Ardennes
Tuatara Brewing Company in Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.36
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle as Tuatara Golden Ale from Star Grocery in Berkeley, CA. AVB matches, and the label refers to this as Ardennes-style. Pours hazy dark gold with a 3 finger foamy near white head. Aroma is yeast, citrus and a dark herby note. Med body. Flavor is yeast/spice and something like old fashioned linoleum paste. The flavor is quite strong and very herby, with a good dose of peppery something. Net result is it starts a bit sweet and goes through an unusal flavor profile to end bitter. Unique. Or nearly so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2010
at 16:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours pale amber with a lasting large head leaving lovely lacing.Very refreshing aroma, with definate orange peel and blossom, soft phenols and doughy yeast. Very light and summery.Belgian characters are equally noticeable in the flavours, with similar yeast notes and continuing orange peel. Very soft bitterness, the finish is cetred towards the clean alcohol and dryness from high carbonation which goes well alongside the summery lines of the aroma and flavours.An excellent attempt at a foreign style.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2010
at 22:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. A golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of grassy hops and yeast. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of yeast as well as medium notes of minerals, fruit, and malt, leading to a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2010
at 15:56
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pale orange, white head that faded to pretty much nothing. Nose has oranges, some dough, citrus, cloves and some dank. Nice yeasty-grapefruit zest mouthfeel. Bit thin on the malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2009
at 04:15
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, pale golden with a dense, white head. Aroma of fruit, yeast and diacetyl. Medium body with accents of sweet fruit and yeast and a somewhat tired finish. Not exactly a thrilling Belgian style ale. 050208
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2008
at 21:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Clear pale yellow, near no head. Grassy nose. Dryish and lightly almondy. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Vague notes of butter, a good amount of grassy citrich hops and some alcohol shining through. medium bitterness. A good ale that looks like flat Corona.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2006
at 08:14
4.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Very light, flat straw colour. Highly spicy (mace, cardamom), slightly phenolic aroma. Light body. Spicy character, but that’s it. I really don’t get much malt nor hop in this. There’s a reason Belgian beers have a reputation bigger than Belgian-style beers.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2006
at 04:00