Herbaceous medium-bodied Belgian pale ale places mellow lemon rind bittering above white ale spicing (clove-allspice-lemongrass-peppercorn). Dry cork-like midst picks up simmered lemon custard and key lime pie illusions.
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STONE VERTICAL EPIC ALE 04.04.04
Fab easygoing swirly-headed Belgian strong pale ale matches stewed prune juicing to raisin-pureed fig and date sugaring. Kaffir lime leafs add tartness to white grape esters, candied apple spell and honeydew drift. White-peppered coriander. currant and clove settle atop oats-roasted bottom as creamy vanilla dirge surges.
MOLSON RAFTMAN
Doesn’t Unibroue brew these nowadays? Anyhow. Drenched in smoked whiskey malt, delicately smooth-bodied Belgian-styled pale ale caresses yeast-infested honeyed wheat sweetness with peated wood burnt overtones, banana-vanilla variance, and bread crust grove. Peculiar soda-like effervescence quite different from most mountain water-based Molson beers.
ABBAYE DU VAL-DIEU BLOND
(T’IJ) IJNDE JAARS ARTISANAL PALE ALE
SOUTHAMPTON GRAND CRU STRONG ALE
Resilient Belgian-derived pale ale furnishes sharp white-peppered clove-coriander spicing with ripe orange-peach-honeydew-pineapple medley and redolent floral bouquet. Speckled yeast sinew dots viscous yellow-orange body, offering cotton-candied butterscotch, sugared yam and toffee illusions to take hold. At engaging finish, corky oak-dried cherry tartness counters sweet caramel malting.
UNIBROUE 11 PALE ALE
SATAN GOLD ALE
UNIBROUE 15
Deservedly celebrating fifteenth anniversary, pearly meringue-headed golden-hazed Belgian-styled strong pale ale works in stages. Initial banana-ripened butterscotch-toffee conflux brakes for dry lemony hop simmer, bringing green apple and curacao orange tartness along for the ride. Mint-tinged white pepper spicing then reinforces clove-coriander sweetness ’til creamy candi-sugared vanilla finish encapsulates airy citric indulgence.
SCHOUNE AMBREE
(UNIBROUE) SEIGNEURIALE
CHOUFFE MICROBREWED BELGIAN SEASONED ALE
Advertised as summertime seasonal, but much closer to winter ale styling with its black-peppered clove-nutmeg-cardamom spicing, tangy citric tropicalia, fresh mint stimulation, and yeast sinew. Softly nutty malted rye get-up receives top billing for highly carbolic, uniquely complex, cola-like Belgian strong pale ale. Peculiarities may offend soft-toned amateurs.