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Brooklyn Flemish Gold


 Percentile 
82
overall
A Saison brewed by
Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn, New York USA

bottling
unknown

on tap
common

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323.49/5.03.45/5.0Special6.5%53.6Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Brewed broadly in the Belgian saison (or sezoens) farmhouse ale style, Brooklyn Flemish Gold is a dry, hoppy, spicy beer with a distinctive American twist. Flemish Gold is brewed from German pilsener malt and brewer’s sugar, bittered with German Perle hops, aromatized in the kettle with Czech Saaz hops, and fermented to flinty dryness by a Belgian ale yeast. Then we dry-hop the beer with Glacier (a relatively new hop in the Fuggle family) from the Pacific Northwest. Served unfiltered, Flemish Gold has a bright, fresh hop aroma, an orangey spiciness from our special top-fermenting yeast, a racy, refreshing palate, and a snappy finish.

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 nhorween (554), New York, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/515/20

Oct 4, 2008  
Tap at Blind Tiger. Cloudy gold color with an eggy head. Aroma of banana, allspice, clove, bubblegum. Sweetness is right there with light spices. Flavor is less interesting. Almost minty right before the finish, pithy lemon notes. Clean malts. I need to rerate this one for sure.

 dkachur (1070), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/105/513/20
Dec 4, 2008  
Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a slightly hazy lemon yellow color with a medium frothy head, good head retention and excellent lacing. Hoppy citrus aroma with some caramel notes. Taste is citrus hops, caramel and peppery spice. Very smooth with very soft carbonation. Medium bodied.


 omhper (10950), Stockholm, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 30, 2008  
<i>Draught at Bishop’s Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm. </i> Cloudy golden, minimal head.Piney yeasty aroma. Sweetish and medium bodied with fairly clean mouthfeel. Some banana, honey and soap. Spicy and gingerish underneath the clean, slender rounded malt. Low bitterness.


 Suttree (2404), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 27, 2008  
On tap, Barley’s, Asheville. Pours gold, as one might expect. Nice mish mash of aromas - white wine, herb, grains - and a similiar mix of flavors. The Bride thought she picked up Thyme, and I got white wine and some woody notes. Nice and tasty.


 goldtwins (3747), Nesconset, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Poured a hazed gold-yellow color with a small white head. Spicy aroma with a light toasted malt character. Pepper and clove notes that carry over, although milder, to the flavor. Light short malt taste with a long spiced dry finish. Light-medium body that almost has a refreshing quality.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (1560), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Sampled on draft at Zeno’s in State College PA this beer poured a hazy dark golden color with a medium sized yellow-white head. The aroma was lightly sweet, tangy, spicy and peppery. The flavor was dryish tart and bitter with notes of citrus and pepper and a touch of cardboard underneath. The finish was lightly musty.



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