Barrier Mare Undarum Belgian IPA

Brewed by Barrier Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Oceanside, New York USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Growler from the brewery. Pale hazy straw color with lasting white head. Yeasty esters banana mango aroma. Mildly sweet fruity pineapple mango with medium assertive citrus dry bitter bready finish. High fine carbo. Body might be too light. I think they should bring this up to 6.9% and it would be incredible. Excellent as it is though.

Growler filled at Big Z and consumed two days later. Pours a hazy pale gold with a moderate white head that lasted through the first two sips and left light lace. Very pleasant aroma of Belgian yeast that is both fruity and spicy. The flavor is very similar with the addition of some grapefruit citrus that emerges about five seconds after the sip and lingers briefly on the palate. Some grapefruit pith at the swallow that hangs around for about ten seconds before subsiding. Nice.

Pouring at TAP NY. Pours a hazed golden yellow with a thin white head. Soft Belgian yeast, toast and faint musk on the nose. Toast and light hops. Smooth yeast and wheat. Clean and simple, estery musk and yeast. Very nice.

tap - arouma is awesomely fruity, citrus, lemon and phenols in the nose. Light bodied. Body isn’t as sweet as I’d like.. dry body and finish. Apples and peaches. Dry spice and a outch of pepper and light yeast. Solid.

Draft. Fruity delicious nose and pours hazy orange. Taste is of citrus, yeast, sour apple, clove and resiny hops. Quite nice

Very Belgian inspired IPA. Lots of wheat and yeast to start with some hops to finish. There is also a nice clove flavor throughout which, I think, is pretty much the characteristic flavor of anything that is going to call itself Belgian IPA.

Draft. Pours gold with a white head. Yeasty and floral aroma with light lemony notes. The flavor has spicy yeast, lemony fruity notes, and flowery notes. Good stuff.

Growler from the brewery. Pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. aroma of yeast, clove, light Belgian spices, and citrus. The flavor shows more of the hop profile (bitter hops, citrus hops) with the Belgian notes present but definitely pushed to the background. An interesting Belgian IPA as it’s more hop forward (a plus for me) but still lets the Belgian notes through. Good stuff. 7/4/8/4/14 [3.7/5]

Interesting beer, more of an IPA than a Belgian. The Belgian characteristics, like the peppery yeast, are subdued here. The appearance is a hazy yellow, white head. The aroma is pine hops, light spicy, yeasty notes. The flavor is exactly the same, more resiny hops. The finish is a resin hop bittering, some light spicyness. Enjoyable.

On tap at rattle. Light and fluffy floral ipa. Pours light, honey and floral aroma, sweet and assertive hop, tart, and floral herb tang.