On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, fine Belgian strong ale lets candi-sugared fig, date and plum spicing glaze chocolate-malted caramelized rye base. At the midst, spritzy orange zesting soaks wintry ginger, nutmeg, cardamom and cinnamon seasoning.
Tag Archives: Belgian dark ale
ABBAYE DU VAL-DIEU WINTER ALE
On tap at Ambulance, rich winter warmer (2021) allows buttery rum warmth to infiltrate subtle fig sweetness, spiced orange tinge, noirish port wining, candied red cherry dab and caramelized apple glaze in a dewily brown-sugared chocolate setting.
FULLSTREAM FIRST FROST FORAGED PERSIMMON ALE
Honeyed apricot persimmon adjunct slips into bleary plum-dried cider souring, moldy citrus zesting and slightly cinnamon-toasted amber graining over earthen dew for falteringly disorganized Belgian dark ale hybrid.
GHOST HAWK ST. ALBANS
On tap at Plank Pizza, sumptuous garnet-hued Belgian singel brings dark candi-sugaring to bittersweet dried fruiting and glazed chestnut sweetness. Laidback burgundy-wined plum, prune, raisin and purple grape illusions pick up sour cream milking at the finish.
WICKED WEED ARCANIC
Resounding candi-sugared plum and currant tartness picks up chewy dried prune sweetness for oaken foeder-aged Belgian dark strong ale. Tannic red wine foeder barrels add mossy earthen dew remnant to dried fruited nature deepened a tad by tertiary blackberry, boysenberry and cranberry illusions. An arcane peculiarity for adventurous denizens.
AVERY TWENTY FIVE OAK-AGED BELGIAN DARK ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, ‘audacious’ 25th Anniversary Belgian dark ale lets honeyed date and green raisin adjuncts sweeten beside dark candi sugaring. Molasses-sapped vanilla bourbon whir and sustained brown chocolate influence outlast fig-dried berried fruiting of rich oak-aged elixir.
OMMEGANG ADORATION SPECIAL WINTER ALE
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, lovely Buffalo Trace bourbon sweetness picks up brown-sugared molasses spicing and caramelized vanilla creaming for velvety Belgian dark ale. Sweet orange-peeled coriander, cardamom, mace and grains of paradise flutter by alongside tertiary coconut milking.
GAVERHOPKE EXTRA
Bustling brown-bodied Belgian dark ale (with well disguised 12% ABV) loads spicy dried fruit pleasantries atop dewy cellar funk and vinous grape must. Rum-soaked raisin sweetness, oaken cherry tartness, dry burgundy-sherry wining and hard-candied citrus souring combine for dauntless medium body.
(RINKUSKAI) WEREWOLF
Slickly cloying whiskey-malted caramel and toffee viscosity burned away by murky ethanol acidity. Though almond-pasted pecan sweetness and dried-fruited prune, raisin and fig sugaring aren’t out of place, they’re buried behind oily alcohol astringency.
ABBEY MONKS DARK ALE
Inviting candi-sugared Belgian dark ale elegantly blends brown ale-like pecan-walnut-hazelnut conflux with chocolate-roasted dried fruiting. Spiced plum, raisin and date illusions gain slight alcohol warmth and ashen hop char at silken mocha-fruited finish.
DARK HORSE BELGIAN-STYLE AMBER ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, updated 2017 version lists ‘Belgian-style’ on amber ale label. Closer to a straight-up Belgian dark ale than its lighter pale style, its beet-sugared prune-raisin, apricot and banana sweetness contrasts lightly vinous red wining, whiskey-daubed medicinal hints and wispy acidic solvency. Dewy peat earthiness provides fertile base.
TROEGS MAD ELF GRAND CRU – 2017
On tap at Biggie’s, mighty fine high octane 2017 (11% ABV) version of Christmastime Belgian dark ale boasts heightened ethanol esters, darker rub red hue and intensified Bing cherry essence as well as more refined wildflower-honeyed astringency. Distant cinnamon, clove and allspice seasoning sweetens treacly backend alongside sugarplum, cocoa and pine nut nuances.
