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New Belgium Fall Wild Ale 3.53 48

New Belgium Fall Wild Ale


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89
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unknown

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
483.63/5.03.53/5.0Autumn8.5%86.3Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Fall Wild Ale, our mahogany-hued autumn ale spiced with schisandra, opens with the floral, earthy notes of fall itself. Schisandra berries, known as "five flavor fruit," possess a panoply of flavors . This malt-forward dubbel ale is fermented with a Trappist yeast and finishes dry and slightly sour from a touch of bretta. Fall Wild Ale weighs in at 8.5% abv. Autumn in your glass! http://www.newbelgium.com/beer/fall-wild-ale
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 DaSilky1 (2017), San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20

Nov 7, 2009  
Draft at SD Toronado: Pours a dark brown, full sheet of cream colored head. Yeast and apple-like flavors... a little flabby, certainly yeasty, cob-webby, a little banana and clove...certainly a generic belgian yeast character taking over the profile. A little grape notes if hoping for fruitiness, but yeasty overall. Chalky mouthfeel from the yeatsiness. Like a down syndrome brother of stones belgian yeast...both retarded in their own special way.

 nathan30533 (158), Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Dec 20, 2009  
Pours brown with not much head. Smoked flavor. Good fall/winter. Not my style but not bad. I say the aroma is the master trait.


 craftbeerdesign (762), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Dec 19, 2009  
on tap at Taco Mac, Crabapple. arrived a muddy brown with little head... lots of sweet dark fruit notes on the nose... medium body, big malt presence, spice notes, and more dark fruit including raisins... really didn’t pick up on the Brett or anything Wild. Solid Abbey Dubbel from start to finish...


 BMan1113VR (2940), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 18, 2009  
On Tap at Library Alehouse (screw you Dallas Gingerman for holding your keg back for 3 months now...it is Fall Wild not Early Spring Wild!). Pours with a smallish tan head and a clear amber body. Aroma of apricots, caramel, honey, and dark fruits. Pretty malty. Taste is brett, horse, funk and apricots. Dry finish with medium bubbles. Nice.


 badlizard (2380), Berkeley, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Dec 18, 2009  
Clear yellow with a fluffy white head sweet green apple vanilla and flower aroma and taste. Really quite good.


 unclemattie (2433), Georgia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/515/20
Dec 16, 2009  
tap @ john’s creek tacomac. Medium brown color. Nice toasted aroma, lots of dark fruit. Flavor of sweet sugary malt. Caramelized fruit sugar flavors all through the finish. Wow, this is good. This is a textbook Abbey Dubbel.


 marcus (1896), Sacramento, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 12, 2009  
On tap at Monks Kettle. Pours dark brown with a nice beige head and a sour fruit aroma. The flavor is dark fruit with a slightly sour wild yeast taste and a dry finish.


 heemer77 (4311), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 11, 2009  
Tap at KC Flying Saucer. Dark brown body with a light khaki head. Nose is funky tart with some vineous and oaky character. There is also a little bit of bubblegum. The taste is like bubblegum and oak funk with a leathery finish. There is persistent sweetness and the notes of lightly roasted coffee complement that character. I enjoyed this one as the sweet was not overwhelming.


 ajm (950), Los Angeles, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/517/20
Dec 8, 2009  
Nose of a tart Flemish style: sour, yeast, light malt and fruit. Color is a great deep red like an off-batch of La Folie. Flavor is oddly thick, like a bruin with notes of red delicious apple skin. Sweet, ultimately. Can’t believe it’s a dubbel... but makes more sense than the sour I thought it was.



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