Winter 2010/11.
My review on RateBeer:
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
AHTOH (38) - San Diego, California, USA - FEB 11, 2011
11.5 ounce bottle poured into Duvel tulip.
APPEARANCE: Pours deep gold; more orange hued gold than yellow. Sediment is sparsely scattered throughout and is black and dust-like. Massive off-white head is rocky with long duration. Head eventually settles in uneven fashion. Plethora of Belgian lace. Dense, chunky, and thick head is like a huge slab of butter slowly melting on a warm pan.
AROMA: Belgian yeast, floral honey-like sweetness, light spice, subtle green apple, and a faint hop scent hidden behind the other aromas. Aroma also has a subtle sour-ish basement funk character, which was unexpected.
TASTE: Front of palate is floral honey malt with slightly vinous/sour character. Belgian yeast and pleasant amount of spice on mid palate. Back of palate is green apple. Finish has some hop bitterness.
MOUTH FEEL: Medium body. Lively carbonation. Semi-dry. Faint tangy character is present on the finish.
OVERALL: Quite pleasant. Seemed to really get a discernable amount of green apple in aroma and taste. Subtle vinous barnyard taste; with similar notes on the nose as well, though to a lesser degree. Almost saison-like; or perhaps like a combination of a higher ABV saison, a wit, and a small portion of lambic.
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