De la Senne Zinnebir

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottled, alc. 6.0% (BB 12/2007)
Hazy orange color, good creamy white head. Yeasty and fruity aroma, some grassy notes. Dry, hoppy with lemony flavor. Good balanced tripel-like ale with long bitter aftertaste.

Bottle. Mostly lasting medium sized white head with fair lacing, transparent, carbonated, and a yellow hue. Malty, sweet, whiff of banana, spicy, and clove nose. Sweet, sour, malty, spicy, and fruity flavor. Mouthfeel was tingly. Medium body.

Sweet malty aroma. Pours blond with champagne like bulbs. Sweet malt flavor, with a good hop bite, and a little spice, with a dry finish.

Hazy gold. Huge, dense, creamy, frothy, white head. Nose is big musty yeast, malt, grains, crisp cedary hops. Smells like a mild saison. Flavor is lightly sweet malt up front, balanced in the middle, and a dry, clean, bitter hop finish. Musty yeast and grains underlying throughout. Medium/light body. Refreshingly carbonated. Dry aftertaste. More hoppy than your standard belgian. Great session brew, but a little pricey for that. Underrated at 3.1.

Bottle, at Beer Circus, Brussel March 2005. Hazy gold, good off white head and moderate condition. Nicely spiced and sweetly grainy in the nose, fruity spicy wheat notes in the mouth with some sweet grain, long dry and spicy finish with some hints of piney resinous hops.

UPDATED: APR 3, 2006 75 cl bottle. Hazy golden with a healthy head. Aroma cries out grass and hay with a hint of coriander and is rather sweet with the usual Belgian blonde yeastiness. Flavour is very sweet, but good hoppiness makes for a dry, slightly sour finish. Slightly oily texture, well carbonated. A very pleasant beer. This (re-)rating is for the Crianza version of it, grouped together here.

Bottle. Pours an orange amber with little head. Aroma is yeasty with light fruits. Taste is moderately hoppy with yeast and some fruit. Nothing special.

Lightly hazy blond to amber ale with a creamy white head, lacing. Very bready malt aroma with light coriander notes. Nice whiskey malt in mouth, with good hops and more pronounced coriander. Nice creamy body, medium. Bottle at Poechenellekelder, April 2005, 3.3 euros.

6% on the label. Light amber color. Hoppy, citric vanilla aroma. Hoppy flavor with citrus and a hint of pear. Just a bit on the thin side, but a well made and quite drinkable Belgian ale with a long hoppy aftertaste.

Bottled. Cloudy amber. Sweet and mild with rounded creamy mouthfeel and medium body. Flavours are very subtle, including caramel and yeast. At best it feels soothing.