Surly Brewing Company Cynic

Cynic

 

Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating
Score
6.97
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 94
Belgian-Style Pale Ale

A pale-gold hued ale, fermented with a Belgian yeast strain, resulting in a beer that has notes of lemon citrus from the hops, and black pepper spice from the yeast, with a dry “tingly” finish.

Admin Note: Retired in 2019, but appears on draft occasionally.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013 - Day 2, Session 1. Pours clear, bright yellow with a tight, white cream head. Light dry and doughy pale malt nose with hints of dried citrus. Medium sweet flavor with white bread, light bitterness, lemon and tangerine merengue. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish with simple, bready pale malts. OK.

Tried from Draft on 24 Sep 2013 at 01:57


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Cibo Express at MSP, I was required to drink in the terminal and could not take with me to go. The beer pours a slightly hazy orange-gold color with a medium off-white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of bready malt, citrus and spice. Medium-bodied with flavors of biscuit malt, peppery yeast and fruit. The finish is doughy with a spice and citrus aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

Tried from Can on 16 Sep 2013 at 13:58


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

16oz can. Hazy orange body. Pretty well balanced Saison, I think the oats are a great grounding addition. Pretty sweet and fruity. Delicate, balanced, dialed in, never overwhelming on the palate. Really mellows even more as it warms in temperature. Mellow and easy, but approaching full bodied and rich too, this is a beer I’ll enjoy revisiting and getting to know better.

Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2013 at 21:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

At CBC 2013. Golden with a lasting white head. Fruity aroma with citrus and a hint of vegetables. Sweet malty flavour with vegetables and a touch of fruit

Tried on 10 Aug 2013 at 09:39


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013. This is a clear glowing golden one with a nice medium sized bright white top. Smells fresh and inviting. Some what malty with traces of wort, thin grapefruit juice, fresh citrus and light fruits. Really quenchable this. Light on the mouthfeel with a soft to average carbonation level. Again some thin grapefruit juice in the taste, and I will say that it tastes summery - like in something I would want to drink lots of in the summer. Light, fresh some grassy hoppy tones. Really good flavors going on here. 04.05.2013

Tried from Draft on 08 Aug 2013 at 01:31


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

clear yellow, small offwhite head. malty aroma, quite plain. flavor is spicy, herbal, malty.

Tried on 19 Jul 2013 at 14:33


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ CBC 2013. Pours a golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty weak honey flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.

Tried from Draft on 17 Jun 2013 at 06:52


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

Draught @ CBC2013. Pours clear pale golden with a creamy white head that leaves lots of trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sweet, fruity and slightly phenolic with crackers, plums, grapes, coriander and apricots. Taste is sweet, tiny bitter, fruity and tiny phenolic with crackers, grapes, plums, apricots, mango, white pepper corns, dry soil and notes of sheet metal. Mouthfeel is slightly round, tiny dry and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and slightly bitter with crackers, apricots, lemon balm, grapes, white pepper corns and plums.

Tried on 11 Jun 2013 at 06:18


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Can @ Ungstrup’s. Pours clear pale golden with airy white head. Clear aroma of hops and flowers with notes of citrus. Sweetish, malty taste with notes of hops and grain. Rough aftertaste and sweetish after-nose. Quite nice.

Tried from Can on 07 Jun 2013 at 11:11


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

04.05.2013, tap @ CBC:
Frisk fruktig lukt med preg av lys malt, humle, tørka frukt, gjær, sitrusskal, høy, krydder, sitrus, gras. Frisk smak med preg av lys malt, humle, høy, gjær, gras, krydder, ugras, korn, sitrusskal. Middels bitterhet som set litt. Grei.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2013 at 00:58