Legend Belgian Style Pale Ale

(Sample Date: 3/11/2009 Source:Legend Brewery) Lightly spicy nose with some graininess and banana fruitiness. Slightly cloudy orange/golden with a small white head. Spicy hop notes up front with moderate fruitiness and some caramel sweetness. Medium body with light carbonation. Finish is lightly fruity, spicy, with relatively high bitterness.

Had this on draft at both Green Leafe’s, and now rating a fresh sample and normalizing the ratings, as such. Pours hazy orangy coppery with 1-finger fluffy off-white, well-retained head. Nose is rock sugary malt, spicy and funky yeast, hops. Tastes spicy, yeasty, hoppy, with a solid malt bill and a fairly smooth finish. Thisone straddles the line between a Belgian pale and a lower level tripel, woth hefty rock sugary malt throughout. You won’t like this is you don;t like Belgian beers, but if you do, then I trust you’ll appreciate the flavor and aroma this one provides.

On tap at the brewpub on 03/11/2009. Slightly hazy orange amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Light belgian spice and clove on a light caramel and floral bitter aroma. Sweet banana and clove flavor with some belgian spice on a caramel background with some light bitterness lingering behind. medium body with moderately high carbonation.

Murky orange with a nice fruity aroma. Pleasant taste with slight bitter aftertaste

Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy orange amber with a medium head. Decent head retention and poor lacing. Aroma of bread, caramel, peach and pear. Taste is bread, caramel, brown sugar, bitter earthy and leafy hops. Medium bodied.

Sparkling clear amber with a foamy off-white head. The aroma is a strong nose of belgian yeast and some malts. The flavor is much hoppier than expected based on the aroma. Other flavors are melon fruitiness, and sweet malt. Body is medium. The finish is a bit much, bitter and yeasty. An odd bird for sure but interesting.

Light peachy-orange, a bit hazy. Head firm and sticky. Nose smells malty, some Belgian candy sugars, a bit dusty and musty. Sweet and malty, dry and hoppy at the end. Lightly fruity, bit of peach and melon. Palate very crisp and fizzy. Decent stuff.

The name fits well, it tastes like a good hoppy pale ale with some belgian flavor. Has a good hoppy pale ale character with sweet belgian like flavors. Had a lively mouth feel. Legend never fails me.