Saint Somewhere Lectio Divina

Brewed by Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Tarpon Springs, Florida USA

Courtesy SoLan. Pours a hazy dark orange with a very small off white head. Smells of big Belgian yeast, some orange citrus, mild candy sugar, and fruits. The flavor is a little tart, pretty sweet, with a decent amount of funk. A little hint of some sourness with tart skins of fruits. Not awesome flavor, but semi-interesting. The candy sugar showed up more in the front and turned into funk towards the end. Not bad.

Clear copper with tan head. Nice toasted caramel, yeasty spicy aroma. Light frothy mouthfeel. Decent flavors of caramel apple with ripe pear and spicy yeast. Nice alcohol twang to finish. Not too bad.

750 ml. Mostly clear copper with a lasting eighth-inch of cream. Aroma is sweet earth: musty, tart apples and berries baked in nutmeg and brown sugar. Flavor is similar, but has more of the musty-tart apple and brown sugar, with hints at vinegar. Some toasted oak and nut in the finish. Medium body is fairly smooth and slightly dryish in the end.

Good sized active off-white head of fine bubbles. Fruity and yeasty aroma with some grains, a hint of tart cherry, some woody notes and maybe some raspberry. Color is a hazy dark mahogany brown. Lively in the mouth, with some toasted grains, more tart cherry, a bit of oak, raisins and some peat. Very complex flavor and pretty darn smooth. Noticeable alcohol presence that warms as it goes down. Finishes pretty clean with some lingering herbal notes and light fruit. A pretty good Belgian ale.

Bottle from Total Wine in Naples FL. Pours copper with an off white head and huge soda like carbonation bubbles. Aroma of flower petals, Belgian esters, and candy sugar. Medium bodied, but with a light texture and some spritzy carbonation. Flavor has all types of things going on- cinnamon, dark candy,caramel, and berry. Slightly above average attenuation. Finish is yeasty with Belgian phenols and a hint of alcohol. Not bad.

Bottle from Beerlando. Mostly clear amber with a small beige head. The nose is lightly sweet, vinous and floral with caramel and golden raisins. Flavor is light sweet with cotton candy, toffee, raisins and herbal hops. Medium body is very soft with very light carbonation. Just a bit more attenuation and higher carbonation and this would be outstanding.

Pours deep amber into a tulip. Tan head recedes to skim surface. Balsamic and spicy fruit aromas. Crisp and well balance - sweet summer fruits upfront turning sour and lemony in the lasting finish.

Received in the homebrew mystery swap. Slightly cloudy gold, white head with nice lacing. Nose is lightly fruity cork, some wood, yeast, grapes. Flavor is corky malt, soft yeasty fruit, a bit oxidized in the finish. Very nice.