Port City Brewing Company Trader Joe's Belgian Style Pale Ale

Trader Joe's Belgian Style Pale Ale

 

Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Trader Joe's
  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular
Score
6.89
ABV: 5.3% IBU: - Ticks: 3
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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Slightly hazy golden and copper coloured body with a relatively large, three centimetre tall off-white head on top. Aroma of grass, dry grain, some citrus and a light bit of grassy hops noticeable. Light-bodied; Sharp astringent flavour of the malt at first with a tiny bit of grass, a little herbs and some lighter floral notes throughout without any pungency, bitterness or deep off-putting flavours. Aftertaste shows a very elegant malty flavour with some grass, light floral notes, herbs and a dose of bread and pure yeast flavours that show a dry and lightly herbal flavour, complete with some mellow malts and a touch of the alcohol. Overall, a nice and complex (especially for the depth of flavours) finish with some dry grain, a bit of yeast and ending with a balanced grain and herbal element that shows almost like a lager with a touch of citrus than an ale. Nice to sample and well worth trying if you can get this - the beer is complex and deep, and largely just because it has this particular yeast strain. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Trader Joe's in Bailey's Crossroads (Skyline), Falls Church, Virginia on 17-September-2017 for US$1,67 sampled at home in Washington on 19-January-2018.
Tried from Can on 20 Jan 2018 at 02:47

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Trader Joe's Charlottesville. Hazy amber, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of yeast, hay, tropical fruit, pine. The taste is tropical fruit, yeast, plum. Medium bodied, crisp.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2017 at 21:56

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Trader Joe's, Charlottesville. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma is lemon, coriander, floral notes, sewage. Flavor is coriander, yeast, lemon, pepper, wheat, grass. Pepper winds up lingering. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2017 at 18:29