 Bov (5403), Bienne, Switzerland
Nov 19, 2008 clear golden-bronze colour with a little persistent white foam; nice lace, aroma of orange, pear and alcohol; sweet and sticky; slightly dry and fruity finish
Nagash (202), Paris, France
Aug 28, 2007 Bottle. Fruity aroma, nice vanilla taste, some alcohol in taste too. Not bad but not nothing exceptional.
Quack-Duck (3121), Bodensee/Schwarzwald, Germany
Jul 28, 2007 bottle, bought in France. Seems to be brewed for a town near Lille. Golden colour, fruity aroma. Malty with a pleasant fruity sourness.
Fin (3372), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
Jul 15, 2007 Picked up somewhere in Lille, France, 29-06-07 Clear golden beer with white bubbly head, nice vanilla notes and taste, gentle smooth and restrained, carbonation not too bad. Low overall bitterness but there seemed to be a hint of hoppiness in there, tasty!
GriffinAvenue (395), Winchester, Massachusetts, USA
Dec 22, 2006 750 ml. bottle. Pale brown, caramel in color. Steady but thin head. Citrus, lightly malty floral notes. Tangy, almost barleywine like in taste . . . too grassy and wheaty for my tastes.
scania (184), Malmö, Sweden
Oct 28, 2006 Bottle. Golden with white head. Aroma: Yeast, jasmine. Flavor: Sweet and fruity. Yeast. Good with blinis.
SilkTork (4151), Rochester, Kent, England
May 14, 2006 Blind tasting: Belgian yeast / wheat aroma. Corriander spice and orange zest. Unfiltered. Spiky citric sharp with spikes in the jaw bones. Chalky taste with orange notes. Strong - 8%? A juicy, restrained sweetness. Not my thing. Sort of average.
There is a distinctive flavour about Belgian pale ales. This is a well attentuated beer, with a certain yeasty quality and wheat notes. Drinking it after the blind tasting revealed nothing different. A drinkable, though unexciting beer.
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