Bluegrass Hell For Certain

Brewed by Bluegrass Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bright, shining crimson color, under a very thin layer of off-white foam. Aroma, full of fruit, big orange, peach, and more, rich and inviting, spicy, citric, very nice. Taste: great blast on the palate initially, a aflush with fruit and spice, again, warm and friendly, with a ticklish tingle from a cinnamon/clove-like spicy contingent. Delish. Yeah, I’m talking yum, and I mean it! Were I situated in the Bluegrass State, I’m drink their supply dry, I’m pretty certain. "Devilishly Good Belgian Style Ale", say the label, and I particularly dig the Satanic chap on the label, but I can’t say for sure which style they’re emulating here. Not a dubbel, not quite a tripel...a tripel meets a wit, with a touch of saison? Doesn’t matter, it’s damned delicious!

Draft. Deep brown pour with a thin off white head. Scent is yeast, caramel, and candy. Taste is sweet and yeasty.

12 ounce bottle
Maybe this is better on tap but otherwise it is a complete train wreck. Much like some other BBC beers it comes across as confusing with no focus and flaws that are hard to mask.

Aroma / Appearance - The first problem was the gushing bubbly mess that poured forth the second the bottle was opened. When it finally settled the carbonation was so active it was like looking at the bubbler in an aquarium. Mashed potatoes with lemon butter stand out in a mix that is just somehow off and unappealing.

Flavor / Palate - Malt, caramel, and sugary apple crisp almost redeem the initial impression. Unfortunately it slips as the carbonation batters the palate. Even a warmth that fades softly in the back of the throat can’t save an unfocused and messy release. Drink at your own risk.

CASK! Had this on cask at12 south cask-stravaganza. Lots of chocolate, raisin, deep malt and pitted fruit. Nice and very easyonthe palate, no hint of 7.5 abv in this.

On tap at Gerstle’s. Pours deep brown with an off-white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, toasted caramel malts, and a hint of hops. Flavor sweet like a Belgian ale should be, but with the yeast and hops that make it a balanced beer. One of my favorite American-made Belgian style beers.

Blah. It’s just a little less spicy and more sweet than I want it to be. It’s not terrible or anything, and I didn’t mind it. I just wouldn’t spend my money on it. Luckily, the bottle I had was free!

This is a rating for the old lighter version of hell for certain, not the new brown more dubbel like style. Pours hazy golden amber with a nice off white head. Aroma is banana, spice, and light malts. Flavor is nice and malty with a good flavor of banana, light fruit and spices, not bad for a strong belgian blonde, but I think the new version may be a little better.

Murky brown pour with a thin white head. Aroma of mild hops, malt and caramel. Flavor of caramel and spices. The body is light with a creamy texture and moderate carbonation.

Pours dark red-brown with white head, opaque. Aroma of sweet caramel malts, raisins, and dark fruit. Flavor is caramel and raisins...not very strong, kind of watery. Medium sticky mouthfeel. Overall...its kind of boring...the aroma got me excited...but from there on it was a let-down.

Pours a hazy, orange-copper body with a lasting ring of beige head. Aromas of yeast and caramelized malts. Flavor is caramel, yeast, malt. Finish is malty with a little black tea. Decent body.

12oz bottle. Pours clear amber with a thin tan head. Aroma of caramel malt and yeast. I taste sweet and caramel malts on the front end with yeast and a bit of hops in the finish.