Belgo Centennial
Schilling Beer Company in Littleton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Series Out of Production|
Score
6.89
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Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Belgo Centennial from Schilling Beer Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at Row 34, 2/19/16.
Lightly hazy amber-bronze body is topped by a strong, off-white head.
First impressions are varied and show leafy, earthy, woodsy hop notes mixing with very light phenols and some dry, baked bread-like malts and other lighter grain characters. Soft vanilla, and yellow fruit-like esters slowly emerge with warming, while citrus from the centennial stays pretty consistently lemony-grapefruity. No acidity/resin from the nose and no alcohol. Quite light and heady which was surprising, as I would never associate this hop with that.
Flavor starts out just a touch too dry and grainy, but with warming, candied orange peel, white grapefruit, dank, green, woodsy hops and heavily fruity belgian esters all play nicely together, as the malt eventually sweetens things enough to keep the balance and the tight carbonation produces a creamy, lightly soft texture. Quite neo-Belgian, but importantly still very Belgian in the yeast department, with ample ester and phenol pushing through the hops. Moderate bitterness never overwhelms and the balance continues to improve as more malt and yeast character emerges towards the end of the glass. Really nice stuff, as expected.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Very turbid cloudy burnt orange. 4 fingers cool whip head with some big and small bubbles. Great aroma. Bright and juicy. A good citrus acidity and pine tree with a little sweetness. Good mouthfeel. A bit thin, oily and light on the carb than I’m used to. Pine cone taste with a light clementine peel. Hay, herbs, grass and table sugar.