Dæmonium
Royal Docks Brewing Co. in Canton, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.09
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superspak (10160) reviewed Dæmonium from Royal Docks Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 5/7/2018. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, white grape/wine, peppercorn, light banana/clove, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/candi sugar, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt/sugar, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, white grape/wine, peppercorn, light banana/clove, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/candi sugar, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/floral/grassy bitterness and peppery yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red apple, white grape/wine, peppercorn, light banana/clove, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/candi sugar, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt/sugar, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and spicy yeast/alcohol. Medium-plus carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Lightly increasing warmth of 9.1%, with mild lingering booze after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Belgian strong pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale malt/sugar, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Very well rounded Belgian yeast complexity with balanced Pils malts/sugars, and solid earthy hop presence. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Dæmonium from Royal Docks Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the CCBW Six One Pour festival on 05/20/2016. Slightly hazy reddish-amber color with a medium thin off-white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Strings of lacing. Aroma of fruit, yeast and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of fruity yeast, malt and earthy hops. The finish is fruity with a banana and yeast aftertaste. Above average overall.