Belgian Pale Ale

Brouwerij Serafijn (prev. Microbrouwerij Achilles) in Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production

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6.65

ABV: 6.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 4

Before Countless British soldiers died in the trenches of Belgium in World War I, they managed to pass on to the Belgians a taste for wonderful British ale. Shortly afterward, in the 1920s, the Belgians began making pale ale themselves-with the intriguing addition of a spicy, fruity, almost perfumed aroma that comes not from spices but a special Belgian yeast. This one from the tiny one man brewery Achilles is a classic Belgian Pale Ale, for everyday drinking.

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7.9

superspak (10160) reviewed Belgian Pale Ale from Brouwerij Serafijn (prev. Microbrouwerij Achilles) 13 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330 ml bottle into chalice, no bottle dating. Pours a cloudy reddish orange color with a nice 1-2 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Some decent spotty lacing on the glass, with a good amount of carbonation streaming up. Aromas of big grape, apricot, raisin, apple, herbal, earth, floral, honey, caramel, bread, and light yeast spiciness. Nice and pleasant aromas with decent strength and complexity. Taste of big pear, apple, grape, caramel, herbal, pepper, floral, honey, bread, earth, and yeast spices. Lingering notes of light fruit, caramel, honey, bread, earth, and yeast spices on the finish for a short bit. Fairly dry on the finish. Very nice complexity of flavor, with a fantastic malt and spiciness balance. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a lightly creamy and very crisp mouthfeel that is nice. No alcohol presence noticed at all, and this is very smooth to drink. Overall this is a damn nice Belgian pale ale. Very nice flavor complexity and balance; and extremely smooth. Really enjoyed this one.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2012 at 19:20

6.6

Sledutah (12313) reviewed Belgian Pale Ale from Brouwerij Serafijn (prev. Microbrouwerij Achilles) 14 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

750ml bottle shared with Doug at The Bayou
Appearance: Clear amber with a medium sized white head and some lacing
Aroma: Honey and sweet malts
Taste: Sweet malts, sweet caramel and spices
Ok, very sweet. Not worth the steep price. Glad this was shared with Doug and others.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2011 at 16:09

6.8

Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Belgian Pale Ale from Brouwerij Serafijn (prev. Microbrouwerij Achilles) 15 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

From the Rare Beer Club. Sampled from a 750 ml brown bottle this beer poured a bright orange-caramel color with an enormous foamy orange-beige head that lingered forever and produced good lacing. The aroma was yeasty, sweetish, tart and had faint vague fruits. The flavor was dryish, tart and bitter with a bit of vague citrus and a faint peppery and musty undertone. The finish was medium length dry, tart and citric. Moderately full bodied. Mediocre.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2010 at 17:55

5.2

jcr (3164) reviewed Belgian Pale Ale from Brouwerij Serafijn (prev. Microbrouwerij Achilles) 15 years ago

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 10

750 ml. Hazy amber body. Short, fizzy, off-white white head, rapidly diminishing. Fruity, floral, perfumey aroma with notes of caramel and toasted grain. Subdued aroma. The flavor is lighlty to moderately sweet, lightly acidic and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately bitter, lightly to moderately acidic and lightly sweet. Medium body with a thin, watery texture and fizzy carbonation. Unpleasant mouthfeel. Slightly laquerish finish along with some tartness. Average in every category which adds up to disappointing.

Tried on 13 Jul 2010 at 18:37