Belgian Muse IPA
Free State Brewing Company in Lawrence, Kansas, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
7.05
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Growler from the Brewpub thanks to my girlfriend! Pours a slightly hazy orangish amber with minimal head. Aroma has notes of citrus and pine from the hops with a bit of yeast underneath. Flavor has notes of grapefruits and pine that is well balanced with a bit of yeast and spices as undertone.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Good, very fine and dense yellowish head, collapsing over very carbonated orange beer with a haze. Hops (American, but not really imposing C), dishwater, grapefruit, hessian bags aromas. Hops again in the taste, with a marked citrus/orange taste, turning into Mandarine Napoléon flavour. Ends grapey, with lunaria, but a bit shy in character, except for the head that, quite stable, is pure hopoil. Very resiny-slick, well-bodied, alcohol obvious. Warming up, some definite restsugars make themselves known. Very nice, outspoken hoppy but yet balanced, resulting in a all-in-all impressive beer. One that will please hopheads and Belgian style lovers alike - and indeed not unreminiscent of the Houblon Chouffe.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at csbosox house, yeahhh boooyyyyyy, in a Bell’s tulip glass. It pours with a thick hazy orange golden color with lightly visible carbonation bubbles and a thick long lasting head. The head is very sticky and the body has a medium clarity. Aroma is hoppy, light;y pine with some faint fruit hops and a thick natural, fresh, type of hoppiness. Hard to describe it but I like it. Plenty of malts in there as well. Taste is similar with hops forward and a nice balance of malts. I could taste the Belgian yeast, works well with the hops. I had this with some of Chris’ Indian food and it went very well together. Fun to drink.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz hand bottle filled straight from a keg by csbosox. Pour is a cloudy orange golden with a small white head that fades right away. A few bubbles remain on the top floating around. Aroma of pine resin hops and some vegetable earthiness behind that. There is vaguely Belgian yeastiness present, but not terribly pronounced. Bready malt is there too, but it’s a bit buried behind the hops and earthiness. Taste is grainy resin pine hoppiness initially, turning to slight cloves and banana yeastiness. Kind of unexpected, but doesn’t detract too much. Palate is unfiltered, medium-light and drinkable. The finish has some sharp citrus fruit, more orange peel than orange. There is a lot of interesting flavors going on here, but they all seem to be on there own. This is basically a nice IPA and a nice Belgian Ale thrown together. When you stop thinking about this too much it ends up being quite enjoyable. Thanks for filling this one for me Chris.