Monade
't Paenhuys in Nieuwkerken-Waas, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Summer|
Score
6.83
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Monade from 't Paenhuys 4 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Newish Paenhuys beer, with a pink-tinged label depicting baby dragons apparently - a tribute to the birth of the brewer's first daughter. Intended as a light-hearted summer quencher apparently, but I am having this on a pre-winter night in late November. Thick and frothy, intricately cobweb-lacing, off-white, even-bubbled, moussy and diminishing and slowly opening but stable head over a hazed deep orange-glowing peach blonde beer, almost amber but not quite entirely so. Aroma of lilac blossoms, white soap, unsalted peanuts, old orange peel, bath foam, wormwood leaves, unripe pear, dry earth, turmeric, dust - but luckily no lemonade. Fruity onset, restrainedly sweetish, dried apricot, unripe pear, green banana, medium carb, slick and rather soapy mouthfeel; caramelly maltiness but thinly so, with a very slight toasty edge, but mostly remaining quite generically cereally. The soapy aspect remains, also when a soft floral hop bitterishness sets in (along with mild spicy phenols and an actual spiciness vaguely reminiscent of turmeric) - but alas, it remains too subtle to create a truly drying and quenching effect. A more confident hop bitterness and less of that soapiness would have enhanced drinkability and quenching properties in this summer beer, but as my esteemed colleague below observes, it is indeed a bit 'different' from the regular Belgian amber ale (or 'spéciale belge' because that is basically what this category is about) and technically solid. Not really my cup of tea though - Paenhuys's beers in general would benefit from a more generous hop dosage, if you ask me. That said: welcome to this world, Mona!
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Monade from 't Paenhuys 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
18/VII/21 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ my parents’ place, BB: VIII/2022 (2021-647)
Clear orange beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: pretty fruity, malty, grains, sweet impression. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sweet, cough syrup, orange peel, oxidized, pretty bitter, fruity touch. Aftertaste: more oxidation, bit sweet, bitter touch, still oxidative notes, orange peel, bit sugary.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Monade from 't Paenhuys 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Small off-white head over (cold)hazed orangey-golden beer. Toasted, parsley, autumn leaves, slight acidity suggested. Quite bitter, autumn leaves, liquorice, bit sugar (Wayland?)syrup. Good balanced between toasted bitter and sugar. Bit fruity too, faint citrussy notes. Quite slick-viscous, good carbonation, medium bodied. Certainly better than average amber ale, quite likeable.