Palm Ongefilterd (draught)

Brewed by Brouwerij Palm
Style: Belgian Ale
Steenhuffel, Belgium

From tap de Zalm, Roeselare. Pours hazy orange with a huge white head. Mild fruity and slight citric aroma. Vague butterish, malty and slight yeasty fruity flavoured. Light acidic touch into a yeasty and malty finish. Caramel and butterish.

Draught @ De Zalm, Roeselare, Belgium.
Unclear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light nuts, toffee, buttery, light hoppy and yeasty, fruity notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - creamy - smooth, carbonation is soft. [20090308]

Handpumped at De Zalm, Roeselare. Acidic aroma, slightly moldy, hint of citrus fruit. Cloudy dark orange colour. Big stable, Kräusen-like head. The flavour is quite citric, dry lemon flavour, some woody notes. A little grapefruit bitterness. Quite complex. Thinnish mouthfeel. Low carbonation. Nothing like a regular Palm.

Draught at De Zalm, Roeselare. Hazy orange coloured with a medium sized off white head. Fruity aroma of caramel, spices and yeast. Fruity flavour of spices, caramel and yeast with notes of driied fruits and hops. Hoppy finish.

Handpumb @ Brasserie de Zalm. Unclear amber with large off white long lasting creamy head. Sweet malty aroma with notes of fresh wort and wet barley. Sweet malty flavor with caramel and mild hoppy notes. Ends bitter. Soft mouthfeel and refreshing.

On tap at Cafe Horta, Antwerp. Hazy copper colour with lasting creamy head. Caramel/yeast aroma. Lovely and drinkable in mouth. Caramel/yeast/hop finish. Quite full in mouth and much better than normal Palm

A Mes rate: draught at ’t Vosken.
Forgot I had had this one. Noticed it on someone elses list which prompted some notebook searching. Sometime later I have tracked it down. How the hell did I not enter this. All the others are listed. Maybe I was too excited about the Rodenbach Foederbier, Draught Batch Zero Black Albert and the Cantillon Framboise that preceeded it. Perfectly forgivable I reckon. Straight forward Palm but unfiltered. As expected it makes a fairly significant difference. Lots of caramel, dark fruit and Belgian yeasty notes but the hops sing much more than the regular. And for that I found it quite enjoyable.

Palm ongefilterd (=unfiltered) is the cask-ale version of Palm, AFAIK only available in two selected Palm-outlets: the Brouwershuis in Steenhuffel, next to the brewery, and the Grand Café Horta, Kipdorp in Antwerpen. Orange-foxy colour, totally hazy. Thick white, very regular head. Yeasty nose, very much like green beer, some malts. Bitterish, but with a creamy texture from the yeast. Banana, fruit and even some cloveflavours. Lots of malts underneath. Here is some likeness to British real ale: like a strong draught mild. Exactly right carbonation, not fizzy. Aftertaste gives some sweetness, not cloying. Theoretically this is the same beer as the ubiquitous "Palm(ke)". In reality - worlds apart. In character it stands between a strong cask mild, a Bavarian Hefeweizen and a Belgian speciale. BTW, the big difference with British cask ale, is that this is REALLY unfiltered. No isinglass or suchlike fishy thingies. We're Belgian after all.