Bottle: Poured a deep hazy whitish yellow color weizen with a very small head with limited retention. Aroma of banana bread is quite enticing but there is also a cardboard element which is really gross. Taste of weak wheat malt with some nice enough banana bread component is unfortunately dominated by gross cardboard beer. Body is above average with some very low carbonation. This beer is without doubt oxidised which is surprising since I was told that this was a recent batch. I might need to re-rate in the future.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased in December 2006 at Le Grand Duc; eye: dark burgundy, tiny beige head that disappears rapidly, light effervescence, opaque; nose: carameelized malt, candied fruits, hint of alcohol, syrupy, unpleasant odour that developped as the beer warmed; mouth: caramelized malt, candied dark berries, sugar, sweet almost syrupy finale with that taste that unfortunately relates to that unpleasant smell and reminding me of burnt rubber, unpleasant acridness that appeared after the finale, mildly sweet, quite acrid, medium body, slightly oily texture, average carbonation, lightly astringent; overall : disappointing FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, 7 %, acheté che Le Grand Duc en décembre 2006; oeil : bourgogne foncée, petite mousse beige qui disparaît rapidement, légère effervescence, opaque; nez : malt caramélisé, fruits confits, petite pointe d’alcool, sirupeux, odeur désagréable et difficilement descriptible qui s’est développé alors que la bière a gagné en température; bouche : malt caramélisé, fruits noirs confits, sucre, finale sucré avec un petit goût désagréable rappelant le caouchouc brûlé, âcreté désagréable qui s’est développé après la finale, moyennement sucrée, très âcre, corps moyen, texture légèrement huileuse, carbonatation moyenne, légère astringence; en résumé : désappointant