Redfish Angry Monk Belgian Ale

Formerly brewed at Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse
Style: Belgian Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

22oz bottle Sassy flowers brown ale. The ORval of CO? not really, but a dry bitter beer, no brett detected, but idiosyncratic like Orval. Bitterness wains as it sits, a nutty malt takes over, lingering along the Vrain. Could some Vrain be in there? bottle was filled to the absolute brim after being sunmerged in the Vrain for 20min. I’d call the aroma dirty too for some reason, but that doesn’t mean its bad. A bit of smokeyness. The drear creeps in as I drink this beer. Thunder rumbles, Garth is sleeping, he musta bumped his head. I talked to a friend who’s a linguist, she said Angry can be a synonym for friendly prankster, but that doesn’t mean they mean the same thing. Maybe just astringency in the finish, but I like it nonetheless.

Murky orange, sweet and spicy nose, coriander, fuel, cheap hops, perhaps. Flavor has bananas, scotch, sweet berries, really it’s quite good for the style.

22 oz. bottle: no head, but moderate cabonation in the glass, and some lacing as I drink. Some floral, malty hints in the aroma. Flavor is complex, fruity yeast esters notes with some alcohol flavor evident, and candy sugar byproduct flavors. Nice mouthfeel, too. Aftertaste is bitter, dry and warm.

On the pour a pellucid burnished copper to sangrineous color, the head is fairish in size, creamy in texture and the color a nice light tan. A bit of yeast, plummish more like it with a sweet malt backing, a tolerable nose, start is richly malt, lightly sweet, and the top middling in its feel to the palate. Finish is robustly carbonated; the hops present but not overpowering, dry and somewhat sour aftertaste, a drinkable beer, great no, but a decent beer in its on right.

Draught. Body is dark amber. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel), moderately yeasty (cobwebs), with notes of banana, clove, and toffee. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation.

On tap: Amber clear under a small short lasting off white head. Low carb medium smooth body. Sweet caramel malty, citric zesty spicey and some doughy yeast flavours. Alcohol is very well masked Light predominantly bitter finish.

Dark Orange. Medicines in the aroma along with burnt banana bread, bready malts, toffee, almonds and dark fruits (cherries and plums). Tastes of dark fruits, dark candy sugars and caramel, most flavors usually involved in the style. This just wasn’t big enough an it had a pretty thin mouthfeel.

on tap-pours a tan head and cloudy brown color. Aroma is sugary/sweet medium malt-caramel, vanilla, dark fruit. Taste is sugary/sweet medium malt-caramel, vanilla, dark fruit. OK carbonation.