Illustration Ale
East End Brewing Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.53
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Refrigerated 32 oz. brown flip top poured into a glass. Hazy golden with very little head. Aroma is light malt, medium body, lower carbonation, and no lacing. Taste is tart and light malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
750ml from the brewery. Off garbage tones in the aroma. Deep brown unfiltered body. Brown sugar Belgian Brown Ale. Leathery brown sugar. Not so good. The aroma kills it.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled on draft at Hou Thou this beer poured a red-brown color with orange highlights and a large foamy beige head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was cherry, plum, boozy, almost medicinal and had a burnt caramel note. The flavor was boozy, black cherry, fig, plum, a touch medicinal, faintly smoky and had a bit of burnt caramel. Very long finish. Medium body. Odd but interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Candy aroma. Interesting leather on typical EE yeast. Doesn’t seem to be near 10% but fer sure you know there’s alky in thar. On tap at the bocktown. Quite unique, on the up side of the bell curve.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Illustration Ale from East End Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tasting at Papsø’s
Dark brown color with red hue; small creamy head. Aroma of dark fruits, dark malts. Sweet flavor, caramel and light sourness, some dark fruits; low bitterness and quite high alcohol presence, boozy. Weird.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Illustration Ale from East End Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 100cl. w. swing top.Clear dark red amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, berry - fruit ripped, dark malt, sweet ? phenol. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110918]
Pinball (15907) reviewed Illustration Ale from East End Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Shared with ppl at a Papsø tasting. Trade with forgetfu, thanks! clear dark reddish brown, almos no head mild nutty aroma, malty. flavor is sweet malty, slightly hoppy, slightly flowery.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Illustration Ale from East End Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A dark red beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, fruit, and some alcohol, leading to a dry finish.
yespr (55501) reviewed Illustration Ale from East End Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
1 L bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dry and dark roasted and phenolic. Sweet, toasted malty and phenolic. Light bitter, dark roasted and breadish. Bitter and sweet dense caramelish finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 100 cl. Courtesy of Pinball. Pours a clear and dark nutty brown with an orange hue and a beige head. Sweet aroma of overripe dark fruits and friendly phenols. Solid body, sweet dark fruits with a slightly tart edge. Some yeastiness. Hardly any hops. 180911