The Bold Belgian Pale Ale
Dead Frog Brewery in Langley Twp, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.50
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An unfiltered Pale Ale that combines the fruit flavors and spices of traditional Belgian Pale Ales & the complex malt base of North American Pale Ales to create a unique new world take on an old world brew.
Hops: Cascade, Columbus Malts: Belgian Aromatic, Cara 30, Chocolate, Pale Ale, Special B
Hops: Cascade, Columbus Malts: Belgian Aromatic, Cara 30, Chocolate, Pale Ale, Special B
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5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Muddy brown pour, with a medium beige head, and loads of folaters. Spicy, caramel malts, light tropical fruits and some green a la homebrew hop aromas. Very bitter finish with more homebrew green hop flavours. This is an odd beer, hard to categorize it,
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:05
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle, pours a dark orange amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out murky Belgian yeast, earthy notes, and feet. Flavour is very earthy and yeasty, not signalling a very fresh beer. Some oxidized notes to go along with the yeasty quality. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2014
at 00:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Part of the BC Craft Brewers Guild Natural Selections 6 pack (2014). Pours a deep amber colour with loads of particles floating around, creating some haziness. Big frothy beige head that lasts forever and gives out creamy lacing. Aromas of fresh grassy hops with spices appearing here and there. Hints of toffee, roasted malts and fruits. The taste is milder, but this is where the chocolate malt comes out. A nice bitter and lightly dry mouthfeel all around, from the hops that coming through. Bold, for sure. To make a bunch of styles come together. Very interesting !
Tried
on 16 Sep 2014
at 18:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Dead Frog The Bold Belgian Pale Ale - Part of the BC Craft 6 pack from the LCBO. Served in a chalice, it pours a copper amber with a filmy beige head that lingers. It has a really nice fruity, almost juicy orange and light caramel malt aroma. Medium bodied with a spritzy carbonation & soft mouthfeel. The taste is nicely balanced bitterness, piney, light estery notes, some chocolate, a bit of cracker and an ascerbic bitter finish. Not terribly Belgian but good.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2014
at 14:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Pumphouse, Richmond, BC
Hazy red-amber color with creamy head. Mild aroma, caramel with a hint of cloves. Good body, round mouthfeel; strong flavor of caramel, with light residual sweetness, and a strong yet pleasant spicy character (cloves and coriander); strong bitterness; the final is a bit nutty.
True to its name, bold. Well brewed, with some real Belgian character.
Hazy red-amber color with creamy head. Mild aroma, caramel with a hint of cloves. Good body, round mouthfeel; strong flavor of caramel, with light residual sweetness, and a strong yet pleasant spicy character (cloves and coriander); strong bitterness; the final is a bit nutty.
True to its name, bold. Well brewed, with some real Belgian character.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2014
at 11:47