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Smuttynose Star Island Single

Smuttynose Star Island Single - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
54
overall
Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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1453.09/5.03.08/5.0Spring5.4%46Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Previously known as Abbey Single/Blonde Ale.

Session ale brewed with spice
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 Beerman6686 (1266), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
Nov 8, 2009  
This poured a clear bright yellow color with a fluffy white head. Aroma was plae malts, and light spices. Flavor was of premiuim lager, slight grassy notes and some mild spices as well.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 7, 2009  

Date: October 07, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Appearance: clear copper, wispy off white head
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, caramel sweetness, light breadyness, touch of spicyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, touch of floral hops with a light herbal spicyness, light balancing bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4


 LearninBeer (194), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/513/20
Nov 6, 2009  
Pours a light yellow/orange, off-white creamy head, mostly diminishing, good lacing. The aroma is yeasty, mold, stale same as their IPA. The flavor is refreshing, I guess it’s spice, kinda light easy to drink as there’s not a whole lot going on.


 Rustyham (545), miami, Florida, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/59/20
Nov 3, 2009  
Decent malty blonde, a lot like leffe, but the plate is too thin and wispy. I could probably down a few of these, but I don’t see a reason to. Bottle from Total Wine and Spirits, Naples, Florida.


 McGarnigle (303), Rochester, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 3, 2009  
Bottle drink by Dec 09. Slightly hazy gold pour, very little head. Crackling carbonation. Tastes of citrus, coriander and slight tartness. Summer-ish brew that flatters itself to call it an Abbey single.


 MrBunn (1521), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a nice amber with a decent head that dies fairly quickly. Aromas have a bit of spice and topsoil with a little bit of cat pee or something a little off. Flavor certainly has a nice edge of spices... fennel, sage and coriander come to mind, but I’m not exactly an encyclopedia on the subject. A little bit of a honey sweet maltiness weaves its way through the spices. This is a little watery and not very interesting. It’s not bad, just not compelling.


 Cruzan59 (197), Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/58/20
Oct 28, 2009  
12oz bottle trade (thanks Dusty!)...cloudy yellowish-gold pour with a small white head...light fruit aroma...rather dank taste...not much there...some spice, some citrus...mostly blah...I don’t get it...


 chriso (4683), London, Greater London, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 22, 2009  
On tap at Kinsale Irish Pub, Boston MA, 2 October 2009. Clear gold colour. I wasn’t at all sure what this was supposed to be. Not much happening. Very little aroma. A little sweet fruity bubblegum and hints of spicy yeast in the flavour. Presumably Belgian style. Nothing particularly wrong, but not much to it.



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