Den Principaal
Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.79
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Halve Maan Den Principaal (by Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan):
Aroma: 4/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
21/08/2010 - 33cl @ Gents Bierfestival Thanks to Jerre for the bottle
Pours a clear amber colored beer with a fine laced white head. Smell is mainly musty, bread yeasts and basement. Somewhat sour also. Mouth feeling is sparkling and fresh. Taste has alcohol sweetness covered by roasted malts. Aftertaste has honey and fruits, citrus and some hops. Ends better than it starts.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Very good dense & fine, just off-white head over foxy-golden beer. Fruity nose with green apples and sweet corn. Yeasty notes with just a semblance of madeirisation. Dry-ish, malty, speciality grain, but also again fruity-yeasty notes - tad grapey, as with sweet white grapes. Finish has some (sweet) butter, and warming up, coriander arrives to spoil the fun. Palate is mainly sweet, with a quite spritzy carbonation; medium bodied. Basically nice beer - wonder where it places in the range. Will probably stay a one-off anyway. Many, many thanks to D. van B. tot B. for finding me this elusive brew!