Judas

Brewed by Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Jumet, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle, 33 cl. (@ home) Yellow-golden color, great white head. Aroma fruity, light spicy. Medium body. Taste hops, sweet, and bitterness dry finish with alcoholic touch.

Bottle. Pours a thin yellowy-straw colour with a thinnish white head. Nose is funky sherberty fruit with developed brewing yeast. Mouth is sweet, slightly sour tinges with some fruit and maltiness balanced sweetness. A little fruit there, with alcohol warmness and a slight burning of a hop attack. Finishes sweet and sugar syrupy. Quite nice.

Bouteille de 330 ml rapportée d’Espagne par mes parents. Arôme: Odeur d’épices et d’agrumes avec une pointe de vinaigre. Apparence: La couleur est orangée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’orange avec une pointe de gingembre. Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement sirupeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence d’orange et de résineux en arrière goût. (Rating #1136)

Bottle. Large foamy thick white head that mostly lasted. Clear sparkling body with a yellow / golden color. Aroma of yeast, coriander, caramel, a hint of fruit and citrus. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and light alcoholic texture. Light sweet and bitter flavor, hint of acidic. Light sweet finish and somewhat metallic at the very end.

UPDATED: SEP 1, 2007 Golden with a white head. Effervescent yeasty citrus nose. Taste of orange and yeast with vanilla hints. Alcohol is apparent. Very fizzy with a medium body. Does what it says on the tin.

Sampled 9/11/06 at T’Kelderke in Brussels. Almost crystal clear golden color with not much sediment left behind, booo. Aroma is slightly floral with some phenols. Taste kind of falls flat, a little sweet and a little dry and not much else. Typical demonic named golden ale.

330ml bottle at Belgian Beer Café, Sydney. Spicey fruit on the nose balanced with some sweet maltiness. Pours an attractive clean golden body with a dense white head atop. Palate is rich as the strength would suggest, creamy mouthfeel. Quite spicey with pear and apricot like fruit flavours and some sweetness. Floral hops towards a dry finish, alcohol is scarily well hidden. A very nice strong Belgian blonde.

Quite an attractive beer, gold and slightly hazy. Subdued spicy aroma... lead me to believe that this beer may disappoint. However my fears were allayed with the big assertive sweet fruity palate... and pleasant dry finish.