Blessing

Rapscallion in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production

Score

7.20

ABV: 8.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

Our rich orange-colored “Blessing” is Rapscallion’s hop accentuated beer. Don’t be fooled though, this is no IPA. Higher in alcohol and balanced with a spicy, bread-like yeast character, Blessing takes its cues from no style category. To get its distinctive hop character we employed several additions in the boil, some more again in our custom “hop jack” and lastly, we “dry-hopped” this beer in a conditioning tank. We hope that you, like us, consider your choosing this beer a “blessing”.

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7.5

jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Blessing from Rapscallion 15 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Very hoppy beer. Aroma is floral hops and some banana. Taste is bitter hops with dry finish. Very nice. Rated 10/1/04

Tried on 02 May 2010 at 15:51

6.8

Beerfest5 (1972) reviewed Blessing from Rapscallion 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

on tap @ GIBF, one of the only ones here that I wanted to taste, nice ASA, should open up this brewery to the rest of the world more. Nice spice hop character and taste, not overbearing.

Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2009 at 14:29

7.8

Lubiere (24459) reviewed Blessing from Rapscallion 20 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Dark amber ale with moka head. Rich malty aroma with good crisp malts. Good rich malts and rich floral hops. Very well balanced and dark IPA which isnt an IPA. Mondial 2005.

Tried on 09 Jan 2006 at 20:21

6.6

Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Blessing from Rapscallion 20 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

2004 bottle aged some 6 or so months. Pours a robust orange-golden, with gold-leaf tinges and a foamy off-white head. Good lacing and moderate retention, receding to cover at last. Slightly hazy, small amount of sediment in the bottom. Aroma has tons of bready yeast mixed with caramel covered oranges and juicy, pine and resin hops (though it is not hugely bitter). Thick, but not over-the-top sugariness is apparent in the aroma as well. Flavor begins with sweet orange, light caramel and light hops, again more flavorful than they are bitter. Chewy dough and bread, like a salty white bread dough, camp out on the palate, and I can’t really shake that flavor. Very odd beer, little resembling anything else I’ve tried. Medium-full body, residual sugar, strong malt accents and a spice and bread flavor linger on. Moderate, but natural carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2005 at 08:38

8.8

Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Blessing from Rapscallion 23 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Superbly hoppy beer, notably noble hops. Little hints, both on aroma and taste, of blueberry (pie), rest typically pine and cedar, fading to resiny residue. Great!

Tried on 06 Nov 2002 at 11:17