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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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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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a hazy deep golden with an off-white head. Aroma of overripe fruit, some citrusy hops and a little yeast. Medium body, sweet malt and fruits, yeasty and slightly phenollic with a metallic touch. Hardly any bitterness. 240610
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear golden with a medium off white head. Sweet and yeasty aroma with malt and fruity notes. Sweet and malty flavour with fruity and yeasty notes. Finished sweet and yeasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottled (From Cracked Kettle). Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, toffee, fruits and some yeast, spices. Nice balance in the aroma. Flavour is caramel malts, toffee, fruits, earth, some pleasant spicyness. A very wellmade Belgoclone.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
courtesy of juiceislose pours golden, thin white head aroma, nice estery fruits, apple & banana flavors, yeasty palate, grainy, ester, note of fruits; banana, wheaty sweet mouthfeel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. Malt, spice, and fruity ester aroma with some yeast. Malt, earth, and yeast flavor with light esters. Medium bodied. malt, yeast, and fruity esters linger.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle Thanks to Toby Pours out a golden yellow topped with a small head. The aroma of belgian yeast hits you like a train. Lots of bread, spice, and sweetness. Taste after getting past all of the bubbles was very nice. Some sweetness, rich malts, and a nice spice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
bottle at Fort Wayne tasting - Pours hazy gold with a lingering white head. It smells of hops with citrus and some light malt. The flavor is hops with citrus and grassy notes and a bready malt character that for some reason put me in mind of saisons. The malt and hops are well balanced. It’s medium bodied and bubbly.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Clear gold with a tall, white head that falls to a tight, white foam. Nice lacing. Bready yeast with clean fruity malts and a bit of Belgian funk in the aroma. Tangy and sweet, medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye, pours with a large, white head over a hazed golden body. Good lace. Aroma is alcohol, sugary, honey, dried fruits and apple. Taste is alcohol, dry fruits, pear, yeast, bread and slightly metallic. Dry mouthfeel and somewhat well carbonated.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bomber drunk on 5/11/07
Perfect appearance as far as I’m concerned. Huge, rocky head is well-retained, white and sits atop brassy-golden body that shows fine, bottle conditioned carbonation. Excellent lacing as well.
Coriander and soft, estery Belgian yeast in the nose are elegant and very clean. The spicing is not overdone and takes the place of what would be a similar hop character (some herbal hop notes can still be found as well). Rich pils malt is sensed, though it’s not overly sweet. Just has a lovely honey character to it that seems strong and resilient. Some doughy character is added to this, giving it a little more heft. It ends on a dry note, with light acidity and plenty of dry, yellow fruitiness. Coriander lasts through to the end. No flaws whatsoever, no alcohol warmth that I could detect.
Perfectly tight, engaging carbonation leads off on a strong note, as light banana and clove notes can be glimpsed beside the stronger coriander spiciness. Doughy yeast character is minimal, while plenty of daintiness is had from the pils malt. Soft is the texture, and very drinkable, leading to a drying finish with a moderate amount of acidity that seems to come mostly from the coriander (and hops?). Attenuation tends somewhat to the sweet side, but it’s not overly sweet, IMHO. Lovely yeast character that greatly impressed all three of us Belgiephiles (Olivier, Jocelyn and myself). Not some cheap Americanized knock-off. Cleaner than most Belgians, you might say, but artfully done with a wonderful texture and malt flavor. A bit too much acidity and some light alcohol sharpness at times (on the finish), but overall, I think the extra 4 or so months has really mellowed this out as compared to the reviews from younger samples. Also, I didnt find too much graininess that others have noted.