Brainless Belgian-Style Golden Ale
Epic Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.76
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Brainless Belgian-Style Golden Ale is has a rich and complex malt flavor balanced with a little bit of spicy noble hops and strong influences of fermentation esters from the Belgian yeast used. Various Belgian like Rock Candies, hops and grains are employed to express variations within the style. Deceivingly drinkable, some liken theses ales to the Devil sneaking up on you, so consume responsibly.
Release #1: 8.3%
Release #2: 9.1%
Release #4: 9.6%
Release #5: 8.6%
Release #11: 8.8%
Release #14: 8.9%
Release #19: 8.3%
Release #1: 8.3%
Release #2: 9.1%
Release #4: 9.6%
Release #5: 8.6%
Release #11: 8.8%
Release #14: 8.9%
Release #19: 8.3%
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6/10
Tried
on 13 Jul 2015
at 16:56
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Thank you gentlefolk! Sampled 650 ml. bottle @ Delirium Hoppy Loft. Presumably 2 years old but no dating. A Belgian-style should handle some aging usually right? It was kept in a fridge for nearly the whole duration. Nose is golden, with a crazy amount of floaties, little white bubbles for a head. Watery nose, cold water, iron, spoiled yeast, rotting dough,… Taste is old nasty rotting dough & yeast, ditch water, iron, hay, chemical, spoiled soy cheese,… Thin, watery, rotting, metallic,… Awful really. Totally past it, let us hope that it was the age but a beer really shouldn’t deteriorate that badly that quickly now should it esp. in this style?
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2015
at 11:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Barrelhouse 101. Nose is candisugar, cloves, bubblegum, and raisins. Hazy amber with a small beige head. Flavor is lightly sweet, spicy, and only a tiny bit of bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2014
at 19:38
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a snifter and a tulip. The appearance and smell were basically the same in both bottles.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy yet glossy burnt orange to ruddy brown color. The head was about a finger’s worth of white foaminess coating the top of the beer nicely. The head gracefully died at a nice pace leaving a nice clingy light foaminess around the sides of the glass.
The smell had a nice authentic Belgian spiciness intertwining itself in between sweet malts and even letting in some light oranges to intermingle and dance underneath my nose.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors and seemed like it was almost perfectly blended into a really nice flavoring all around.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a sessionability that wanted to show but alas, it could not prove itself to be so. No worries as a sipper, this one danced around my palate skirting a sharpness to pummel but still allowing a nice gentle rolling smoothness every now and again.
Overall, this was an absolutely wonderful offering from Epic more than worthy of having again.
This was poured into a snifter and a tulip. The appearance and smell were basically the same in both bottles.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy yet glossy burnt orange to ruddy brown color. The head was about a finger’s worth of white foaminess coating the top of the beer nicely. The head gracefully died at a nice pace leaving a nice clingy light foaminess around the sides of the glass.
The smell had a nice authentic Belgian spiciness intertwining itself in between sweet malts and even letting in some light oranges to intermingle and dance underneath my nose.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors and seemed like it was almost perfectly blended into a really nice flavoring all around.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a sessionability that wanted to show but alas, it could not prove itself to be so. No worries as a sipper, this one danced around my palate skirting a sharpness to pummel but still allowing a nice gentle rolling smoothness every now and again.
Overall, this was an absolutely wonderful offering from Epic more than worthy of having again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2014
at 22:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bright apricot color with a small soapy-foamy white head that left decent lacing. The aroma was faint and tangy with notes of bread, chamomile and a hint of alcohol. The flavor was tangy sugar, bread, honey, a hint of chamomile and a hint of golden fruits. Medium length tangy sugar, honey and chamomile finish. Moderately full bodied. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2014
at 17:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Release #51. 9.2%. Slightly hazy, maybe a pinch filtered bright orange tan. Thin, steady white head. Pretty decent, maybe leaning a little too much into the candi sugar. Captures the essence of the style, sans the champagne carbonation. Very nice malt depth, golden rich rivers, smooth and clean, yet massive and powerful. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2014
at 23:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Tarrants on 05/31/2011. Slightly hazy golden body with a small frothy off-white head. Sweet candi sugar and belgian spice aroma. sweet candi sugar, spice, and light banana flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 16:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft sample at Epic Brewing taproom, Denver. Pours clear golden with a small off white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, caramel, malt, spice. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2013
at 12:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Tadg’s. It poured a clear amber with minimal head but a decent body. A caramel tasting amber colored beer. Sweet and fruity! My favorite of the night!
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2013
at 06:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
8th January 2013
8.3%. Light haze on this gold beer, little white head. Palate softish. Creamy malt with a trace of honey. A tripel like sweetness. A little peach and a touch of paper. Finishes semi dry and a fruity tang in the aftertaste. Not bad.
8.3%. Light haze on this gold beer, little white head. Palate softish. Creamy malt with a trace of honey. A tripel like sweetness. A little peach and a touch of paper. Finishes semi dry and a fruity tang in the aftertaste. Not bad.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2013
at 10:08