Grand Cru
500ml bottle poured into a tulip glass. Thanks to mattt for sending this my way. Pours with a 1 1/2 inch head off a vigorous pour, then settles in to a comfortable 1/4 inch. Lacing, but a minimal amount of stickiness. Golden straw coloured, unfiltered, and very mild carbonation in this one. Good head retention though. Aroma is a bit wheaty, yeasty with some strong notes of banana and clove and coriander with a hit of lemon in the back. Nice mellow butter and vanilla notes with a helping of raw sugar and a bit of earth to bring it down. This has some nice amped-up witbier characteristics, very nice. Taste is'nt as brillant, but it's not awful. There's a sharp metallic note off the bat that's a little offputting, and once that mellows a whole lot of flavours appear. Sweetness akin to apple juice mixes with a very earthy, potato-cellar like flavour. A twang of lemon sourness follows, and bitterness akin to juniper, and a chaser of yeast with some banana. Pepper, coriander, and a meatier, herbal, almost sage-like flavour appears near the finish. Definitely gets better as it warms. My only complaint is that it seems a little messy, overly complex. Body is a bit thin for my liking, fairly wet, but a little sticky near the end. Carbonation is highish, as I'd expect in a Belgian. I wouldn't want more than one I wouldn't think, it's just a little too muddled, but all in all a good effort.