Flat Earth Belgian Style Pale Ale

Brewed by Flat Earth Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

banana bread yeasty plastic okayness flow from this run of the mill brew. Like the buckeyes BCS game, ’it could have been worse, but I wanted better

Pours a lovley amber peach with great clarity and good head. Nose- definitely pick up pale malt and biscuit breadiness. Taste- strong belgian yeast flavour imparts lots of fruity esters. Biscuit and munich malts are strong in the profile of this beer. Beer finishes quickly in the mouth leaving a dry spicy finish from the hallertau hops. Very flavouful brew and reminds me of a slightly less biscuity version of my local micro’s (half pints) version of the style (the Son). First brew from this Twin City brewery and I am impressed. Nice stuff.

Bottle. Sampled at YEHA. Yellow orange body. Aroma is sweet malt, yeast. Flavor is golden hops, very fizzy taste - over carbonation. Weak.

Thanks to tytoanderso for the bomber. Clear amber/orange with a medium head. Aroma of yeast, over-ripe bananas and cane sugar. Tastes heavily of pears and bananas with some pepper. Syrupy texture, sweet finish.

Bright coppery orange. Slim, unlasting cap of off-white foam reveals the look of more like a cola drink then a beer. Some thin strings and a few specks of lace cling to the glass. Aroma is mostly of Belgian yeast which is kinda musty and dullishly doughy with a slight sweet nudge of malt and some metallic hints. Taste is crisp and yeasty with the flavors of crunchy doughyness, biscuity, a bit of musty stuff, pale malts, and some sweetness coming into the finishing areas. The finish itself is quite interesting and quick to enter, however, it drys out fairly well with yeasty fluffy leftovers and spicy, peppery, dry breadyness with a bit of tannins coming in. The body is about medium with a thin front and middle, which is quick. Its quite crisp and snappy though. That yeast kicks right in and grabs ya. The finish does help carry some weight with it but seems quite one dimensional in character with the yeast being the main factor in its overall ability to ensue a proper well-to-do impression. Drinks well enough but lacks some depth and complexity beyond the yeastyness that is truly the one thing about the beer that really does anything for me.

Bottle shared at Madness. Pours a good looking reddish copper with an average size frothy white head, that is probably the best thing I can say about this beer. Musty aroma with hints of caramel and spice. Flavor follows suit with lots of mustiness and carboard flavors. My suggestion would be to dip some cardboard strips in Chimay blue and eat them. It will have more flavor and alcohol and probably get you some fiber in your diet as well.

Bottle. Poured a medium to deeper amberish color with a small sized white head. Aromas and tastes of spices, yeast, fruity, and some caramel.

bottle. copper with clarity. thin bubbled head. fresh hop, belgium yeast and spice aroma. light and a bit thin. peppery. yeast is mild. earthy bitter dry hops. artificial plastic in aftertaste. better as it warms.