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St. Sebastiaan Golden

St. Sebastiaan Golden - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
70
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Moortgat
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2363.27/5.03.25/5.07.6%40.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
A golden colored beer. Slightly bitter, with a good head.
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 Bart (1625), Vosselaar, Belgium
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Mar 16, 2008  
Clear yellow coloured beer with a lot of carbonation and a small white head. Yeasty, fruity light alcoholic aroma. Full palate. Finish is bitter, alcoholic, light malty. Heavy, little subtile beer.


 dyetube (397), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/57/20
Mar 15, 2008  
this beer pours a golden yellow with a thin white head. the aromas are Malt, bread and yeast, with a little more emphasis on the yeast. The flavors are subtle and not really all that great. This is NOT a very memorable beer, but it was drinkable I suppose. Cheers!


 thewolf (5631), Kolding, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/513/20
Mar 15, 2008  
Bottle, bought @ Poetzh, Flensborg.
Pours clear, pale golden. Lot of small bubbles surching towards a big, frothy white head. Good duration. Aroma is sweet, yeasty, coriander, oranges, biscuits and apples. Quite creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is a little underwhelming, but still nice. Quite sweet, with biscuity malts dominating between some exotic fruits - pineappel, apples and oranges. A slightly dry finish.


 SHIG (2012), Aviano, Italy
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Mar 15, 2008  
Bottle: Poured a murky yellow with a fluffy white head. Aroma is sweet grainy. The taste is sweet fruit with loads of alcohol.


 CanIHave4Beers (833), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/58/103/512/20
Mar 8, 2008  
I fear my bottle has past her prime. I had the dark version a year or so ago, and quite liked it. This one fails to thrill though. Sort of musty smelling... now for me musty isn’t always bad, but this doesn’t have a lot else going on in the aroma department. Very lightly golden colored with some cloudiness. Not sure where this "Good Head" they speak of is, but it does have a small head with ok retention and a little lace. Tastes a little watery, nicely sweet and fruity, but not very complex. Alcohol is fantastically hidden. A good beer, I’d buy it again if I saw it, but in no way would I seek it out.


 Guinness4Duff (507), Tallahassee (and Poconos, PA), Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 10, 2008  
Cloudy peach, has a fruity aroma. Taste is mild fruit, a little watery mouthfeel. Has an interesting bottle.


 harrisoni (6703), Ashford, Kent, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 5, 2008  
Bottle at HogTownHarry Fest 08. Gold colour with floating sea monkeys. Its a Belgian golden ale. Some pear drop fruit and Belgian yeast on aroma. Fine. Bit of spice/heat. Peach/tangerine finish.


 FlacoAlto (2473), Tucson, Arizona, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Jan 30, 2008  
Best By Date May 2010; Sampled January 2008
Pours with a frothy, initially three-finger thick, pale, off-white colored head. The beer is an orange tinged, gold color as it sits on the table, but shows a clear, bright gold color when held up to the light. The aroma is fairly fruit focused with notes of pear, melon and a touch of apple. Towards the end some dry, malty, cracker like notes become fairly noticeable. Perhaps the nose is a bit too one-dimensional in its fruit focus, but it sis enjoyable none the less. As my nose gets a bit more used to it some spicy notes become much more noticeable; aromas of white pepper, sweet ginger, bergamot and clove all make there presence known.

The beer starts out dry but quickly picks up a soft sweetness reminiscent of pears and ripe melon. A zippy carbonic bite contributes to a light spiciness here that includes flavors of pepper, stale orange zest, clove and ginger. A light honey-like malt note as well as some cracker flavors and perhaps a touch of breadiness round out the grain influence here. This has a light to medium fullness to it that keeps this from being thick, but doesn’t strike me as being a quaffing brew either. There is also an earthy, almost herbal-stalk sort of spice note here as well, though I can’t quite place it (sort of coriander but not really).

This is a nicely drinkable brew, it is not all that complex, but it also doesn’t have any real flaws. It is an easy brew to enjoy a 500ml bottle of. Plus how can I not like something with my name on the bottle.

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