Baladin Super du Baladin

Brewed by Le Baladin
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Piozzo, Italy

Pours bright amber into a trappist glass. Off-white mixed head quickly subsides with slight lacing. Sour cherry and brett aromas. Smooth with sticky sour pit fruits and anise. Lasting dry spiked fruit finish.

From the bottle a hazy light orange body infused with floaty particles sits with a cap of fizzy white foam. Yeast give estery hints of banana and a touch of clove meshing with a crisp citrus orange peel and black pepper spicing. There was a bit of coriander in the finish working well with the dry crisp finish.

Hazy orange/amber with lots of sediment and active carbonation. Thin but lasting head, minimal lace. Aroma of leather, oranges, spices, flowers, must and others. Thin to medium bodied, creamy texture and feel that boasts some nice flavors. Hints of citrus mixed with belgium yeasts (quick flash of orval), underlying malts (not too well defined) and lots of hidden complexities, maybe a bit of horseblanket? Alcohol is evident but just a character enhancer, its a bit thin but this is quite enjoyable.

Absolutely perfect appearance here: starts a clear vibrant amber/orange color that becomes increasingly cloudy the further through the massive bottle you get (litle yeasties everywhere), huge creamy head - one of the creamiest non nitro heads I’ve seen, leaves attractive lace all over the glass. Aroma is light and dry, the pervasive yeast profile yields lots of esters taking form as apple, grapes (green), and a nice spicy undertone. The flavor is more intensely grape with some currant and dry grassy character, the apple seems to have taken a back seat to the spicier aspects here but is still quite noticeable. The fruity sour characteristic kind of rolls around in contrast to the cutting aspect of the spicy yeast on the palate, keeping it interesting to the last yeasty drop.

Couleur ambrée tirant vers l’oranger, orné d’une faible mousse brune pale pleinement diminuante. Arômes très convaincants de pâtisseries françaises, de pâte d’amande, de vanille et d’épices variées. La levure est très marquée en bouche et sa présence rappelle celle de la terre et des feuilles mortes d’automne alors que les flaveurs empruntent la plupart de leur identité aux arômes. Corps d’épaisseur moyenne, carbonatation très active. Une faible dose d’alcool se manifeste en retro-olfaction. Appréciable, inhabituel et certainement vive comme image.

750 ml bottle. an unclear pale amber beer with a fine medium large head. The aroma is flowery and fruity (banana). The flavour is not overly sweet and has a nice hop touch in the finish. Also a very drinkable beer.

Pours a cloudy amber color with foamy white head. Nice fuit aroma of apple, pear and citrus. Very crisp belgian style ale. Lots of crisp fruit notes such as aple and pear as well as a slight sour taste.

Hazy brown amber, caramel, vanilla, dark fruits, little yeasty, little spice, dry finish.