Mill Street Betelgeuse

Brewed by Mill St. Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Toronto, Canada

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

355ml bottle. Pours golden yellow with a white head. Strong aroma of malt, some fruits, alcohol. Flavour is sweet, with some fruit and metallic notes. Fairly dry, and floral with quite a bit of bitterness. lacks any sort of complexity and balance. Bought a Mill St. taster pack for this and was utterly disappointed. At least I got the Tankhouse... I was really hoping Ontario would produce a good belgian...Will have to keep on waiting.

Single bottle from a variety 6-pack purchased at a Co-op Wine & Spirits in Calgary, AB in May 2011. Colour: Dark yellow with grey tinges and low head. Nose: A basket of candy corn, late summer flower, bubble gum and banana. On the sweet side. Taste: Medium sweet, medium sour, medium-light bitter. Some soy sauce, raw yeast, very fertile malt. Finish has traces of dark rum. Certainly doesn’t taste like 9.1%.

Bottle LCBO. Clear yellow beer. Spicy and fruity aroma of nutmeg, corriander, garam masala, white pepper corns, pear, and banana bread. Taste is richly round much the same and alcoholic. Unconventional Abbey, but very doable.

I was quite please to find this Mill Street Seasonal Sampler 6-pack at the LCBO. I had pretty much tried all samples in this pack, except for this Belgian style Tripel. Pours a slight hazy golden colour that looks like honey. The head is nice and long-lasting, white, creamy and beautiful lacing is left. Nice soft nose of Belgian yeast, grain malt, vanilla and even mild perfume that some women wear (the one that is the closest to vanilla). Watery mouthfeel with a little stickiness and no burn whatsoever. Again, grain malt in the taste, Belgian yeast and nice spices. Not a crazy Tripel, but an easy-drinking one, just like most Mill Street beers... goes down well.

355ml bottle. Pours golden-yellow. Aroma is weak; yeast, spices, a little fruit. I get a little bit of the pear in the taste as advertised, along with clove, bubblegum. A little syrupy sweet for me. Nowhere near as good as a real belgian, but decent nonetheless.

Le liquide a une robe dorée scintillante. Une mousse blanche se dépose pour quelques minutes. Au nez, des parfums doux de malts et de sirop rencontrent des esters de banane retenus, dans leur élan, par les vapeurs d’un alcool floral. Une légère pointe épicée semble manquer d’estime. Le goût est dans la continuité des choses, un brin dérangé, peut-être trop doux ou trop sucré ou très peu épicée et, peut-être très peu étoffé en fruits ou complexifié et, surtout, peut-être trop léché par la filtration. Enfin, quoi dire de plus… En bouche, le liquide a un corps moyen avec une effervescence normale et une texture douce et considérablement alourdie. La finale se fait sur des notes sirupeuses gonflées par une chaleur alcoolique. En résumé, aucunement catastrophique mais un brin bringuebalante.

Pour light golden straw color with very short lived head with no lacing. Aroma of banana, yeast, bread,and Belgian spices. Taste Belgian spice, orange peel, banana, fruity notes, and booze. Strange thin syrupy mouth feel with decent carb. Not a great Belgian.

355ml bottle. Pours a clear light orange / yellow with a thin white head. The aroma has a heavy mineral note, with yeast, faint dried fruits, banana, coriander, and honey. Notes of caramel, spice, yeast, banana with faint bitterness in the finish. Surprisingly refreshing for such high alcohol. Surprising all around really. Will buy again if the opportunity arises.