De la Senne Taras Boulba

Brewed by Brasserie de la Senne
Style: Belgian Ale
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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This may be the ultimate summer beer. Although it’s about 40 degrees in philly as I drink it, summer time beckons. A light malty aroma comes through. The beer is a pale amber with a small head. The flavor is light and crisp with floral hops dominating. Well balanced and quite tasty. i

Light hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, yeasty and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 081211

Bottle. Unclear golden with medium white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops and a little citrus. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, little citrus and bitter.

I didn’t put this in my beer cellar list, so I’m not sure when I got it. If I had, I’d have cracked a low-alcohol hoppy beer much sooner. Pour is just noticeably darker than the usual golden Belgian pale lager. Lots of floaty bits, I’m guessing hop bits rather than yeast? Aroma is nice, but it’s nice for a sweet Belgian pale, nit much trace of hop. But then there’s the taste. It is bitter as advertised, just the peppery noble hop bitterness. Backed by a dryly fermented malt that just gives this the nice feel of a beer. Something your Bud-drinking uncle might enjoy if he gets curious about those funny looking beers you have.

Barely any aroma at all. Decent head of foam. Agreeable bitterness. Watery texture.

33cl bottle. Pours a light cloudy gold with a white head; contains some floating brown sediment. Smells of sweet citrusy hops. Has a strong bitterness to it, but is well-balanced with the sweetness and citrus flavors.

Bottle from Craft Beer Co on recommendation from Tom. Colour is a light hazy pale yellow/orange. Nose is sherberty, touch sour, citrous, grainy, yeasty. Taste is bitter sour citric and touch of yeast. Makes your mouth water with the citric bitterness. Has a lingering bitterness and sourness on the tongue which is not entirely pleasant. Very acidic. Interesting, but a little too rough on the tongue.

Bottle @ Home. Pours slightly hazy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, wheat, notes of yeast, lemo, passion fruit. Taste is malt,wheat, bitter hops with grapefruit, lemon, orangepeel. Medium body, soft carbonation. Nice refreshing beer. 211111

33 cL bottle from ABS Drinks in Winksele into a Westmalle glass. Cloudy gold with fizz and a decent head. Yeasty malt aroma, straw beer. Yeasty and dry. Not a bad beer, but a bit too dry for me. Has hints of Westmalle but its not as good.

Hazy yellow with a thick white head. Hops and fruity tones. Hops, fruit and spices. Medium to light body with a bitter finish.