Admirable Belgian yeast-driven, American dry-hopped, strong pale ale (circa 2011). Bitter orange-peeled lemon-seeded moderation and crisp white-peppered coriander-spiced floral hops contrast candi-sugared apple-candied peach, melon, and honeydew sweetness above polite rye malting. Ascending curacao orange, clementine, and orange marmalade illusions deepen pureed raspberry pungency. Teensy herbal nuance backends refined adjunct ale.
Tag Archives: Belgian pale ale
WEYERBACHER VERBOTEN
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.
KELSO ST. GOWANUS BELGIAN ALE
On tap, amiable amber-hazed dry-bodied cask-conditioned Belgian Golden/ American Pale Ale blend allows apple cider tea entry to inform white-peppered rosemary-thyme herbage and zesty Caracao-mandarin orange tartness. Mildewed earthen fungi, bitter chai tea spicing, oaken vanilla, and lemongrass consume backend.
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.
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.
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.




