Silenrieux Joseph Spelt Ale

Brewed by Silenrieux
Style: Specialty Grain
Silenrieux, Belgium

Bottle 0,25l. White/yellowish color. A large white head that lasted for a long time.Modest fruity aroma. Heavy malty and fruity flavor. A bit unvaried.

500ml Bottle - Top Foods - Olympia, WA
Aroma – Deep malt aroma with nothing else coming through.
Appearance – Cloudy yellow color with a fluffy white head.
Flavor – Deep malty flavor with some fruitiness with the honey and bread flavors.
Palate – A rich Mouthfeel, with a sweet - dry finish.
Overall – An interesting Spelt with some huge bread like qualities. This was in Honor of Joe we lost back in November - “Via Con Dios” - Joe.

A Mes rate: 33cl bottle at Casper’s Christmas Cracker.
Cloudy yellow with a reasonable head and full of carbonation. Very grainy aroma as expected with some nice malt and sweet fruity notes. Burnt malt and spice flavour, very vegetal unfortunately. Tart and slightly dry finish. Over carbed. Dull.

Blah...weird beer. Aroma was somewhat sour citrus so I was excited. Pour was a flat dark yellow with no head. Taste was incredibly sweet. A lot of honey, bread and grain flavor. Way too sweet.

Bottle with Mes & tashi. Citrus aroma . cloudy yellow appearance. Dry grain and spice flavour. Decent but uninspiring

Pours golden with a tall white head that leaves thick lacing behind. Very crisp on the palate with a dry finish. Fruity citrus and bready flavor, yeasty finish. Hints of banana, dry grainy flavors, and estery clove and coriander finish. Decent beer, very inexpensive, I found it for $4.25 for a cork finished 750ml.

I had high hopes for this beer, since we have the same name. Alas I was a bit disappointed. 75 cL pours a clearish, pale gold with white head that did last a little while. Aroma is sweetish, lighter fruits, yeasty, with just a little creamed corn. Flavor was somewhat sweet, but not quite cloying, and lightly bitter. Lively but a bit wet. Sweetish finish. I can’t help but compare it to Blaugies’ Saison d’Epeautre, and this one was nowhere near as interesting, to me. Tasted to me like a lot of other sweet blondes on the market, except maybe with fewer spices (and that may be a point in its favor). I did enjoy it, but I doubt I’d pursue it again.

Pours cloudy with a sustained white head. Smells od cloves, bananas, dough, sugar. Tastes of ginger, lots of coriander, cloves, sugar, some bananas. Mouthfeel is thick. Finish is sweet. Surprisingly full bodied for a 5% ABV beer.