Draft, 8 August 2015 at BCTC, Ommegang Brewery. Murky gold color, some head in the sample glass. Aroma is sweet grain, mild fruit and traces of a unknown hop variety.

Flavor will not throw you a curve ball, just as the aroma leads to to believe. Lighter body with a sweet grain/ corn finish. No off flavors and no problems. Just an ordinary blond ale, easy drinking.

This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a black color with a one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds. Light speckled to somewhat stringy lacing clung to the glass.
The smell had a nice sweet to bitter blend of coffee to milk chocolate. Light amounts of dark chocolate with some roasty coffee beans round it out.
The taste was a nice blend of chocolate to coffee, sweet, bitter and roasty. And then a semi-wet coffee aftertaste leads into a sticky sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with an okay wet feel over my tongue. A little less body on my tongue.
Overall, still a nice Imperial Stout that I would have again. Just a bit more sessionable than other Imperial Stouts.

This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy bronzed yellow to orange color. A decent transparency runs about. Carbonation runs upward at a moderate pace. A slim fingered foamy head sits for about a minute before dissipating adequately.
The smell starts off with sweet apricot and a mildly sweet lemon combines over some light malt. There’s a light crisp refreshing grassiness there as well.
The taste is mainly sweet through the fruity notes mentioned earlier. Light grassy hops balance in a slight bitter fashion. The light apricots come back in the aftertaste and leave a grassy finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a nice sessionable aspect to it. Carbonation runs fairly light on the tongue and leaves a semi-crisp yet smooth malty feature running over my tongue.
Overall, for a blonde/golden ale, this is definitely one of the better ones on the market. Definitely makes the haters of the style reconsider their thoughts on the style.

clear brown, small yellow head. malty dry herbal aroma. flaovr is roasated malty, sweet lacto, quite roasted. very nice.

Bottled. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of straw and dusty hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and chocolate, leading to a bitter finish.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours pitch black with a huge tan head. Aroma is roasted malty. Bitter, roasted and dark malty. Breadish and liqourice. Dark roasted finish.

Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head that lasts leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is strong roast and bready malt. Thin mouth, brown sugar, coffee bean, light bitterness, good.

Draft at Artisanal Fromagerie Bistro in New York. The pour is dark brown black with a small off white head. The aroma is dark chocolate, roast malt and a bit of milk to the back. The taste is roasted malt, sweetness from cocoa and chocolate and some nuttiness to the finish. The palate is light to medium bodied with active carbonation and a clean finish. Perhaps a bit thin for the style, but tasty and easy to drink.

Very clear creamy stout. Clean flavors.