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DuClaw Mysterium


 Percentile 
75
overall
Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale

Abingdon, Maryland USA

bottling
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133.56/5.03.3/5.0Special-78Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Commercial Description:
This golden Belgian ale will mystify you with its medium body, its subtle malt and hop profiles, and its complex blend of spices. Fruit flavors, produced by a special strain of Belgian yeast, combine with Belgian candied sugar, chamomile, grains of paradise, and cardamom to create an unfiltered ale so intriguing, you’ll never want to get to the bottom of the mystery ... or your glass.
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 savnac (393), Palmer, Alaska, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 8, 2009  
On tap @ DuClaw Fells Point. Clear amber/gold with a tiny white head. Huge spicy, herbal yeasty aroma. Mostly sweet flavor of sugar and malt with just a bit of sourness in the finish, well balanced. Medium body and a smooth finish and mouth feel. Great aroma in this one, the flavor doesn’t quite hold up though.


 ben4321 (948), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 15, 2009  
Location: Draft at the Fells Point Brew Pub, 9/6/09

Aroma: Floral notes, nice amount of spice, and some herbal notes
Appearance: Clear golden-orange color
Flavor: Floral hops mixed with the spicy and yeasty malts, makes for a balanced brew
Palate: Medium body, semi-short duration
Overall Impression: This beer is alright, I like what they were trying to do here. Decent effort, and made for a decent to above average brew. Not great, but worth trying.


 lamas (709), Adams Morgan, Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 4, 2009  
Draft at Bowie location. Arrived at the table a fairly clear copper color with virtually no head. Some eucalyptus and candied sugar in the floral, spicy aroma. Fairly thin-bodied. Tastes as I expected based on the aroma - starts with some light candied sugar, a bit of honey, and a yeasty tanginess. Finishes quite spicy, crisp, and just a tad sour. Fair.


 NomDeBeer (397), Maryland, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Aug 27, 2009  
On tap @ Bel Air location. Pours a hazy gold with a white head. Spicy aroma. Taste is caramel malt and more spice. Very smooth and easy to drink. Good beer.


 porterhouse (1148), Alna, Maine, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 23, 2009  
(Draft @ Arundel Mills location) Served in a shaker. Pours cloudy light gold/amber with a smalll biege head. Aroma of spice (ginger?) and light candy-malt. Mouthfeel lightly pebbly, a bit dryish and wooden. Broken light sheets and dabs of lacing. Flavor of spice and light candy sugar-malt, perhaps slight banana. Maybe slightly better than mediocre.


 mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/515/20
Aug 20, 2009  
Draft pours golden in color with a slight haze and a good thick head. Major aroma of orange this year. Medium body with some fruit and a bit of bitterness in the beginning. Nice body and easy to drink.


 decaturstevo (1971), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Dec 14, 2008  
Straw gold pour with a creamy head and lace. Corriander and candied sugar on the nose. Cinnamon, clove, and an odd after taste of yeast. Creamy mouthfeel with a bit of aggressive carbonation on a medium bodied beer.


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Sep 30, 2008  
on tap-pours a rich dingy off white head that laces and hazy yellow/brown color. Aroma is floral/herbal-hops, nutmeg, medium malt, some yeast. Taste is floral/herbal-hops, nutmeg, medium malt, some yeast. Easy then finishes kind of thin.



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