Razzmatazz Belgian Ale
CooperSmiths Pub & Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.67
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
From Jun 2006
On tap at the brewery:
Poured a reddish gold with a nice head of foam that dissipated slowly. Lots of lacing.
The smell was all fruity and yeasty with strong notes of banana and clove.
The taste was fruit dominated....the banana is stronger in this belgian style ale than any other I've ever tried, but there's also clove and yeast tones so it isn't exactly one dimensional. I thought the body was a bit on the thin side but, over all, this is a brew worth trying and I know I'll be sampling it again when I visit this fundamentally sound brew pub.
Bottom line: A brew worth trying in my book!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
They must have changed the recipe since the last rating of this beer, because it is currently listed on their menu in the mid-6% range, and the beer is quite dry now, lacing any of the candi sugar sweetness noted in some of the ratings - anyway - starts of tangy and lightly estery - moderate beligan phenols throughout - flinty dryness - crackery malts - the fainest touch of horseblanket - crisp, herbal bitterness in the finish - nice.