Flat Earth Belgian Style Pale Ale

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

Bottle. Somewhat hazy, orange brown color. Almost no head. Strong aroma of biscuit, slight raisin aroma. Definite biscuit flavor as well as fruit, caramel and a spicy finish. Pretty light body, with good carbonation.

A well carbonated beer, a careful pour fills up my glass with four-fingers of light tan colored froth. The beer is a brilliantly clear, copper color. The head leaves quite a bit of lacing on the sides of my glass and even forms a rocky surface as it slowly recedes. The aroma is hoppy and spicy with notes of clove, lemon zest, a touch of ginger, some pepper-like notes. This finishes with a solid malt character reminiscent of toasted grain, biscuit like malt notes, dry soda cracker aromas and perhaps a bit of caramelized malt up front that accents the sweeter spice notes. The aroma is definitely dominated by the spicy yeast character and it is quite nice.

Still well carbonated as the beer completely foams up as it hits my tongue. The carbonation combines with some of the hop notes to give this a flavor of something like lemon pepper. Light and easy drinking, especially if you swirl out the excess carbonation. Lightly tart notes definite accent a lemon zest sort of flavor, but also induces fruity hints of pears, tart apples and a plum note that becomes more noticeable as the beer warms up. This is fairly dry, though there is a touch of caramelized malt sugars towards the middle that provide a touch of raisins. This finishes bone dry with a nice bitterness and peppery yeast character that begs you to take another sip. The finish also has quite a bit of malt flavors in it, all dry though, but with notes of biscuits, soda crackers and cracked grain. Substantial spice notes of clove are joined by softer notes reminiscent of ginger, white pepper, and perhaps a touch of somthing like nutmeg. As the beer warms I am able to pick up a light, herbal hop character that adds an extra dimension to this brew.

Light and easy drinking, yet it has a ton of character from the Belgian yeast. I am always a sucker for these interesting, lower alcohol, Belgian-styled beers. Certainly not a beer to knock one over, but I really like the interesting mix of flavors between fermentation character, substantial malt and light hop notes.

Pale amber with a slight fine haze. Flavor is soft malts, a little bit of biscuits, some fruit. Not much to elaborate about this beer, but it is really not bad and would provide a favorable alternative to the over hyped Fat Tire. Glad to see another TC brewery coming up.

Pours a clear copper/amber with very little head but definite lacing. Aroma is floral, yeast and grass. Flavor is of yeast and biscuits. very mild. I don’t taste much fruit, just subtle biscuit-like flavors. A decent pale ale but really nothing at all amazing.

Bottle pours crystal clear copper (sort of like Element 115) with a short lasting head and some decent lace. The aroma is yeasty, floral, spice, peach, and overall pleasant. The flavor is malty sweet, bready, mild peach notes, caramel, and a spicy end. The palate is light to medium rich and somewhat quenching. You know, not a bad beer at all. If you take it face value, and do not try to evaluate it as a "Belgian Ale", I like it.

Dark orange body with a light khaki head. The aroma is funky with corn plants and cinnamon. The taste is herbal tea with peaches and and some decent spice in the finish. A relatively thin body. Overall, light and boring. Thanks for sharing, iowaherkeye.

Semi clear orange color. Malty aromas with light sweet caramel flavor. Dry biscuity finish.

Bottle: Pours a clear amber color with a white head. Aroma, banana, citrus, pears, sweet malts, floral notes, yeast. Flavor, pear, banana, yeasty notes, biscuity, dry spicy finish, some pepper on the tail end. Pretty tasty.