Brugse Zot

Bottle, 33 cl. Clear dark golden with white head. Aroma of some dusty hops, yeast. Taste is watery sweet. Light body. No Bitterness.

Sampled at Lucky Baldwins, February 2007
The beer is brilliantly clear and shows a straw gold color. It is topped by a frothy, creamy, rocky, light to pale tan colored head that is quite big for a beer from the tap and in fact leaves quite a well defined lacing pattern on the sides of the glass. The aroma is dominated by grassy hop aromatics, but there are also some fresh grain notes and a lightly toasted, biscuit malt character here as well.

The beer tastes lightly, well not it is fairly sweet, but it is deceptive as it is quite light on the palate. The flavor is grassy with notes of hay; these notes seem to be derived from both the malt / grain character as well as the particular hop choice. This beer has a really nice, pale malt character to it; the combination of malt sweetness, biscuit notes and touches of soda crackers really compliments the grassy hop notes. This tastes like a cross between a malt accented, yet still quite hoppy, pils and a Belgian ale, which is I suppose quite what the brewer was attempting. It is very easy drinking and I can definitely see quaffing a few of these on a seasoned Summer day.

draft from Lowlander. Rate from January 06. Pale gold with creamy white head. Decent lace. Spiced nose with fruit, yeast and nana esters. Strong citrus taste with orange zest, spice and sweet malts. Not impressed. Avoided this beer ever since.

Bottle. High white and lasting head. Clear yellow body. Weak malt aroma. Mind and sweet malt flavor without bitterness.

A blonde beer with a typical triple nose, A triple with a bitter linger, Sampled at brewey

33 cl bottle, ’bbe’ Nov 09. Dark golden, a bit brassy colour. Totally clear. Moderate pearling, the head laces quite well. Sweet and fruity (a hint of pineapple) nose with a minty touch. Malty and yeasty taste with a spicy bitter finish; less sweet but also less flavoursome than the aroma hints - a kind of ’washed out’. Oil slicky texture.

Bottle: Orangey coloured, stable foamy layer; sweetish-sourish-fruity nose (citrus fruit with - maybe - a tinge of coriander), moderate sweetish-sourish flavour with a light bitterness, quite light bodied; citrusy aromas in the drier, sourish finish, followed by a faint bitterness in the aftertaste. Good, refreshing stuff.......

Bottle. Golden with a large foam and lots of carbonation. Aromas are yeast, lemon and spices with toasty malts and strong banana. Flavours are caramel and biscuit malts followed by banana milkshake syrup. Yeasty and spicy with a bitter, dry finish. Light and drinkable.