Score
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Bottle at BrewMaster’s Craft Beer Festival. Pours a clear orange with medium off white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is yeast, spice, wheat, citrus. Medium body, yeast, clove, banana, light finish, very nice.
[backlog] 02-09-15 / bottle at home. Gift from family. Well balanced and complex belgian ale. Sweet malt base with floral herbal hops. I started rating my beers with Untappd and a few basic notes. Now I want to rate them on ratebeer. So my rating sometimes lack some information. Just ignore it, it is for my personal statistics. Untappd-Rating 3.5/5
2 finger dark head. golden orange appearance. smells nice, a lot of citrus, grapefruit the finish cleans up nicely with a little dankness. Juicy without being over the top
Draft. Hazy amber color, medium white head. Aroma of earthy and dusty hay, straw, lemon. Taste is earthy, peppery citrus. Decent.
12 ounce bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled on 3/4/2015. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep golden yellow color with a 2-3 finger dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon zest, orange peel, banana, pear, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus/earthy hops, and pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon zest, orange peel, banana, pear, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of herbal bitterness and yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange, banana, pear, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, balance, and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus/earthy hops, and pale malt flavors; with a nice crisp malt/yeast/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and lightly sticky/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good hoppy Belgian pale ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, citrus/earthy hops, and pale malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Bottled. Nose of biscuit, lemon, Belgian yeast, wheat. Bright pastel gold, cloudy, with a high, fine head. Crisp lemony flavor, light bread, nicely bitter. Good overall balance and flavor. A lovely, crisp, and fruity light Belgian hoppy blonde.
As expected, a beautifully vrafted blond ale, very yeasty in aroma and taste. Hazy golden body with small creamy head. Delicious!