La Saison Des Chasses Ambrée
Brasserie De Bouillon / Le Marché De Nathalie

Sorry, can't remember where I got this from: somewhere in Belgium: Euro 2.00 for the 33cl dumpy bottle, best before 10-2013.

Yellow label with a wild boar design: I love wild boars.

The beer was poured slowly into a Westmalle chalice: no sediment left the bottle, so the beer looked a lovely clear amber, bright beer, a good covering of white bubbles sat on top. The aforementioned bubbles tried to leave some lacing as the beer level dropped.

The smells were of yeast, grainy hops and eastern spices but it didn't excite me at all.

I thought this a little bland for a 7% ABV Belgian Ale, pale or not: the flavours seemed distant and weak, very citrus dry (pink grapefruit)in the mouthfeel and how the alcohol content is hidden so well escapes me. I might be missing something here, but for me this failed to deliver.

No freshness date. Nice and well lasting head and amber beercolor. Good and spicy artisenale nose having, dry gras, litle stableair, slightly brett and only litle maltarome overal well created and balanced. Taste is dry, malty, old hops, salty and litle spiced. Good brew but is somehow missing litle taste and had expected it to be more spiced like its brother. This makes mouthfeel litle empty but good carbonisation and plesant feel overal. Alltogether good brew and something else, well enjoyable!