bitter notes, but good bodied. (June 2004).

Draft. Rich amber color and a nice off-white head. Malty aroma with some banana and clove esters. Malt and spice flavor with some stone fruit. Smooth and easy to drink. Very well put together for drinkability - nothing harsh or off at all, just very smooth. Could just use a bit of complexity to move it up.

Rating #2 (eight years later): Slightly hazy golden coloured body with a super large off-white head. Aroma of ridiculously pungent piney and resiny hops with a deep citrus note. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong hoppy notes with a deep pine and herbal flavour and some resin on top. Aftertaste is a bit more muted, but the complexity remains and the hops are still strong. Overall, a nice beer - but not amazing and still pungently hoppy. I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Hollingshead’s Deli in Orange, California on 06-December-2011 for US$7.99, bottled on 17-November-2011 sampled at home in Washington on 21-January-2012. Rating for this sample: 8,3,7,3,13 - the same as before, on draught, eight years ago!!! Clear copper coloured body with a thinnish white head. Aroma of pure cascade/citrus hops with a strong malt backbone. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong hoppiness with almost a candy sweetness. Aftertaste bittered by the flagrant hoppiness-a decent showing altogether! Overall, a decent Imperial IPA-worth a try for the last beer at Toronado & San Francisco! I sampled this pint from draught at Toronado in San Francisco, California on the second day of 10-June-2004...our first was spent in Sydney, Australia. Rating for this sample: 8,3,7,3,13

Sampled draught at O’Briens, San Diego.
Bronze colour, small creamy head. Grapefruty hop aroma. Rich, boldly malty and salty with fairly soft mouthfeel. Rude, salty, very bitter finish.

Ommegang fest. Blonde with a nice wheat and banana aroma. Funky yeast and banana taste with clove notes. Medium bodied.

Bottle. Batch 1. Gusher. Golden ber with a huge whitish head. Tart, lemony aroma. LIght malt, light spice, light yeast, light oak flavor that again has a bit of pleasantly lingering tartness. Nice subtle beer that is great to drink.

Draft. Orangish color that's spomewhat hazy. Strong banana aroma. Maly, a little citrus, some fruit (apple?), and spice. Clean finish. Light body. It's good, but it's just lacking some depth.

(draught) Pale golden, clear; no head. Nose is clear Brettanomyces, dried mouldy lemon, lime. Taste is citrussy and mouldy, mushrooms, oaky and woody all at the same time. very refreshing mouthfeel, slightly adstringent. This is quite interesting. It is NOT lambic however, but remarkable enought.