Creamy amber-bodied abbey with dotted yeast sediment, oily viscosity, and buttery aroma retains alcoholic sugary malt thickness above supportive butterscotch flow. Sedate pear, nectar, and quince illusions lie in the balance.
ST. PAUL ABBEY DOUBLE ALE
In peculiar small-necked wide-bodied cask, this raisin-esque brown ale goes down like mellow plum wine; bold and determined yet serene and mild. Artisan water adds refreshing silkiness to luxuriant perfume-hopped fig-date souring resonating to earthen peat bottom. Creamy chocolate-covered raisin finish lingers. Perfect aperitif for seafood, lamb, and veal dishes.
ST. LOUIS KRIEK LAMBIC
Luscious sour red cherry theme rises above heavy candi-sugared malting. Mouth-puckering maraschino cherry tartness blends bruised cherry, tannic cherry, and black cherry illusions. Overripe orange tang and cranberry juice souring secure fruited edifice.
ST. LOUIS GUEUZE
Spontaneously fermented orange-hazed lambic stays sweeter, tangier, and flatter than more vinous gueuze types, bringing unexpected passion fruit, mango, quince, and peach ripeness to the fold, yet retaining expected leathery dryness by ester-y white grape finish. Green apple souring tucked beneath sparkling wine fizz and acidic cider tartness.
ST. GEORGEN KELLER PILSENER
Respectable amber-glazed, sweet Scotch-wafted, flat-headed pilsener with mild yeast sinew atop caramelized crystal malt linger. Saaz hops tickle tongue before leaving roasted finish that turns acidic then vapid.
ST. GEORGE PORTER
Exquisite mahogany-hued porter perfectly counters determined espresso bitterness and burnt wood tone with sweet chocolate-cocoa-molasses permanence, settling to daunting creamy mochaccino finish rejuvenating off-dry blackened hop roast.
ST. GEORGE PILSNER
Earthen-grained herbal hops spiral to sunny citric spritz. Glutenous wheat and sticky yeast sinew fortify pale malted bottom end. Just a tad too light and fragile for heartier thirsts.
ST. GEORGE GOLDEN ALE
Complex deep-grained citric-spiced Virginian builds lithe herbal bouquet to complement grapefruit tang as sweet yeast sinew underlines cresting hop bitterness. Extremely alcoholic, full-bodied and hearty considering lighter ale class.
ST. FEUILLIEN BLONDE ALE
Yet another fine artesian Belgian. Robust fizzy-headed blonde explodes in your mouth like wheat beers often do but lacks aboveground sweet-tart inertia of local competition. Distant pineapple, green apple, peach and banana illusions receive clove-spiced tingle. Hopped-up muted fruit finish gains creamy caramel luster.
ST. FEUILLIEN TRIPEL
Delightful full-bodied golden abbey with strong kick. Though watery carbolic consistency levels off spice-hopped honey wheat creaming and lemon-peeled fructose malting, decorative mulling-spiced banana-apple-pear conflux perfectly stimulates boozy finish.
ST. DRUON DE SEBOURG FRENCH ABBEY ALE
White wine aromatics spur initial hop-spiced orange peel bittering, ensuing lemony grapefruit tang, and soured cider residual of obliging golden-hazed Belgian-styled pale ale (previously known as Sebourg French Wheat). Buttered corn sweetness drapes green apple tartness before bright tangerine-cherry-berry sheen lingers to soft-watered candi-sugared honeydew finish.
ST. BERNARDUS TRIPEL ABBEY ALE
Robust white burgundy palate aided by zesty lemony hop tingle, ripened cherry zest, juicy pineapple-apricot conflux and doughy malt creaminess. Mild clove-coriander-allspice seasoning stimulates charmingly sweet wheat wined finish.