Crazy Mountain Old Soul Belgian Strong Ale

Brewed by Crazy Mountain Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Edwards, Colorado USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Sampled at Big Beers, Belgians, and Barleywines. Pours hazy yellow with a medium-low fizzy white head, low-medium retention with no lacing. Aroma is medium sweet malt, fruity esters, banana, and some earthy hops. Flavor is medium malt (grain) with grassy, citrus hops and fruity esters; low alcohol. Light to medium body with medium carbonation and a slick finish.

draft. lightly hazed gold. dishsoap phenols, egg shells, chemicals, pale malt, honey, sugar in the nose. medium-light body. more dishsoap, candy sugar, white pepper, herbal bleach flavor. blah.

Tasting at Brewers Rendezvous 7/9/11. Pours a white, short lived head, over a hazy, yellow (SRM 3) body...nose is pear, apple, light banana, bubblegum....taste is grapefruit without bitterness, pear, apple....mouth feel light, carbonation high. This is a light take on a Belgian Golden Strong, meeting the style, but with out great conviction. BJCP 6/3/11/4/6

On tap at 2011 Garden Grapes and Hops at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Smell of dark sour fruits, funky Belgo yeast, and some overripe apricot. Taste was bright and , with ripe fruit, candy sugar, a light hop flavor with a lot of bitterness. Malt is somewhat fruity, but it’s the yeast stealing the show. Light dryness on the finish. Strong and assertive, but I’m not a fan of the cobbled-together flavor.

On tap @ freshcraft. Somewhat orangish yellow appearance with a white head. Fairly floral, belgian yeasty, light citrusy aroma. Floral, orange citrusy, light yeasty, belgian ale flavor.