Explosive carbonation (typical of Belgian ales) blew the cork right off the bottle when protective cap of puffy white-headed pale yellow ale was unsealed. So it was not necessary to have corkscrew handy. Caramelized wheat sweetens dapper yellow-fruited resonance and tingly candy spicing to tart apple core. Let it swirl ’round your tongue for full effect.
Tag Archives: Belgian pale ale
BRASSEURS MARQUE DEPOSE GRAND CRU
Elegant cocoa-buttered butterscotch succulence caresses delicately carbonated dry-hopped honeyed malt foundation. Hints of almond, grape, and dried prune come and go. Clumped clusters of sour yeast add velvety sinew. Tangy fruitiness illuminates backend of full-bodied Frenchie.
(HUYGHE) FIRE FOX ALE
HITACHINO NEST RED RICE ALE
(CIMES) YETI BLONDE ALE
Oaken-dried white grape esters reign mewled sourness upon honeyed orange-coriander web, languid peach tang and unripe fig stead of inconsequential French Alps brew. Spoiled citric tartness corrupts vinous center before appealing brandy and Chardonnay illusions strike a chord. Hard candied acidity undermines squandered herbal-floral nuance.
CORSENDONK MONK’S ABBEY PALE ALE
Inspiringly debonair golden-clouded soft-toned Belgian pale ale pours out swirled yeast sinew with zesty citric effervescence, settling to a buttery French-breaded core. Candi-sugared banana, clove, and lemony pineapple provide tranquility to mildewed cellar dankness and carbolic floral-hopped champagne fizz before mildly creamy cotton-candied butterscotch finish offers unsurpassed elegance of a triple bock. Best of class.
DICK’S GRAND CRU
Coarse-tongued Belgian-styled ale allows acrid oak-aged cherry waft and unripe white grape mouthfeel to glower tart candy sweetness. Blanched orange rind bittering and terse pineapple squint reach oats-toasted backend of inconspicuous 10% alcohol-doused dessert. Upon 2011 re-tasting, detected improved cherry-pureed orange bruise, funkier Belgian yeast peppering, and thicker malt liquor-like alcohol blast. Ripe peach, cantaloupe, melon, and banana illusions stretch across buttery caramel malting (with a hint of cornmeal in backend).
(DE BIE) HELLEKAPELLE ARTISANAL BLONDE ALE
(HUYGHE) LA GUILLOTINE BELGIAN ALE
Made at a family brewery, pale-toned foamy-headed strong ale retains better malted hop depth and fruitier esters than its cousin, Karibik Ale. Plus, it’s fuller, more distinct, and more enjoyable. Perfect balance between sweet wine sugaring and rich malt graining achieved, settling into luxurious nutmeg-spiced fruitcake finish. Tertiary cherry, pineapple, peach and pear undertones contrast peppery ginger snap. Lingered ethanol astringency brings alcoholic whir.
AVERY KARMA ALE
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.




