Captain Lawrence Liquid Gold

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Elmsford, New York USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Tap. Pours a light golden yellow with a nice foamy head aboard. Nose is bread and citrus. Flavors are muted lemon notes with bread. A nice merger of sweet and off-sweet/not puckering sour. Very nice, best of the 3 CL’s I tried.

On tap @ Barcade: Hazy light golden with a thin white film for head. Fruity aroma, with a hint of peach. Some crystal malt is evident as well. Great soft flavor with subtle fruity esters, soft lemon flavors, perfect yeast touch, with a hint of granola covered fresh bananas. (Not that sweet, overly ripe sticky banana) There’s a soft hint of hop in the clean finish. A really smooth and highly drinkable Belgian Pale Ale.

UPDATED: JUL 19, 2009 Growler from puzzI. Straw yellow in color with big white head. Yeast, banana,and some light funk in the aroma. Medium body. The taste was semi sweet with mild banana, yeast coming thru. the finish was fruity and dry. This is a brewer that is on the rise. Thanks, Andy.

Tried this for the first time at the actual brewery. Considering the size of the operations this beer was impressive. I’ve tasted other small brewery beers and have been disappointed, but this was surprisingly good. Beautiful golden color. The taste was not very sweet and definitely had the faint smell and taste of hops. I liked this beer enough to get a growler of it everytime we visit the brewery.

Tap at Waterfront Ale House. Slightly hazy light amber color with a moderate head. Aroma of spice cake, some banana and citrus. Bready malt flavors, fruity, but not too sweet. Banana and orange zest notes. Didn’t pick up too many hops in the flavor, though there could be some grassiness hidden in the background. Medium bodied. Overall pretty good.

Tap at Barcade. Very pale golden colour, spicy aroma, clove, black pepper and light Belgian pale malt. Slight sulphurous and minerally on the nose, but also has enough spicy hop aroma to keep it interesting. The flavour is quite spicy also, with loads of white pepper, clove, and a touch of coriander character. Texture is lean with a very light body and a kiss of bright lemon acidity. Quaffable and refreshing.

Draught at Hop Devil, NYC
Blond color. Aroma of malt, flowery. Smooth flavor, with some malt and honey, light peanuts.

CL gathering 12.9.06 Golden in color. Aroma is spices, yeast, sweet malt, light hops. Taste is sweet malts, spices, yeast, fruity esters. Spicy lightly hopy finish.

Tap at Waterfront Ale House, Brooklyn - I thought this was a lager at first; I thought I detected some lager yeast qualities - quite a high hop profile for the style, combining well with the spicy qualities imparted by the (belgian?) yeast strain used - medium vanilla/honey sweetness, balanced well by the hops - nice, unfiltered appearance, with a full mouthfeel - great with a meal.

On tap at a bar in the same town (that otherwise had nothing but crap. Thank god we finally have a local micro!). Pour was a dull, slightly clouding gold with almost no head. I think the keg had been sitting a little long. Aroma was doughy and fruity, tropical fruits, maybe a little lime. In the mouth it was very phenolic, and just, very... belgian tasting. Even after 2 pints I had a hard time really putting my finger on what I was tasting, and could hardly come up with anything to describe it. Not in some extraordinary, astounding way, just a general thing. Truthfully I guess I’ve never had much fun with low grav belgians (save farmhouse/traditional styles), and this was no exception. Though, while not fun, it was a solid beer worthy of praise.