Nimbus Belgian Gold

Brewed by Nimbus Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Tucson, Arizona USA

On tap at Nimbus - Pours a hazy golden color with a thin white head. Very little lacing. Aroma is esters and very light yeast. Flavor is much of the same. Medium body. I’m not a big Belgium ale fan, but this was pretty good. A good, new beer from Nimbus.

This beer sits in my pint glass with a fully hazy, straw-gold color and is topped by a wispy, off-white colored head that barely covers the beer. This beer has an aroma that is predominantly made up of fruit aromatics and an earthy spiciness, which makes me think of the Chimay yeast strain.

There is a fair amount of sweetness in the flavor, though it is not enough to keep this from being light and quaffable. The sweetness accentuates some fruit notes of pear and a touch of green apple. There is also a light, lemon-like zestiness to the flavor as well as an unrelated, yet accentuating, touch of tartness. There is some malt sweetness that leans towards simple grain accents, but there is something else (definitely fermentation derived) that seems to be upping the sweetness here; it works here and seems to be almost saccharine like in some ways. The mouthfeel has a certain fullness to it, which somehow works in a beer of this gravity. There are some grassy grain flavors here, and I would bet that the hops also add to these flavors. A definite underlying earthy note and a low level of spicing are just perceptible as well. This has really hit the spicing almost perfectly; there is nothing that hits you over the head with its obviousness. This is actually quite nice, and I am much more impressed than I was expecting.