Aria
Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating|
Score
6.72
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A Belgian style ale that pours bright with an egg shell cap that leaves sticky lacing above the sunset orange color. Our primary Belgian yeast strain is accompanied by Brettanomyces Bruxellensis for two fermentations that create deeper aromatics of stone fruit and farmhouse pollen and flavors of honey and green tea.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
I have had limited experience with this brewer, always assuming they were yet another over-hyped, over-priced brewery for me to scroll past - however, since their beers have been on sale at a store I frequent, I have decided to try a couple more recently - the saison was pretty meh - this beer, however, is downright awful, so I guess my initial opinion is confirmed - the beer looks okay - hazy amber, with a fluffy, well-sustained head - nose is syrupy sweet, slightly boozy, with notes of glazed doughnut, yeastiness, baby food, moldy fruit - poorly attenuated - very sweet flavor - thick, sludgy yeast mouthfeel - chalk, moldy peaches, cheese rind - bubblegum and grain husks - clumsy, with mildewy basement character throughout - finish is incredibly hot and boozy for something that is supposedly 7% (it actually burns) - pretty terrible - looks like I’m done with this brewery.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2014
at 19:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Hazy, golden-amber with a small, white head. Sweet aroma with fruits, caramel malts, yeasts - almost hefeweizen-like with banana and spices. Taste is light sweet. Medium body with a creamy texture. Finishes dry and herbal with fruits. Unfortunately, no sign of the bretts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 07:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle@yespr’s - fuzzy/murky golden colour, with small white head. Toasty, sweet malty and yeasty aroma and taste, some caramel, herbal and slight spice at the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2014
at 13:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of fruits and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, malt, and fruits, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2014
at 08:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
cloudy orange, smooth white head. aroma is malty, flowery, mild flavor is malty, spicy ,herbal, brett is pretty much i n the background,and the sweet balance doesn’t fit.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2014
at 07:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
75 cl bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and caramelish. Mild bitter and toasted malty. Dry, bitter and light yeasty. Dry phenolic and toasted malty. Dry and slight herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2014
at 07:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
750 mL bottle from Beer Run. Pours a hazy amber color with a thin frothy off-white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of doughy malts, canned fruits, nutty notes and mild funk in the finish. The taste is stone fruits, canned fruits, citrus, bready malts, nuts, mild caramel, very faint brett. Medium bodied, low carbonation. Another disappointing beer from these guys.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2014
at 21:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. @ [ (chriso Pre-GBBF Shindig) by chriso - London ].ABV: 7.2%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, fruit, moderate to heavy yeasty, grape. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, yeasty, fruity, grape. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130810]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2013
at 11:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2013 - London. Pours mostly clear gold with a creamy, white head. Rich white bread in the nose, some honey and ripe citrus fruits. Medium sweet flavor with further robust white bread, mellow yeast, lemon, orange, dough. Medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Sweet finish, lightly warming, with more doughy white bread and ripe citrus. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2013
at 03:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
On draft at rustic it is a cloudy Holden with a slight head. The aroma is citrus and the taste is full bodied citrus that lingers on the palate
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2013
at 11:48