Saranac Belgian Ale

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Utica, New York USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours amber with a medium off-white head. Has nice aroma of raisin, fruit, yeast, spice. Flavor is not nearly as yeasty, and has some grassy aftertaste. I can taste toasted malts, slight caramel, and spice. Soft finish, slightly sweet.

Pours a nice amber with a light frothy head. Aromas of coriander, spice, clove, slight caramel, and a touch of hay. Flavor is of clove, light grass, slight caramel, light bubblegum, and a touch of toffee. Slightly sour. Around the average Belgian ale.

There is just not much going on here. Red pour, sweet fruit smell and not much in the way of taste.....blah

POurs a dull red. Nose is belgian yeast, some mild fruit. Flavor is all the things I hate about belgians mixed into one beer. Weak watery, spicy yeast, doughy and fruity.

12 oz bottle. Light brown pour with a medium fizzy tan head. Aroma of malt and Belgian yeast. Taste of malt, coriander and faint caramel. Not as smooth as the style tends to be, but a decent effort.

Pours cloudy dark orange color with off white head. Fruity aroma with lemon and corriander. Similar flavors with a strange aftertaste. Medium body with average carbonation.

Bright reddish orange color. Lots of tiny bubbles of carbonation. Healthy finger of foamy head. Lots of light passes through a slight haze. Thick coating of lace. Nice fruity spice aroma. Belgiany orange smell, with a roasted malt undercurrent; a smooth brown ale base. Sweet and spicy. Spicy and fruity taste. Has an orange peel spicyness. There is a darker toasted sweetness, like a sweet brown ale. Minor hop bitterness. Dark berry sweetness. Nice mix of sweeter flavors of varying types. Minor smoky, steamed taste. Feels fizzy on the tongue, but creamy at the swallow. Has a thin, smooth coating. A very nice brew. Spicy, sweet, roasted; overall nicely balanced. Repeats A-OK.

Bottle. Amber color, decent head. Very nice aroma, quite like a typical Belgian ale, of malt and yeast. Flavor is decent, but far too thin and weak. Strongly hopped, which was good, but not enough malt and not enough alcohol to pull it through. A decent starter, but only about 1/2 the way there. Hop finish was good, but really almost of out of place.

Typical Belgian except a bit weak in flavor and not particularly well balanced either... another disappointment from these guys.

Pours copper with gold edges and weak white head. The aroma has notes of raisins, dried cranberries, sugary malts and a yeasty spice sensation. The taste feels watery and begins with sugar sweet malts to go along with raisins, prunes and dates. It moves forward toward being peppery midway but the flavor smooths out before that happens. It ends with estery notes like prunes, dried cranberries and a hint of peppery spice.