Butcher’s Tears Green Cap

Butcher’s Tears
Brewed at Gulden Spoor
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted. light to moderate hoppy, herbs, butter notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, herbs. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130405]

(bottle) pours a murky amber colour with a frothy off-white head. aroma of straw, lemons, floral hops, grain and light alcohol, with a hint of lavender and honey. flavour is mostly the same, pale malts with a light hint of maracuja, orange peel and a light-bitter finish. medium-bodied with average carbonation.

330 ml stubby bottle at home, poured into a big Guinness pint glass. Minimalistic label. Bottled on 20/12/12. ABV 6%, 2.15€ Very nice colour, deep orange golden, with little activity in it and a big, white, soapy head on top. Quite good head retention and nice lacing around the glass. Aroma is malty but with lots of hops notes as well, upfront the Styrian Golden and more on the back the Saaz ones. Not bad, although a little faint. Wow, nice bitter taste from the moment it touches the tongue. Quite hoppy, and a bit of malts too. It becomes a little bit more bitter on the aftertaste, with long duration too. Medium thickness on the body, average carbonation. Very dry palate. Overall this was a great beer. I would say it’s very close to an english style IPA or ESB, very good.

Bottle (33 cl) from Kihosk, Copenhagen, Denmark. Clear amber, medium off-white head. Bisuity malt aroma, herbal and grassy hops. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation. Dry, firm bitterness.

ZBF Festival 2013 - Hazy pour with a colour bordering on dark blond to orange. Aroma has floral hops. Flavour is moderately hoppy and has a nice level of bitterness. Carbonation is a bit high and body is a bit light/thin.

27/IV/13 - on tap @ Zythos Bierfestival (2013-419) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing our beers today!

Little cloudy orange beer, big irregular yellowish head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: fruity, grains, bit grassy, weird. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: some citrus, little bitter, yeast, grassy touch. Aftertaste: bitter, metallic, bit medicinal, lots of grapefruit.

Bottle sample @ ZBF’13 shared with the RB Belgian crew. Orangée sur un léger trouble, col blanc. Arôme présente un bouquet houblonné assez fin, citronné. Palais est houblonné sur ce côté fermenté tirant vers le houblonnage à cru. Fruité suivi d’un fleuri moyen pour au final un profil restant très belge, cad tirant sur des houblons nobles - neutres.

Small whitish head leaving lacerings; fully hazy orange-amber beer. Hops - crude EU hops, in serious doses. Old bread. Again oxydation in the flaovur, old bread, oxydized hops, short of cheesy. Quite slick, meidum bodied, well carbonated feel. Disappointing. If one aspires to make IPA, use real IPA hops, not bl**din Be bittering hops.

33 cl. bottle sampled @ ZBF 2013 where it was sold as an IPA. Hazy orange with a creamy white head. Nose is a bit stale, light hops, touch fruit, light sweet BE yeast, hint of spice and dust,… Taste is equally lightly dusty and stale, bitter herbs and grass, light hops, bitter floral and lighter sweet BE yeast,… Body is reasonable but carb. Is touch too low. Its okay.

Bottle at home (april 23, 2013) Hazy golden orange with frothy white head. Lots of bubbles in the glass. Aroma: not much. Some earthiness, citrus and honey. Slightly grassy. Taste has a earthy bitterness, watery, bit of ctrus and grassy notes. Quite thin mouthfeel. Aftertaste of pilsner malts, kiwi and rubber. Low carbonated. Maybe fresh better.