Overall Impression: A strong golden, mildly bitter, highly attenuated, and balanced carbonated Trappist-style ale, showing a fruity-spicy Trappist yeast character, a spicy-floral hop profile, and a soft, supportive grainy-sweet malt palate.
Aroma: High Trappist yeast character, showing a fruity-spicy character along with medium spicy and floral hops, enhanced by sweet orange and coriander spice additions. Heavy grainy-sweet malt backdrop, with medium-light honey quality. Spicy, yeast-driven phenolics.
Appearance: Dark gold color. Slight haze, with a moderate-sized, persistent, billowy-white head with characteristic lacing.
Flavor: Fruity, hoppy, bitter, and dry. Initial malty-sweet
impression, with a grainy-sweet soft malt palate, and a dry,
hoppy finish. The malt provides a honeyed biscuit impression. Moderate spicy and floral hop flavor. Orange, apricot, yellow apple esters. Pepper, and clove phenolics. Bitterness rises towards the dry finish, with an aftertaste of malty, moderate hops, and a yeasty character.
Mouthfeel: Heavy body. Smooth. Soft, with balanced carbonation. Alcohol warmth.