Great beer, very well brewed and balanced for my palate.
The cascade and chinook paired with the Belgian yeast esters is interesting and pleasant to my nose and taste buds.
Rich bready malt backbone, low carb, somewhere between medium and full bodied.
Great head and retention.
I get some sweetness in the finish from this beer, but for my money it is just some alcohol sweetness, which IMO is a pleasurable trait in higher alcohol beers a sign of good brewing.
Could be a touch more bitterness there to help balance it more.
The yeast characteristic in this beer are strikingly familiar to me, i get similarities from my own use of Wyeast forbidden fruit, particularly in a lower alcohol version of Manticles grand cru thingy from a past VIC case swap that i brew, his current recipe is in what are you brewing thread.
Overall a great sipper for a cold wet windy night, i drank mine at cellar temps 10 -12 degrees, i think drinking it any colder would only hurt this beer.
Cheers