Brugse Zot

Brewed by Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan
Style: Belgian Ale
Brugge, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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This beer needs to be drank on a sunny terrace. When served in the original glass it reveals a true colour transformation. Low in the glass, where the glass is thin, the colour is darker. It gets lighter when you go higher in the glas. Because of the shape of the glass it looks like a chameleon. The taste is fresh and sweet and it needs to be chilled.

An average ale at best. I am still convinced that there is something in the water of Brugge that makes it difficult to make an enjoyable beer.

0.33l bottle. Pours a pale yellow body with tons of white floaters and a gigantic fluffy white head. Aroma is spicy, yeasty and notes of grapefruit and wheat. Body is medium and light drinkable and the carbonation is medium to high. Tastes refreshing with a slightly fruity banana-profile, coriander, malty and slightly spicy. Ends in a spicy finish with a slightly sweet and watery aftertaste. Nice enough.

Bottle. many thanks, Beermerchants Poured into goblet glass. White lacing, standard Belgian ale-lager appearance. Aroma is hey; lemon, straw, grass, some metalic edge, nector and flowers. Taste is lemon, hey, grass, flowers, honey, nectar, oily, watery, thin base, creamy, some small ctiric hop bite but just an average Belgian blonde. Easy but nothnig special

Lettdrikkelig, litt mye karbonering. Bra balanse, men litt for lite å balansere! Trenger mere fylde. Kort smak.

Bottle 33 cl from Le Grain d’orge in Neuchâtel (CH). Golden with thin white foam, numerous floating particles, laces. Fruity nose of malt, honeyed sweetness, yeast. The taste is rather dry, spiced with citrus. Rather short in finale, stay on citrus, velvety.

UPDATED: MAR 18, 2011 Pretty weak taste, it smells a little bit rotten. herbs, barnyard, leather, leaves, cooked vegetables, rotten eggs, amber, clear, white foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, thin feel, oily feel, soft carbonation,

UPDATED: MAR 16, 2011 tap@ZBF 2011: much better on tap, more balanced, sweeter, less bitter, yeast, slight fruit (pear & apple), light floral /// bottle@bar: average to slightly before standard Belgian Ale that plays it safe with an overemphasis on bitter hops in the finish, clean, some spice, cool story, not interesting beer, remember this being more interesting a while ago (rating for tap version, the better version)

Bottle. Hazy gold with a pillowy white head. Smells of spice, orange, and some honey. Flavors of citrus as well, mostly orange, with some estery yeast. Not bad by any means but definately not worth the high price tag.

It is a paler Belgian ale. Very clean, nicely hopped, spicy. I had it a bit cold at the bar.