Big Boss Hells Belle Belgian Blond

Bottle courtesy of durhambeer. Pours a hazy amber with a soapy white head. Smells of bananas, some spice. Tastes of dry yeast, some spice, dough. Mouthfeel is spicy with a finish that is crisp. Nice!

12oz bottle. Pours, with a slight haze, golden. Thin white head. Aroma of a bready yeastiness. A very Belgian Ale aroma. Lots of dough, hints of lemon zest. Flavor is a medium sweetness, dough. Light bodied.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of OldStyleCubFan. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. The aroma opens with a big candy sweetness surrounded by bananas, yeast, and spice. The flavor does not have the over the top sweetness as the aroma might indicate. Fruity, with a good mix of yeast, dough, and spice. Mouthfeel was medium/full with a crisp finish. This was better than I was expecting.

The aroma was nicely spicy with a bit of pepper and clove and a Belgian yeast complexity. The aroma had a hop note which was earthy and just a bit grassy. The beer poured into the glass crystal clear golden with a very low white head which disappeared in an instant and did not lace the glass. The flavor was nicely spicy with pepper and a bit of clove and with a nice level of bittering which was earthy and a bit spicy and grassy. The flavor had a bit of caramel and an impression of candy. The finish was dry with lasting spice well into the aftertaste and beyond. The body was medium with a fairly low level of carbonation. No appreciable alcohol was notable, but the beer could certainly do with a carbonation boost. 12 ounce bottle. Bottled in D 07.

Thanks to emacgee for this. Pours hazy deep gold with 3-fingers of white head and a lot of carbonation streams. Smells candi sugary malty, with florals and some dry citrus. Tastes spicy, floral, dry, with candi sugary malt, mid-palate citrus, hops, and spicy yeast. Very complex and a beer that I dare say would be indistinguishable from many of its Belgian counterparts in a blind tasting.