St. Sebastiaan Golden

Brewed by Brouwerij Moortgat
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

From a 16 oz. bottle with a stopper got in Coralville. Teh body was a slightly hazy dark gold with a long lasting and dense white head. This left lots of lacing on the glass. The aroma is rich fruit with some peach schnapps. There is also some dandelions along with some light sweat. The taste has some pancakes with dried apricots. There is also a little bit of honey. The finish is a little boozy with some hazelnuts. The mouthfeel is fairly thick and sticky. This is decent, but I would like a little more flavor.

Golden yellow color with a thick but hardly lasting white head. Light fruity aroma with hints of banana. Boring and watery taste with a faint lingering banana like flavor. Unpleasant metallic finish.

Pours a yellowish with a diminishing head. Sweet scent with yeast predominating. Flavor has a sweet fruityness of pears upfront, and loads of yeast. A touch of honey and a late, slightly flowery bitterness.

(Bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy orange body with an average off-white head. Aroma of caramel, pear, florals, and cereal. Flavor of coriander, honey, yeast, and sweet malt.

Golden colored, cloudy appearance. Little white head. Spices, fruits and sweetness in aroma, some lemon and alcohol there too. Medium to full bodied. Crispy palated. Basic Belgian flavor with spices and fruits, mild alcohol there too. Aftertaste lasts with crispy hops and spices.

I wasn’t too impressed. Came in a ceramic bottle. The long skinny neck caused problems with smooth pouring, possibly resulting in a slightly more flat beer than it is intended to be: very little carbonation with extremely small bubbles. Not a flavor I appreciated either. Too unremarkable, barely any hoppiness, all too sweet for me.

Bottled. Pours a dark amber color with virtually no carbonation. Strong sweet aroma. Taste is a little sweet, with some bitterness. Some yeast and malts are noticable as well. Seemed a bit flat. Slightly bitter finish. Some traces of dark fruits.

75 cl bottle branded St Sebastiaan Grand Cru. Best before 30.08.04 and was therefore offered as a souvenir gift from the kind gentlemen at Holemans Drankencentrale. Poured it carefully to avoid the big sediments on the bottom, still some of it escaped into the glass. Otherwise clear, deep orangey golden with a medium white head. Strange aroma of sweet malt and sharp hops. Sweet malty flavours behind the musty cellar character (from the aging I suppose). Some peachy fruitiness. Dry, grainy texture. Warming alcohol. Well-carbonated. Not altogether successful, but it could be due to aging as well.