Fallen Angel Golden Strong Ale
Midnight Sun Brewing Company in Anchorage, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.22
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Fallen Angel Golden Ale, first brewed on
6-6-6 [JUN 6, 2006], is named in the tradition of Belgian golden strong ales--after the devil himself. We call this beer our "original sin" because it spawned our 2007 Deadly Sin beer series.
Midnight Sun’s Fallen Angel Golden Ale is a traditional Belgian-style golden strong ale--deep gold in color with tiny, conniving bubbles forming a very thick, meticulous head. Effervescent and crisp, this delicious ale tempts the palate with apple, pear and a little earthy mustiness. Its beauty and brightness is angel-like in appearance but the devil in is its strength.
With its introduction in 2006 and its immediate cult following, Fallen Angel is now brewed and released on a more frequent basis.
6-6-6 [JUN 6, 2006], is named in the tradition of Belgian golden strong ales--after the devil himself. We call this beer our "original sin" because it spawned our 2007 Deadly Sin beer series.
Midnight Sun’s Fallen Angel Golden Ale is a traditional Belgian-style golden strong ale--deep gold in color with tiny, conniving bubbles forming a very thick, meticulous head. Effervescent and crisp, this delicious ale tempts the palate with apple, pear and a little earthy mustiness. Its beauty and brightness is angel-like in appearance but the devil in is its strength.
With its introduction in 2006 and its immediate cult following, Fallen Angel is now brewed and released on a more frequent basis.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz. Draft at the source.. Proper Belgian Strong Golden. Yeast dominated. Bubble gum, banana and mild booze. Solid!
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2022
at 04:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[2/1/16] Draught at City Beer in San Francisco. Golden. Sweet fruity aroma with some phenolic spiciness. Sweetish flavor, fruity, yeasty, spicy. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2016
at 06:28
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Hazy amber color, medium white head. Aroma of rising bread dough, floral hay. Taste is bready peppery straw. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2015
at 22:12
8/10
Tried
on 14 Jul 2015
at 03:26
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 Oz bottle pour. Pours a light cloudy golden color with a quick fade head. Soft, sweet lemon citrus aroma with a yeast presence. Love the bottle art by the way. Smooth easy drinking lemon like flavor with a hiding belgian yeast background. Long, cool finish. Delicious beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2014
at 22:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
She pours a somewhat hazy golden yellow color and leaves the same colored body with a slim half finger white foamy head that dies within a half minute leaving some nice clingy lacing sticking tot he sides of the glass.
The smell starts off with that \"iced apples\" thing I normally use to describe a fair amount of tripels and then combines with a very strong lemon and coriander sort of spicy character, some Belgian yeasty notes come out but they’re extremely subdued for the most part of the beer.
The taste is bittersweet perhaps becoming tart through a combination of the lemon finding its way to intricate itself amongst the flavoring, super dry lemon-like aftertaste and finish.
The palate is light to medium, harshness comes at me like a brick wall - wow - pummeling my taste buds into submission. Carbonation is not smooth in any sort of way.
Overall, well, if anything this lives up to its name, its a fallen angel, one who is bitter and harsh for what it portrays to the drinker. For a Belgian Strong Pale Ale, I say this is good. Would I have this again, hmmm...., maybe, I think there’s a good chance. I could definitely see this with a nice broiled fish dinner, perhaps some King Salmon.
The smell starts off with that \"iced apples\" thing I normally use to describe a fair amount of tripels and then combines with a very strong lemon and coriander sort of spicy character, some Belgian yeasty notes come out but they’re extremely subdued for the most part of the beer.
The taste is bittersweet perhaps becoming tart through a combination of the lemon finding its way to intricate itself amongst the flavoring, super dry lemon-like aftertaste and finish.
The palate is light to medium, harshness comes at me like a brick wall - wow - pummeling my taste buds into submission. Carbonation is not smooth in any sort of way.
Overall, well, if anything this lives up to its name, its a fallen angel, one who is bitter and harsh for what it portrays to the drinker. For a Belgian Strong Pale Ale, I say this is good. Would I have this again, hmmm...., maybe, I think there’s a good chance. I could definitely see this with a nice broiled fish dinner, perhaps some King Salmon.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2014
at 02:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 2012 vintage picked up around Christmas last year that I had forgotten about or likely would have opened much sooner. Still lively carbonated, a light orange/copper colored pour with a modest white head. Mild nose is lightly fruity and mainly the yeast. A little dry and floral too. Overall a nice flavor profile of fruits, yeast, and florals. Some swirling pittedfruits… maybe apricot and/or tangerine. I’m picking up some floral bitters in the tail, which I perceive as odd, but enjoyable. Comes together well, but falls short of justifying the $9.39 price tag.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2013
at 07:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy golden amber color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big pear, apple, apricot, grape, clove, pepper, banana, bread, candi sugar, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and nice complexity of fruity/spicy yeast notes with a moderate malt balance; and good strength. Taste of pear, apple, grape, apricot, banana, clove, pepper, bread, candi sugar, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Light fruity tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of light fruits, apricot, banana, clove, pepper, bread, candi sugar, herbal and yeast earthiness. Very nice complexity of fruity/spicy yeast ester flavors; with a great malt/yeast flavor balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly slick and fairly crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice Belgian strong pale ale. All around nice balance and complexity of yeast ester flavors with a balanced malt backbone; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2013
at 20:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(tap) cloudy yellow colour with a small white head; aromas of lilies; balanced flavour with a long light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2013
at 23:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Great hazy and vibrant orange coloured body with a thick, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of yeast, honey, wheat and a very nice curacao and bubble gum sweetness. Medium-bodied; Strong yeast and wheat flavour with a great sweetness of honey, caster sugar and even some light fruits. Aftertaste shows a good wheat and yeast vibe with a fairly good complexity, some coriander seed notes and a little bit of other spices. Overall, another great beer from the brewery - and of course, makes me happy to be in Alaska again! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Brown Jug in Anchorage (Northern Lights Blvd), Alaska on 22-May-2013 sampled later in the evening on 22-May-2013 in my hotel room here in Anchorage.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2013
at 12:13