La Bestia Aimable
Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling in San Antonio, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
6.85
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In 1685, the explorer La Salle claimed Texas in the name of France, landing at Matagorda Bay on a ship called the Aimable. In honor of Texas’ French and Mexican heritage, we created a complex Belgian ale with a name to match: La Bestia is Spanish for “The Beast,” while Aimable is French for “Friendly.” This dark strong ale has a rich, complex nose of raisin and fig with floral aromas, clove and nutmeg-like spicy notes, and a superbly drinkable body full of rich, dark fruit flavors. A well attenuated beer in the Belgian abbey tradition, The Friendly Beast is superbly drinkable despite its high alcohol content.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at flying saucer Houston. Pours a hazy brown with a grayish brown head that lasts throughtout the beer. Aroma has notes of dark and stone fruits with some dark grains/bread as well as spices. Flavor has a combination of dark grains and spices backed by some dark fruits.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2011
at 16:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750-pours a retaining light brown head and dark copper color. Aroma is rich medium malt-roasty/spice/anise. Taste is rich medium malt-toffee/roasty/anise, secondary spice hops. Full body. Good carbonation.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2011
at 08:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle shared with Craig, pours dark caramel brown with a thin off white head. Aroma is caramel malts, candied sugar, very sweet. Flavor is candied sugar, thin stone fruit notes but overall very malt forward and one note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2011
at 09:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Jcwattsrugger. Pours dark brown. Light brown head. Nose and taste of plum, raisin, yeast, toffee, bread and sweet brown sugar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2011
at 18:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at Flying Saucer. Pours a dark brown with a light tan head and sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is roasted malt and barley. Medium mouthfeel with vanilla and a nice smokey finish. Easy to drink, a very good Belgian strong ale from Ranger Creek.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2010
at 02:13