Gusher! Pours black with huge tan head. Aromas of roasted malts, red wine, oak, dark fruits and vanilla. Similar flavors. Medium body with lively carbonation.

Location: 12.7 oz cork and caged bottle from Total Wine-McLean, 2/5/13

Aroma: The nose is extremely sweet, with lots of fruit on the nose: berries, cherries, etc
Appearance: It pours a hazed golden-orange color with a small froth of white head
Flavor: It tastes rather sweet, but it has enough of something to keep the sweetness a little in balance
Palate: The body is fairly light, it clean feel, soft-to-average carbonation, and is minimally cloying
Overall Impression: I figured I'd drink this one "mid-afternoon," since that is the time it is most commonly enjoyed. Anyway, this is an interesting one. It is rather sweet and fruity, which is not something I always enjoy, but the fruitiness works pretty well here. Overall, a very solid fruit beer. Even though it is sweet, the sweetness isn't too cloying. Nicely done. I could see drinking this one for breakfast.

375 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 3/16/2014. Pours moderately hazy golden amber color with a nice 2 finger dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big lemon, pear, orange peel, coriander, floral, wheat, bread, light pepper, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity. Taste of lemon, orange peel, pear, wheat, coriander, floral, bread, pepper, clove, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of citrus peel, light fruits, wheat, coriander, pepper, floral, clove, bread, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Nice flavor balance with good complexity; though it is a bit watery; with zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Quite dry on the finish as well. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a smooth and fairly crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very good witbier style. Nice flavor balance and complexity; and extremely smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable and refreshing offering.

(Bottle, 0.33 l, at Old Town Pub, Porvoo, 20130202) The beer poured amber and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, black currant leaves and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, black currant leaves, malts, mildly molasses and medium bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A harsh and musty pale ale. Perhaps it would have been better had it been fresher.

(Bottle, 0.33 l, at Old Town Pub, Porvoo, 20130202) The beer poured pale golden and hayz. Its head was medium sized, long lasting and white. Aroma had fruitiness, citricness and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, fruitiness, grain and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter. Resembeled more a pale than a pils but nevertheless a tasty beer.

Total Wine, Fairfax 375ml ($4.50): Pours black with brownish head. Corked bottle was a wicked gusher. Aroma is a copious amount of fresh coffee, with milk chocolate, wood, and a bit of booze. Taste is kind of sharp and peppery. Taste is lightly sweet. Some of vinous and woody notes become manifest deeper into the beer. Lots of chocolate. Sticky mouthfeel. Pretty good, but not as smooth as I like my imperial stouts.

Slightly hazy golden coloured body with a nice, one centimetre tall white head. Aroma of metal, wheat, corn, a bit of alcohol, some grain, coriander seed and bunches of yeast. Medium-bodied; Pungent wheat and coriander seed freshness with some curacao, grassy and herbal light hoppiness, a bit of corn and a good yeast flavour with a lot of body for the style. Aftertaste showing some light spiciness, a bit of grassy hops, a good wheat backbone and the quite pungent yeast and coriander seed flavour - but the big surprise here is the excellent and very full-body. Overall, a nice and slightly typical wit, but the body is a nice note, but the corn and slight metallic note rubs the wrong way. Still, a nice beer to try, if you can find it! I sampled this 37,5 cL ’split’ bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Miami (South Beach), Florida on 18-September-2012 for US$5.99 sampled at home in Washington on 04-January-2013.

37.5cl bottle shared from Annam, Hcmc. Thick off white head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Nice Dunkel.

37.5cl bottle shared. Nice hoppy aroma. Hazy blond pour. Aroma is better Than the taste.

Bottle. Pours black with tan head. Nose of roast coffee, roast chocolate and smoked malt. Taste is lacking - mostly likely smoked and roasted chocolate malt. Body is very thin. Lacks complexity.