Christmas Angel
Brouwerij Serafijn (prev. Microbrouwerij Achilles) in Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.83
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
The beer pours with a large head but it quickly fades into an surface covering lacing first but eventually into a hairline thick ring. It’s got a very hazy, orange/copper body with a medium clarity. Aroma first starts with nice sweet banana esters and then there are faint granny smith apple skins. Light sweet grainy cereal there as well. Taste is a sort of reduced version of the aroma light cereal, banana, apple skin. Medium body with a strong carbonation. Nothing "special" except an easy drinking yet full beer.
11.2oz bottle, Shelton Bros winter mix pack, Corsendonk tulip glass.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pour is a hazy orange with a huge white head. Aroma is a very sweet fruit with some caramel and a touch of yeast. Flavor is heavily spiced with some nutmeg and lemon peel. Finish is a bit bitter and candi sugar. A bit different but nothing earth shaking as its kind of a one trick pony with all the spice. More of a spiced ale than anything.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours deep amber into a tulip. Offwhite head quickly subsides to skim surface. Honey and spice aromas. Quite thick with upfront honey and a lasting winter spice finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Warm, caramel malty aroma. Light amber color with a vigorus off-white head. Thin to medium in body, with a very mild carbonation. Starts with sweet caramel malt, offset with something like n-amyl acetate. Light belgian spice notes. A little heat. Something like hop offsets the malt. The finish is dry and "sweetly astringent". A little floral/veg hangs around. Perhaps some vanilla arrives at the end. Interesting, tasty, and very drinkable.