La Caracole Saxo

Brewed by La Caracole
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Falmignoul, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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.3L - $6.00 at the Brick Store Pub in Decatur, Georgia. Served up in the garish-looking, long-stemmed Saxo glass. Appearance: Lightly hazed, dark copper body with a full fingers worth of meringue-like, whitish foam. Fair amount of spiderweb lacing on the way down. Smell: Foundation of lightly sweet-scented maltiness on which to set the orchard fruit notes of pears and Red Delicious apples. Also, a good snap of spices, smelling of everything from clove to pepper. Taste: Sweet, sugary cookie-ish pale maltiness slides in before the rich blend of spiciness imparting tastes of cracked cloves, white pepper, cardamon, and even a bit of cinnamon. Fruity, faintly tart tastes of apples and pears along with some soft floral tones. Light bitterness, though most of the balancing work seems to be performed by the crackling nature of the spicy phenolics. Drying, warming finish with a lingering spiciness and (still lightly) tart fruitiness in the aftertaste, Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium-high carbonation. Lightly sticky mouthfeel. Drinkability: A good Belgian brew - you get some upfront sweet maltiness, a complex spice character, and a nice display of fruitiness. A little bit of everything.

nice hoppy citrus aroma,yellow,hazy, white foam, light sweetness, medium bitterness, light body, fizzy, nice flower finish.

Bottle, the label on the bottle listed 7.5% alc., it had a pale gold pour with hints of orange and yellow colors and barely a noticeable haze that disappears as the drink reached room temperature, it made a white bubbled head that receded to a ring and cover, and the glass had medium effervescence, there were aromas of floral notes with yeast, light bread, pale malt, faint orange fruit with a fruit and honey sweetness, the flavors were pale malt, light fruit – orange and peach(?), bread, yeast, and a touch of lemon citrus, this drink started out sweet and ended dry, it had a dry finish with some pepper and a light sourness, a touch of wild flowers and herbs after the finish, the bitterness was gentle, there was a little less than medium mouth feel, and nice carbonation on the palate, an easy to drink beer, a nice Blond Ale, a simple Belgian Blond beer nicely done.

Golden coloured and hazy. Has a white head, medium duration. Aroma is heavy hoppy, citrus, herbs, faint melon, light bread. Flavor starts moderate sweet, light acid, finish moderate bitter. Creamy, dry texture and soft carbonation.

33cl bottle. Decent white head. Slightly hazy blond pour. Quite a nice beer.

Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Heavy hoppy and moderate malty aroma. Strong citrus notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Some citrus and fruity notes. Average moderate bitter finish.. Oily palate. Great beer.

Brown cork and caged 0.75 litre bottle, best before 12/2009, drank 01/2009. Cloudy orange, lemony colour with a cream coloured head. The smells were all about Belgian yeasts and citrus fruits all bundled together and given a big shake. I found the taste and mouthfeel too fizzy and sour, the citrus element taking over to much. The alcohol is well hidden, but the carbonisation was too much for me.

750ml bottle from Bierzwerg. Clear golden colour with 3 finger head. Aroma and flavour is really yeasty. Might try again.

Bottle. Rich and aromatic. Honey, yeast, pleasant sourness, deceivingly light and easy drinking. Among the Duvel clones, this is one that is not far from the mark.

Bottle. Golden, hazy, average and fully diminishing head. Moderate to full, malty -wheaty and sweetish aroma, fruitiness and some honey, faint hoppyness. Body is medium, malty - wheat and sweetish flavor, fruitiness and some honey, faint hoppyness. Finish is average, malty - some wheat and sweetish, some fruitiness with honey, faint spiciness (pepper) and hoppyness. Fruity Belgian ale - too sweet for me.

Bottle. Golden colour with an off-white head. aroma is fruit, sugar, honey, citrus. Flavour is fruit, malt, sugar, honey, hop, alcohol, citrus. Full body. Nice/OK beer.