Well, very odd.
Firstly I would NEVER have guessed that this was supposed to be a Belgian pale. To me it was real thin and watery, with no hint of the spice or yeast. It drank just like a middle of the road American Pale Ale. Nice, drinkable and OK, but simply non-specific. The kind of beer I would expect a competent, small, local brewery to produce as their bog-standard offering.
Maybe I’ve lost the feel for the regular (non-Strong) Belgian Pales or maybe I’ve been expecting bigger beers from Avery, or maybe this just isn’t are very good example of the style I don’t know, but it didn’t really hit the spot. I would never have put this down as an Avery offering in a blind taste.
Orange, chill hazed pour with a small head but some very nice lacing (extra 0.5 appearance points for the lacing). Aroma was very non-descript.
Tastes were also non-descript, a little dry and some mild hops, but very, very bland. Mouthfeel decent, but fairly average.
Don’t know about this at all, as I said, very strange.