Bottle: Poured a deep clear amber color ale with large foamy head with good retention and some very good lacing. Aroma of floral hops with subtle bitterness. Taste is a mix between some floral hops with some caramel malt and light bitterness at the end. Body is about average with great carbonation and no signs of alcohol. Not bad though not as hoppy as I was expecting.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, bottled on 2009 NOV 06, drank in a La Vache Folle glass, purchased at Le Grand Duc on December 27 2009, savoured on February 12 2010; eye: copper, clear, voluminous beige head that turns into an island of melting ice cream, lots of lacing; nose: orange, hops, malt, caramel; mouth: orange, hops, malt, caramel, light alcohol, spices, finale in orange with presence of malt-caramel, medium body, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, light astringency, velvety texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, bue dans un verre La Vache Folle, embouteillée le 2009 NOV 06, achetée chez Le Grand Duc le 27 décembre 2009, savourée le 11 février 2010; œil : cuivre, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige abondante qui se transforme en un îlot de crème glacée fondante, beaucoup de dentelle; nez : orange, houblon, malt, caramel; bouche : orange, houblon, malt, caramel, léger alcool, épices, finale en orange avec présence de malt-caramel, corps moyen, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, légère astringence, texture veloutée; en résumé : bien

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur ambrée et claire. Nez de houblon herbeux (menthe, notes d’herbes fraîches), légèrement résineux et aux notes citriques, fruité (agrumes, traces de pêche), malté de caramel sucré avec des notes de pain, de sucre bonbon et de miel, léger d’épices (poivre doux) et d’alcool ainsi que des notes boisées (traces de bois humide et de fût de chêne). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement sirupeuse et aux notes résineuses. Goût fruité (agrumes, notes de mangues, traces d’ananas et de pêche) accompagné d’un goût amer de houblon moyennement herbeux (léger de menthe, traces de thé) et aux notes citriques (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) ainsi que des notes épicées (poivre doux) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel très doux, léger-moyen de sucre bonbon avec des notes de pain et de miel puis en finale l’on retrouve un regain d’amerttume de houblon plus herbeux, plus asséchant et aux notes résineuses ainsi qu’un léger goût d’alcool réchauffant et des notes boisées (notes de fût de chêne). Post-goût long et moyennement sec, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux, légêrement résineux et aux notes citriques avec un léger goût d’alcoo, des notes fruitées (zest d’agrumes) et de petites traces boisées.

Bottle: Poured a clear amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrus hops with a nice grassy touch. Taste is also dominated by citrus notes though not as dominant as if Cascade had been used and a light earthy and grassy finish with a decent caramel malty presence. Body is a bit too light with some average carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well done though a bit watery and not the most interesting hops available out there.

Bottle shared at the DC Local tasting. Pours an opaque, viscous black with a foamy beige head. Nose has chocolate, spices, cinnamon with some light toast. There’s almost a dustiness to the nose. Flavor is chocolate, toast, nutty. Heavy and thick in the mouth with a lactic feel.

Very good, dense, almost mango-coloured head, leaving rings over foxy-orange beer. Initially very cheesy nose, cheesecrackers, very faint citrus, later passionfruit bavarois; slightly oxydized and strangely sweet. Bitter, hoppy, nearly metallic flavour, immediately superseded by much sweeter, typical passion fruitsorbet or -bavarois flavours. Some caramel; whilst in the very finish, again metallic bitterness. Quite slick, but only medium to well-bodied, yet a bit chewy MF. Finally very pleasing, if unsettling at first. Very surprised about the oxydation streak, as the beer is bottled scarcely 1 month ago. Grand merci à Sylvain et ses compadres!

Huge, just yellowish tinted head, very tenacious over hazy yellow-ochre beer, well-carbonated. Something as astringency deploying in the nose, sweetish malts, dough. More malts, with a point of bitterness and one of piquancy, that isn’t quite sourish. Finish has a bit of spices, quite yeast-determined. Very carbonated MF, on the verge of fizzy, light body. Sweetish aftertaste. OK blonde. Very yeast-intoned, if not overly Belgian, IMO. Grand merci à Sylvain!

Huge yellow-ochre head, lacey, over deep brown-amber beer with orange sides and tiny, but visible UFO’s. Very spicy aroma, with nutmeg, ginger, aniseed and cinnamon. Dark malts, but sweet. Sweet, spicy. Bit of all the above spices from the nose, plus pepper and coriander. This simply is liquid speculoos. It’s certainly VERY spicy and VERY sweet. Well to very well-bodied, quite slick to the point of oily. Maybe just a tad more reticence might have benefitted it. OTOH, this is also a statement against dullness. I like the au goût évolutif Now where did I hear that one before? Grand merci à Sylvain et compadres!

Bottle thanks to blutt59. Pours with a large tan head and a black body. Aroma of lactose, brown sugar and coffee. Taste is wet malt, lactose, and slightly metallic. Light bubbles.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a hazy pale golden body and a white head. Aroma of spice, bread and floral notes. Taste is spice, bread, dryness and pear. Medium bubbles, dry mouthfeel.