Slaghmuylder Paasbier

Brewed by Brouwerij Slaghmuylder
Style: Pale Lager
Ninove, Belgium

Tap, yesterday at ZBF. Golden color, with white head. Aroma of yeast en fruit. Flavor some hops. Aftertaste is fruity. A very good alternatif for pils.

(Bottled, BBE 03/2008) Hazy golden color (opaque orange with yeast) with a huge (initially like 10 times more volume than there’s liquid!), foamy head. The head later clumps into somewhat Duvel-like clouds. Crisply hoppy, grassy-flowery aroma. Pouring in the yeast makes it a bit De Dolle -like. Hoppy and moderately acidic, flowery and yeasty-lemony flavor with butter and fruitiness. Buttery-flowery vanilla in the aftertaste. Light to medium-bodied, crisp and refreshing, neutral palate. A very tasty, refreshing and balanced easter brew. Either I got a particularly good sample, or else this beer is way underrated here...

Draught at ZBF 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium
Clear blond body with a fizzy white head. Flowery aroma of hops with some caramel. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour. No so well balanced and a bit soapy. But quite ok.

Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a lot of sediment. Small white cloying head. Enjoyable caramel ryebread aroma also allowing for a hint of grass. Sweet, ryebread flavours, bitterness sets in from the middle and dries the palate. Light-bodied, fizzy. I quite like this beer, a bit more body would have made it even better.

Bottle. There’s some microfloaties in it, giving it a hazy, orange body. Nice off-white head. Fruitysweet on the nose with orange and some lemon, and a tiny sourness in the back. The flavor goes in the same fruity direction, and has some bitterness as well. Medium to full body. Bitter finish with some fruity sweetness. A delicate beer, but slightly boring. And to me, not very Easter-ish. (090213)

33cl bottle @ poechenellekelder, Brussels. Pours clear golden with a white fluffy head and lacings. Corn, yeast and spice in the nose. Herbal, minty and peppery. Medium bodied. Quite one dimensional. Ends spicy and hoppy. OK

Bottle. Clear light yellow orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light malty, toasted, hay, flowers, citros shell. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, and a dry finish, very refreshing. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. (170208)

Bottled. Nice hops aroma with citrus and perfume. Pale yellow color, white head, fair lace. Light sweet, light bitter, perfume, again nice hops, bit grainy in the finish, medium body. Reminded me of a good Kolsch.