The Conjurer
North Pier Brewing Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating|
Score
6.86
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Named after Belgium’s Morgana the Conjurer, the Belgian Golden Strong has a bright golden hue, light body, and low bitterness. Like our mischievous fairy, this beer will deceive your pallet and mask its strength.
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6/10
Tried
on 22 Feb 2020
at 21:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from the brewery. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has light fruits and oak with a good amount of Belgian yeast and sweet grains supporting. Flavor combines Belgian yeast, light fruits and sweet grains well with dates and flora underlying.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2018
at 03:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big peach, pear, apricot, lemon, orange, melon, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, light banana/bubblegum/clove, candi sugar, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, candi sugar, pale/wheat malt, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big peach, pear, apricot, lemon, orange, melon, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, light banana/bubblegum/clove, candi sugar, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness and herbal/floral/grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of peach, pear, apricot, lemon, orange, melon, red apple, white grape, peppercorn, light banana/bubblegum/clove, candi sugar, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, candi sugar, pale/wheat malt, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance; and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly crisp/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.7%. Overall this is an excellent Belgian strong pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, candi sugar, pale/wheat malt, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, fairly crisp, and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV with the mellowly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Awesomely balanced yeast complexity and pale/wheat malts; with minimal residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on classic tasting style example.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2018
at 00:40