Summer Belgian Session Ale
Mayflower Brewing Company in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style Regular|
Score
6.69
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: chill haze yellow color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: wet grains, some floral hop to mixed citrusy hop tones; light notes of white pepper; hay/straw and a slight whiff of wet basement; sourdough-like malts? yeah, I think so
Flavor: copies the aromas to a fair sweet to lightly spicy sort of quality flanked by a little bit of tart; finishes crisp through the hay/straw to white pepper and a light note of a citrusy hint
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe a touch closer to light; sessionable; some smoothness but also a touch of the white pepper nicking the tongue slightly
Overall: nice enough easy going Belgian pale ale I could possibly come back to.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Notes from August 2009 Growler shared at Captain Lawrence during the Cuvee release. What a nice breakfast spread that was. :P Into my trusty rounded mug. Faint apple juice color with a bit of haze. Big, boiled over white head. The carbonation tickling my nose, I got scents of dusty grain, moderate herbal bitterness, & an apparent tang that did deliver on the first sip. Taste was water-logged grain, a gentle sweetness that doesn't amount to much, crusty sourdough(that carries just a faint tartness), some traces of yeast, & a quick & sharp citrus zest that gives way to a more leafy idea. Feel is way over-carbonated, & just a touch itchy. Besides that though, not much in the way of residuals, as it leaves pretty dry. The thought of a quick second sip is waved in. Reminded me a lot of maybe Real Ale's Full Moon Pale Rye from Texas, just a little thinner though & maybe trying to be too brash in carbonation. Not as much flavor going on, but almost as easy to drink. :)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can, from TapRm. Pours cloudy pale yellow with small frothy off-white head, faint citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter mildly resinous citrus taste, thin body, long finish. Refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2017. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty weak citrus hoppy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From tap. Pours hazy yellow, small white head. Aroma is mild fruity, slight estery. Mediummdry, estery. Mild herbal. Slight fruity. Grassy and slight estery finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can poured into wine glass. Purchased at Craft Beer Cellar Fenway in Boston. Seems like a fresh batch. No date. Dim straw color with a light haze and visible carbonation, not much had retention or lacing. Otherwise a very well-done summer Belgian beer. Light Belgian sweetness with a lightly thick Belgian malt cake. This is balanced by a lemon (not lemon pledge) and herbally yeastiness. Light but full feeling. Perfect way to make a Belgian without the faults common to US brewers.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Whole Foods, Lynnfield. Appearance is hazy pale greenish-yellow (like urine with high protein content), fair sparkle, ephemeral head and no lacing. Aroma is musty yeast and cracker malts competing with mild, mild esters (not that fruity). Light rye. Taste is similar to aroma--way too much yeast and pilsner cracker malts overcoming any wheat or fruity ester character. Maybe some light spiciness. Palate is medium bodied with thick, smooth texture, lively carbonation and dominant yeast/pilsner dry malt finish. Overall, this does a fair amount of what the brewer is going for but the additions kill the excitement of the Belgian Ale and detracts rather than adds to it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled (backlog). Yellowish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is biscuits, white bread, some toffee and mild herbal notes. Flavour is rye, mild toasted and nutty notes along with some bready and florl notes. A bit thin, but tasty.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A bottle purchased somewhere in Massachusetts. My wife and went to Plymouth during the first day of our honeymoon; she is a descendant of a Mayflower passenger. Bright yellow beer with some sediment in the glass. After swirling the last pour, it looks like egg yolk in the glass; a cool looking beer. Aroma starts with lemon citrus and grains. The rye is more noticeable in the flavor, even though there is not much of it in the aroma. Light and refreshing. Decent for what it is.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bronze and gold. Nose is pilsner and spicy. Slight honey taste with pine and a touch of rye. Drinkable but pretty one dimensional