Grand Cru
The Saint Louis Brewery (Schlafly Beer) in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.72
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Pours rather unclear golden . Smell is sweet, some honey notes even . Taste is bitter , sweet , yeasty ( lots of fruits from the yeast character ) . Very Belgian tasting
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Acquired in a trade a long while ago. Bottled on 12/15/11. Enjoyed at cellar temp in a Riedel Grand Cru Bordeaux glass. Sort of a light tan with hints of brown. Minimal 2 finger head that faded almost instantly. Very bready. Hints of a rodenbach scent, brett and some bready belgian yeast strains. Some cherries and pepper. Very malty sweet taste up front. Very sweet, some very light dark fruit notes, some vanilla and spices. Lots of candied sugar and some floral sort of taste. Way too sweet. Medium body, I was expecting more.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750 ml bottle into tulip, no bottle dating. Pours hazy and cloudy golden straw color with a nice 2 finger white head with great retention that reduces to a thick cap. A mild gusher upon opening, and tons of carbonation is streaming up from the bottom of the glass. Some nice thick lacing clings to the glass as well. Aromas of big lemon, pear, apple, bread, light tart graininess, and spicy yeast. Fairly nice and balanced aromas, tons of fruitiness. Taste of big lemon zest, pepper, coriander, spice, bread, tart grains, and yeasty tang. Lingering notes of pepper, spices, bread, light fruits, and tangy yeast on the finish for a bit. Seems a little off balanced upon tasting; a bit too grainy and spicy. Needed more fruitiness in the taste. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a fairly creamy and smooth mouthfeel. Alcohol is well hidden with only a warming on the finish noticed. Nice drinkability but is still a sipper. Overall, a solid Belgian pale ale style. I wasn’t feeling this one too much because of the overly grainy flavor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Salty, light lactic, citric good yeast funk. Fresh. Sparkly mouthfee, light burpy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
75 cl bottle, courtesy of Greg at Churchkey, shared with Markus and Enrico in Monghidoro, to facilitate research impossible. Cloudy yellow color, large white cocoa cola style head that settles quickly to leave solid lacing. Aroma of aprioct, grapefruit and bread. Very nice malt profile, slight edge of sourness. Medium body. Good character, but high carbonation interferes somewhat.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 750ml.Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet acetic vinegar, light yeasty, fruity, spicy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to light moderate acidic with a average to long duration, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100314]