Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Alexey. Hazy deep amber. Hoppy aroma of overripe fruits, slightly stale, with some yeast and some malt. Sweetish flavor with malt, a bit of caramel, a bit of toast, a bit of yeast, and nice hoppiness, with overripe tropical fruits and some bitterness. Medium-bodied.

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy, pale amber with hardly any head at all. Rather interesting tropical melange in the nose, with peach coming through. Rich, syrupy sweet, caramellish body. Initial harsh, greasy, oxidized hops, later comes some aromatics. But the finish is just harsh bitter and boozy. A very uneven IPA. 261015

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy pale yellow with a lacing, white head. Aroma is heavily dominated by yeast and phenols. Fairly sweet, lots of fruit, but again tons of phenols bordering chemicals. Nice fruitiness towards the end though. 261015

Tap at CBF. This is supposed to be a saison? More like a smoked, reminds me of the Daughter of Ashes, but not entirely in a good way.

At Craft Bier Festival Rapperswil. Aroma is beautiful hops with berries. Taste is doughy-malty, dry bready malts, and a booze kick in the end. Not very balanced, it doesn’t quite fit together.

At Craft Bier Festival Rapperwil. Hazy orange color with white head. Vegetables, shallots aroma. Quite hoppy. Taste is sweet, more shallots, bittersweet finish. Not outstanding, but okay.

Tap at CBF. Aroma of dried herbs, quite fruity too. Strong taste, but not well-rounded.

On tap at Erzbierschof Zurich. Silky foam on dark amber, beautiful. Sweet and charming aroma and a body full of taste, yet not overpowered, together with a crisp and almost dry palate make this a good brew.

(330ml bottle from La Mise en Bière, Lausanne) Pours hazy yellow gold with a small white ring of bubbles and spotty lace. Aroma of candied orange, peach, floral notes, wheat, hints of yeasty esters like some Belgian or German influence present, bright and without resin. Palate fairly sweet, not cloying, lots of orange and peach juices, grassy, leafy and floral notes, extremely bright and fruity. Very slight wheat grain and white bread. Some orange pith and grassy bitterness to dry the finish but quite light, almost mineral. Light body with soft, effervescent carb. For whatever reason this really did it for me, I thought the mix of fruity hops and weizen character was extremely refreshing, bright and super-drinkable.