Stillwater / Hof Ten Dormaal ’Bronze Age’

Stillwater Artisanal
Brewed at Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal
Style: Specialty Grain
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Shaker, Tumbler

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Bottle. Heavy gusher. Hazy deep golden to orange pour, extremely huge white head. Aroma is spicy, fruity, yeasty and slightly dusty. Flavor is slightly funky, spicy, a hint of brett and fruity. Nice balance. Quite unique brew.

UPDATED: AUG 12, 2012 Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker nr Gent, Belgium drank in a field Cropredy Festival, Friday 10th August 2012 Hazy, muddy, murky golden brown colour. Soft in mouth and sweet, tangy and less tart than I imagined. Really nice. A7 A3 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5

Bottle. Pours a clear light gold wit ha white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of sweet grain with a bit of wet grass, light fruit and a hint of earthy spice. Flavor begins with sweet grains as well and is joined by a light sweet fruit note, a bit of spice and a hint of grassiness.

Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig, 2012. It pours cloudy straw yellow, with a thick white head. The nose is herbal, dough, sherbet, tinned peach, pear and apple. The taste is lightly tart, lemon sherbet, spice, dough, pear and Braeburn apple, with a dry finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and velvety mouth-feel. Decent.

Bottle from Big Star, tasted side-by-side with a Hof ten Dormaal Blond from the same.

This one was part of a Stillwater bonanza that I picked up a few days back. Cloudy yellow-brown with a rich fluffy head. Wheaty clove and banana on mildewy linoleum, quite a bit more so than the Dormaal blond. Restrained hop character, mouthfeel that is spot, gently lemon-tart in the close. Not as bright as the Dormaal. A very nice beer that I would happily drink any time, but at $9.95 for 325ml it can’t really compete with Saison Dupont at $8.99/750ml.

UPDATED: FEB 15, 2013 Bottle at chrisO... golden yellow ... soft floral lemon and orange .... light yeast nose .... light banana ... floral hop bottle at colins ... golden amber ... thin white head ... soft floral yeast nose... over fizzy front ... light salty zezty lemon... light fruits ... soft pepper linger.3.4

Draft. 16 oz. Pint. Cloudy gold, very weak head that floats lightly on the top of the beer. Really not much in the nose, maybe light yeast. Thankfully good flavor. Lots of pale malt, farmhouse funk (mild as it is) and a mild hop for a tiny bitterness. Light body, real drinkable. Has a "knock back" ability. Nice summer brew.

Bottle 375ml.

Unclear medium yellow colour with a large to huge, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, wheat ? herbs, citrus notes. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120613]

Bottle: Dark straw, a little dirty, moderate to large foamy white head, nice lacing. Dull floral notes, somewhat wheaty and mealy. A soft spice also exists. Spritzy wheatiness on the tongue, dull floral, and a hint of pink peppercorn or something similar. Body and mouthfeel are moderate. Peperry wheatiness on the exit. Not bad, a bit musty, wished it were a bit brighter.

Bottle. Hazy golden with a fluffy white head. Barley, malt, straw, hay, barn yard, bread, and Belgian yeast aroma and taste. Not bad.