Flossmoor Station 12

Formerly brewed at Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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I had this at the Mug Club tapping and on subsequent visits. It pours a cloudy dark straw body with a short head. The nose is yeasty and has cherries, lemon, alcohol, warm spices, and an underlying pale malt sweetness. The flavor has a light funky sourness to it and a touch more alcohol. Later visits added some soft bananas to the mix. Not bad.

Flossmoor Station, Flossmoor, IL

UPDATED: AUG 8, 2008 Draft at The Map Room. Poured a hazy medium orange color. The head was short, bubbly, white, and reduced quickly to a lasting film. Attractive aroma of clove, pastry, and citrus (lemon greater than orange). Medium bodied and slightly sweet with noticeable alcohol warmth. Tasted of citrus liqueur, clove, a splash of sparkling white wine, and a hint of vanilla. Nice.

on draft at FS. pours hazy golden with white head. wheaty, yeasty, and lemon in the nose. flavor of wheaty, metallic, biscuity, candi sugar, and rather spicy finish. not my thing really.

Draft at the brewpub. Congrats on the anniversary! Pours a cloudy almost opaque golden thick honeyish hue. Small head that is still pretty. Aromas are largely of spicy belgian yeast and a nice fruity sweetness. Initial is a bit underwhelming in alcohol content (Surprising), with some very nice belgian yeast, spiciness, and a nice honey sweetness with a touch of fruit. Sweetness balances the begian yeast well. A very nice beer indeed!

tap at Flossmoor for Collabo Evil release.... pours a cloudy orange, almost hefe like, with a thin circular film of white head..... aroma was syrupy/sugary with a pineapple and banana resembling sweetness.... semi-cloyingly sweet flavor profite almost like a wheat wine. somewhat of an off-bitterness in the finish. a little heat comes through as well.

Draft. Rating #1512! (Okay, I need to stop this.) Nice golden Belgian pils/blonde color, slight haze and a thin head. Crisp Belgian malt smell, light on hop nose. Taste re-emphasizes Belgian maltiness, a bit of bubblegum esters, and what I thought was a touch of wheat. Further in are notes of cut grass and lemon. Bitterness is present but does not stand out. Everything is in excellent balance, which is not easy to do in a strong beer, let alone a Belgian one.

On tap at the Pre-Dark Lord Day party at Flossmoor. Pours orange with some off white head. Aroma of bourbon, wood. Flavor is Belgian: fruit, whiskey, pretty nice actually. Smooth mouthfeel. Good carbonation. I dug this one.

Pours a very cloudy golden with very little head and plenty of yeast still in suspension. This should settle out given time and rest, and I’ll rerate then. The nose is spicy/fruity/yeasty/and alcoholic. Very pleasant spicy fruitiness is the first impression...largely due to the copious amounts of yeast still floating around. Nice honey sweetness present to balance the Belgian spices. The big ABV is always present but nicely tucked away in the background, moving forward only in the finish as a slight burn on the back of the palate. Very enjoyable brew...I just wish it were mine.

On tap at the Station 7/10/08. Based upon the 10 and 11, I had pretty high expectations for this one. Pours a hazed yellow hay color with a white head. Yeasty citrus, grain, spice, herb, and a subtle funk. Lemons, yeast, Belgian spices in the flavor. Its a little overly sweet and definitely overly spicy. A bit odd of a beer that’s mediocre overall.

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2008 On tap at Flossmoor Station. Pours nice light golden in color with billowing white head. Aroma is of grains and yeast. Flavor is on light side with light malts, grain and yeast. This is a nice refreshing ale with some citrus. On the light side for the styly but enjoyed quite a bit for the style.