Mill Street Brewery Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse

 

Mill Street Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.28
ABV: 8.5% IBU: - Ticks: 8
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5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Lots of candi sugar, some sweet Bready malts. Slight hops, more heavy bready malts. Cardboard and metallic finish. Cloying and bitter finish. Not one of their best efforts.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:28

3.5/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
No head to speak of and a boring lager-gold body that has no carbonation. Kind of an overalcoholized lager aroma, vague fusel alcohol hints, not quite nasty but certainly not a pleasant invitation. Flavour is sweet lager, meaning not much at all, but lots of sweet fusels in there. No complexity. Alcohol is reasonably well hidden, in other words it could be worse. But, there is very little to like about this one.
Tried on 07 Mar 2016 at 02:12

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Light in colour with fruity Belgian notes and relatively full bodied for the style. I think it's a nice beer but lacking the complexity of better beers in the style. Drank in Toronto airport. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried on 09 Jan 2016 at 13:44

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16 ounce can into chalice, no can dating. Pours clear deep golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, orange, apricot, pear, apple, light banana/bubblegum, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, bready malt, and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, orange, apricot, pear, apple, light banana/bubblegum, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Moderate amount of earthy yeast spiciness and light herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange, apricot, pear, apple, light banana/bubblegum, pepper, clove, wheat, biscuit, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from yeast spiciness as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/bready, and lightly crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good Belgian tripel style. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2015 at 20:07

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
I was quite please to find this Mill Street Seasonal Sampler 6-pack at the LCBO. I had pretty much tried all samples in this pack, except for this Belgian style Tripel. Pours a slight hazy golden colour that looks like honey. The head is nice and long-lasting, white, creamy and beautiful lacing is left. Nice soft nose of Belgian yeast, grain malt, vanilla and even mild perfume that some women wear (the one that is the closest to vanilla). Watery mouthfeel with a little stickiness and no burn whatsoever. Again, grain malt in the taste, Belgian yeast and nice spices. Not a crazy Tripel, but an easy-drinking one, just like most Mill Street beers... goes down well.
Tried on 05 May 2011 at 21:55

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
spicy golden brew with notes of coriander and pepper. Well balance with a bit of a hop bite. A bit boozy. Warming lingering peppery finish. Decent.
Tried on 30 Jan 2011 at 05:21

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
(bottle) clear yellow colour with small white head; aroma of pear, spices, simple flavour - not bad but very far away from real Belgian tripples
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2011 at 15:58

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
A golden belgian ale with a thin lacing white head. A strong aroma of sweet malts, fruity estersd, solvent and alcohol. In mouth, an overly sweet and cloying with orange peels, coriander, oily mouthfeel, alcohol, medium bodied. Tasted in late October 2010.
Tried on 28 Nov 2010 at 14:14