Yersekes Mosselbier

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Pale Lager
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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now thats an interesting beer, had it at Joes years ago but this time at Chesters in Hamilton, intresting oyster briny smell. and a slight sea food taste on the finish, nice and malty, intresting beer and i cant believe i get Oyster brine nose John from Churchkey got it to... crazy

Bottle - 250ml. Hazy amber body with low carbonations and a thin off-white creamy head. Malty/hoppy aroma is rather thin. It carries some subtle sour fruity notes. Taste is decent and well balanced, but it lacks complexity. It carries yeasty hints and ends with a fair bittersweet finish. Not bad, but even not an average ale.

Draught. Cherry, vanilla and something bitter in the aroma. A bit reddish colour, white foam. Fruity dry taste with apple, but a bit short finish.

Bouteille de 250 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de caramel au sel et de miel. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée translucide avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col pétillant et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel avec une pointe de zeste d’orange. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. (Rating #811)

UPDATED: DEC 24, 2006 Clear copper body with a small off-white head. Light generic malt-caramel on the nose plus some woods. Taste is rather boring, not flavourful at all. A little malt-caramel, some melons, some wet leather and that’s about it. To avoid. Yersekes Mosselbier? To me it was more like Yerk! Hustlebier.

Enjoyable if unusual beer. Malty, smooth, dry with a hint of Flemish-style sourness. Short finish, lacking a fullness. Great lacing on the glass. And damned if it didn’t go great with some curried mussels.

Any first impressions?
-A sturdy sheet of foam covers the transparent auburn.
-Toasted malts form a simple aroma.
-The sweet, juicy fruitiness of peaches, raisins, and cantaloups are ably paired with the bready, toasted malts.
-The comfortable effervescence renders drinkability, as the healthy maltiness is never too thin.

What if you dig deeper?
-It finishes very smoothly, a careful fading of the aforementioned maltiness.
-The hop bitterness mentioned in the commercial description doesn’t even reach the realm of afterthoughts.
-The fruitiness might have been helped by coriander here, but it isn’t obvious.
-This is a very humble, well-brewed Belgian amber ale, for which there is nothing much to say; I have no idea why this is such a small bottle though (25cl.)

Bottle; best before 04/04/2007.

Aroma:light wet dog aroma,light malt... Appearance:clear amber,light head.. Flavor:caramel,salt-pepper flavor,not bad...

Amber color, with a beige head, but falling quickly, the nose is one of sweet earthy grainy toasted malt, with a caramel note, and a peaty bog accent, and a fruity raisiny aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a sweet fruity malty character, with a raisiny, peatyish note, caramel and toffeeish accents, leading towards a malty fruity finish.

Caramel and honey notes to the lightly salty and fruity aroma. Clear, deep, amber-copper coloured body is topped by a decent, large bubbled, off white head that recedes to a lasting cover with some very nice lacing. Round caramel flavour is fairly short lived with a sweetness that lingers on the tongue. There’s a light touch of toastiness followed by doughy yeast and banana fruitiness with a light bitterness. Medium body with soft texture and moderate carbonation. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle (Bièropholie, Sep-06).