Indistinct Belgian-styled pale ale lacks efficient character and resilience. Dry barley-hops bring lame biscuit-y nuance to coarse nuttiness and inconsequential citric (apricot-grapefruit) slumber. Musty earthen vegetal base congests insipid caramel malting.
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CASTA MILENIA PALE ALE
Unique limited edition double-fermented Belgian-styled artisan pale ale from Mexico brings coarsened butterscotch-chocolate malt tryst to soured orange-cherry-prune rendezvous and dank leathery barnyard skulk, settling on alcoholic barleywine constraint lingering through musty corked grape skin dryness.
CELIS BELGIAN STYLE PALE ALE
DOGFISH HEAD PANGAEA AMBER ALE
Coppery turbid Belgian-styled strong pale ale rushes crystallized ginger initiation across mouthwash-y eucalyptus-spearmint follow-up, allowing honeyed yeast sinew to embellish sour candy center and delicate peach caress. Sullen banana-pear-green apple combo invades oaken earthy mustiness as white pepper, black currant, and floral notes speckle flatly carbonated dried-fruit moldiness to citric-hop embittered finish almost sabotaged by oncoming astringency.
GREAT DIVIDE HADES ALE
Likable moderate-bodied yellow-hazed pale ale (with unobtrusive 7.3% alcohol) plies candi-sugared Belgian yeast sweetness to white-peppered clove-coriander-saffron spicing as well as curacao orange, white grape, apricot, and mango tartness for summery Saison-like sensation. Banana bubblegum illusions emerge as polite lemon pith bittering heightens dry citric finish.
ALESMITH HORNY DEVIL ALE
Great representative Belgian-styled pale ale boasts resounding malt-thickened 11% alcohol strength and expansive sugar-candied fruit juicing. Coppery whitish-sided Lucifer eulogizer crams compact raisin-prune-plum conflux into red apple ripeness, spicy coriander tingle, mild banana daiquiri sweetness and milky coconut snip. Tangy apricot-tangerine-passionfruit crest washes over brandied bruised orange warmth at luscious fruited finish, comparing favorably to Dogfish Head’s finest hop-infested malt-sweetened brews.
(GOOSE ISLAND) MATILDA
Engaging 7% alcohol Belgian-styled winter ’05 offering opens with beautiful floral-over-marmalade sweetness aided by doughy ‘rare yeast’ souring, apple cinnamon bun sensation and ethanol Reisling-wined esters. Herbal mint-y freshness, clove-chamomile suggestion, earthen barnyard underside and mild oaken cherry acridity provide tertiary splendor to emerging peach-honeyed cantaloupe-banana-pear fruiting of complex winter seasonal. 2012 and ’13 versions may’ve upped coriander-spiced mandarin orange, navel orange and tangerine lacquering as well as ripe peach tang.
ELYSIAN GOLDEN GORGON ALE
IRON HILL THE CANNIBAL
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.



