Agent Provocateur
Bottle included in a recent trade with pixieskid. Thanks for the hookup mate. From a bottle into a snifter. Best Before 14 July 2012 APPEARANCE: Pours a two finger, medium thinner looking, off-white head with good retention. Head slowly fades to a good foam cap and leaves some chunky lacing down the glass. Cloudy, opaque gamboge orange in color with medium carbonation evident. Decent foam cap remains until the end and leaves some foamy lacing down the glass. SMELL: Decent nose on this one. Pale malts, toasted malts, and quite a bit of green fruity notes. Some pear and apple, light spicy notes, and a fair amount of floral hop presence in there. Nice for the style. TASTE: Follows the nose well. Pale and toasted malts, with some nice spicy notes and green fruits. Light flavors of green apples and some floral hop notes as well. Finishes with some toasted, malty sweetness and a touch of hop bitterness as well. Aftertaste is mild but lingers nicely on the palate. PALATE: Medium body and higher levels of carbonation. Light on the palate and mildly creamy, goes down fine and finishes slightly dry. Fine. OVERALL: Kind of like a hoppy triple, but thats what a lot of these Belgian IPAs are all about. An enjoyable beer, especially on a warm spring afternoon, with plenty of nice flavor and nuances to enjoy. Something Im glad to have tried, but wouldnt necessarily need to track down again. Thanks again for including this one in the trade pixieskid.