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Sapwood Cellars Brewery in Columbia, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating|
Score
7.10
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While Belgian Dubbels, Tripels, and Quads get most of the excitement, the humble Belgian Single (Patersbier) is often ignored. It's pale, light, bright, and a little bit hoppy. We brewed ours with with Belgian Pilsner malt and Grungeist hops, for a clean base and slight tropical fruitiness to compliment the banana and bubblegum from the Belgian ale fermentation.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned 2/17/26, drunk 4/7/26.
Pear and honey with mild black pepper and white bread. All good things! No big clove, no banana, and only minimal bubble gum. Mildy fruity, mildly herbal hops seem appropriate to let the yeast shine.
Soft and malty with pear, black pepper, dry melon and really no huge spiciness. Just an easygoing pepper. Excellent depth and attenuation with a gentle, honey-like sweetness. Clean and controlled fermentation character at lower temperatures producing an elegant Belgian beer. Frick yeah. So impressed with Sapwood.
Pear and honey with mild black pepper and white bread. All good things! No big clove, no banana, and only minimal bubble gum. Mildy fruity, mildly herbal hops seem appropriate to let the yeast shine.
Soft and malty with pear, black pepper, dry melon and really no huge spiciness. Just an easygoing pepper. Excellent depth and attenuation with a gentle, honey-like sweetness. Clean and controlled fermentation character at lower temperatures producing an elegant Belgian beer. Frick yeah. So impressed with Sapwood.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 07 Apr 2026
at 23:56
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz. can. Aroma is soft bubblegum and mild herb. The yeast phenols in the flavor are soft. Light bubblegum, pear and mild malty backbone. Ends on soft herb. Decent.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 05 Apr 2026
at 21:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can shared by CLW--thanks, Chris! Lightly hazy golden yellow, nice sparkle, ring of head, light lacing. Aroma is nice fruity esters, Belgian yeast, bread. Taste is strong malt, fruity esters, light bubblegum. Smooth, frothy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Subtle aroma but taste is stronger. Not going to knock your socks off but a nice change of pace.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2026
at 20:58
7/10
Hazy golden body medium foamy white head. Spicy floral herbal aroma. Spicy herbal floral flavor. Medium light body moderate carbonation. 7/2/7/3/15 3.4
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from Draft
on 19 Mar 2023
at 17:11