Brugse Zot

Bottle, at Zot Restaurant, Philadelphia. golden amber, with a moderate sized off-white head that declined fairly quickly. Aroma of wheat, yeast, and citrus. Nicely balanced flavor; yeast, herbs, anise, citrus, malt and floral flavors complement each other very well. tasty and refreshing.

Bottle, a clear amber with a large foamy white head. A light aroma, a bit sour. Some malt characters, but quite astringent, smoothness in the dry finish.

In the 330 mL bottle from John’s Grocery. Pours a dark golden amber color with an enormous number of floating yeast colonies moving perpetually up and down with the egress of the carbonation bubbles. The off-white colored boisterous head is barely contained within the tulip glass. The aroma is a bit mystifying to me: I can’t quite get any subtle scents other than a toffee-like and medicinal aroma underneath all the yeast. The flavor would benefit from less carbonation that pushes the beer in your mouth much like a bromoseltzer. You can tell that it has the right malt intensity, but it just has trouble finding its place with the carbonics.

330mL, best by Feb 09. Golden-colored with quarter-inch yeast chunks motoring about, and a humongous head that settles to a lasting foam ring. Aroma is honey, malt, grapes, apples and alcohol. Flavor is bubblegum and malt on front with an undercurrent of dry tingly hops and yeast. Finish brings in the dryish fruit and alcohol notes. Palate is light-medium and tingly. The alcohol seems pretty noticeable for 6% and I usually don’t like that, but it seems to provide some nice flavor balancing for this beer.

Pours a five-finger+ white pillowy head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Murky cloudy amber color with a lot of chunky bits. Slight spicy/grapefruit nose. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied. Flavor is spicy and slightly sour. Clean finish. $4.39 for a 330ml bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

on tap at ’t Brugs Beertje. Cristal clear golden blond beer with orange highlights and a very stabile white head on top. Aroma is straight forward. One can notice a good maltyness and an attractive bitter touch in the nose. The taste is nice and easy drinking, the balans is good and the afthertaste clean.

330 mL bottle. Clear golden yellow with fluffy white head. Aroma of orange, spices, and yeast. Very bright palate. Taste of tangy fruit bread. Crisp finish.

Light golden with a nice and creamy head. The aroma is fruity and sweetish with notes of malt. The flavour is sweet with nice notes of fruit, candy sugar and light citrus. This charming brew has a nice harmony. 2275