St. Sebastiaan Golden

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

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.

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!

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.

Bottle: Poured a murky yellow with a fluffy white head. Aroma is sweet grainy. The taste is sweet fruit with loads of alcohol.

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.

Cloudy peach, has a fruity aroma. Taste is mild fruit, a little watery mouthfeel. Has an interesting bottle.

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.

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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