Caulier Simcoe Edition

Brewed by Caulier
Style: American Pale Ale
Péruwelz, Belgium

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Draft at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Subtle, piney hop nose has minty, juniper-like notes. It seems they tried to make a rough hop into a fine thing. Pale gold with a greenish sheen. Surprisingly mild bitterness, dry, with a lingering, lightly resinous hop-bitter aftertaste. Quaffable, enjoyable even, but surely there are better hops than a bruiser like Simcoe for a quencher like this? I’m all for the experimentation though.

Draught Fluffy, snowwhite head over clear golden beer with a verdigris shine. Greenmalt, young, unfinished beer, fatty acids and no hops to smell. Dull, malty, less young tasting than the nose suggested, but still: WHERE’S THE SIMCOE??? Light body; despite the visual, fizzy. I cannot see the point. A "Simcoe Edition" that delivers no hops, for Chrissakes?