Tag Archives: Belgian pale ale

HARPOON BELGIAN STYLE PALE ALE

Vacillating amber-golden moderate body doesn’t necessarily promote Belgian-styled peculiarities well, but its strong bite will please less discriminating hop-heads. Expectant candi-sugared yeast musk lacks distinction and metallic alcohol-burnt twinge proves dismissive, but lemon-seeded pineapple, orange, cherry, and banana illusions delicately nudge rosy floral-wafted honeyed herbal dalliance, neatly contrasting sullen black-peppered juniper-like bittering.

GOOSE ISLAND FLEUR

Eccentric rose-hued hibiscus-flowered barrel-aged Belgian pale ale retains soft-watered lemon-bruised hop prickle above mildly acrid Japanese kombucha tea herbage. ‘High-end styled award winning’ moderate body gains dry barnyard funk and mild juniper bittering, but blanched strawberry-peach aromatics and oaken cherry tartness thin out, lessening fruited alacrity and heightening acidic nature.

Fleur - Goose Island Beer Co. - Untappd

OMMEGANG B.P.A.

Modest straw-hazed bottle-conditioned Belgian-styled pale ale places smooth citric-floral subtlety above delicate peppery-hopped dryness and honeyed wheat sweetness. Key lime-pied mandarin orange tartness, zesty lemon-bruised banana breading and scant peach-pear reminder render light-fruited Seltzer-fizzed template. White grape hints make short stint.

CORSENDONK MONK’S ABBEY PALE ALE

Inspiringly debonair golden-clouded soft-toned Belgian pale ale pours out swirled yeast sinew with zesty citric effervescence, settling to a buttery French-breaded core. Candi-sugared banana, clove, and lemony pineapple provide tranquility to mildewed cellar dankness and carbolic floral-hopped champagne fizz before mildly creamy cotton-candied butterscotch finish offers unsurpassed elegance of a triple bock. Best of class.

DICK’S GRAND CRU

Coarse-tongued Belgian-styled ale allows acrid oak-aged cherry waft and unripe white grape mouthfeel to glower tart candy sweetness. Blanched orange rind bittering and terse pineapple squint reach oats-toasted backend of inconspicuous 10% alcohol-doused dessert. Upon 2011 re-tasting, detected improved cherry-pureed orange bruise, funkier Belgian yeast peppering, and thicker malt liquor-like alcohol blast. Ripe peach, cantaloupe, melon, and banana illusions stretch across buttery caramel malting (with a hint of cornmeal in backend).