Mill Street Betelgeuse

Brewed by Mill St. Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Toronto, Canada

On tap at Volo. Pours a bunch of white foam on medium yellow,The aroma is grapefruit rind indication of hops, geuzy, and malt. The taste, with medium plus mouthfeel, is complex geuzy with malt and yeast. Satisfies and drinkable. A pint seemed like not enough.

Draught. At BeerBistro. Clear light gold with an average creamy white head. Sweet, simple candyish aroma, yeasty, slightly spicy, even a bit of perfume bitterness - smells more or less like a trippel. The taste ... well, not bad, but all I can say is it tastes like a middlin’ first homebrew attempt at a tripel - too sweet, slightly syrupy, a hint of that extract-y harshness, and not enough spice, carbonation or yeast to be very near the style mark. The body is both thin and syrupy, it’s undercarbonated, and lacking in depth or spiciness - although there’s a decent grassy-bitter finish to it .... call this a golden ale and you have a decent beer - as it is, it’s not a chore to drink, but it won’t make you forget Westmalle any time soon, no matter how drunk you are.

On tap at Volo , Appearance: good looking ale. Clear golden look with large , snowy , creamy cap placed on top. Presentable lace created. 4+ Aroma: proper , clean rich aroma. Bubble gum wheat softy presented. Mildly aromatic. 7+ Flavor/Palate: Medium full bodied. Bitter edges with softer malty midlle. Soft yeasty hints with touch of fruit. Dry alcohol finishing. Very straightforward, drinkable. Quiet good but lacking complexity of upper class. I missed some secondary depth.

2009-01-20. Crisp dark yellow body with a small white head, nice lacing. (3+) Mild aroma, pale malt, light sugars and dry stereotypical triple profile. Light alcohol. Flavour is sweet with dry pale malt finish, light sugars and florals, finish again has the typical Belgian tripel blend of malt, bitterness and mild alcohol. Average plus palate. Serviceable and pleasant but lacks the depth and complexity of some of the best tripels. On tap at Volo, Toronto

Draught at Volo. Pours a clear golden-orange with a small semi-lasting creamy white head. Aroma’s quite sweet, sugary even, and herbal along with apples, other fruit, some alcohol and yeast. Flavour’s semi-sweet and yeasty along with some spices and alcohol. Light bitter finish. Average to medium bodied. I found this just alright.

On tap @ Volo. Aroma is malt and fruit, golden, small white head, some lace. Taste is less malt than the nose, apple, almost harsh due to the alcohol hit, ordinary beer. Doesn’t seem to meet the style.

[1958-20090120] Tap. Fruity yeasty banana aroma. Clear, medium orange body with a long-lasting creamy white head. Boozy banana fruit yeast flavour. Medium grainy body. Nice in it’s rough and unfinished way.
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On tap at the brew pub. Clear copperish yellow, really nice creamy white head. Nice aroma - lots of alcohol, lots of yeast. Taste in right on style for a Tripel. Lots of alcohol, lots of yeast, nice almost sweet finish. This is not quite as good as say a Dieu De Ciel interpretation of the style, but man, Mill St. nailed it. I do not even know of an Ontario brewer brave enough to try this let alone nail it. Well done Mill St!