Gnomad Belgian Style Ale
RiverWalk Brewing Company in Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.49
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Can at home. Burnt orange and a finger of head. Nose is grassy and citrus. Tastes of orange, yeasty, grass, spicy, candy. Lively palate for sure. Pleasant.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared in MV. Pours unclear orange-gold with a frothy, white head. The nose has some biscuity wheat, citrus peel, Belgian yeast, dough. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish, with light caramel, more doughy wheat and yeast, ripening tangerine. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Crisp hazy golden coloured body with a soapy large white head, about three centimetres tall. Aroma of hay, grass, limes, rice and stale malt. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy flavour at first gives way to a herbal and medicinal flavour that doesn’t show the style at all, but leaves the mouth pungent and a bit obtuse. Aftertaste shows some lighter grassy elements coupled with a touch of light hops with low alpha acids, some grain and more of the funky stale malt that was noticeable way up front. Overall, not such a great beer for the style and not really a good beer overall - not showing any depth or complexity and what is around is rather funky and not really a saison at all. I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Ted’s Package Store in Charlton, Massachussets yesterday on 28-July-2016 sampled a few hours later in my hotel room here in Portland, Maine on 28-July-2016.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours hazy gold into a tulip. Off-white head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Banana and bubblegum aromas. Soft with sweet (aspartame-like) bubblegum and caramel upfront. Turning to banana in the lasting finish. More hefe-like than saison or wit like...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draught at American Flatbread, 3/17/14
Moderately hazy yellow beer has a small white head, poorly retained.
Straightforward esters in the nose showcase banana, light peach, apple, etc...while a light hop acidity lingers in the background but certainly allows for the Belgian nature to be front and center. Some dry, spicy white pepper-like phenols and perhaps a touch of the alcohol dry the end, while very little malt sweetness is seen from the nose (very little malt period).
Spicy phenols and fruity esters combine in the flavor, giving a very Belgian feel to it, certainly. Clove and white pepper phenols add quite a bit of dryness and there is some sharp acidity on the end, whether from the hops, alcohol or yeast, I dont know. Well-attenuated, no problems there. Not much finesse though. Just a mouthful of esters and phenols, really, with some bready malt notes and an unwanted acidity that flags the palate. I could live with that, but the carbonation is very fizzy and loose giving the beer a very watery texture. The other Riverwalks have been loose and watery too...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft @ Amesbury Ale House. Bright yellow in color, light retention. Nice aroma of orange and light Belgian yeast. Taste is average overall, orange zest and a mild yeast in the finish. Light funky note. Earthy herbal note as well. Low carbonation and easy to drink.