Saturday, November 24, 2007

Beer Review: Flat Earth Belgian Pale Ale



Belgian Pale Ale
Flat Earth Brewing Co.

Thanks to Ben for sharing this with me. It was in a lineup of great beers and not only stood out, but would have been the highlight of the night if a certain friend hadn't decided he suddenly needed his right leg shaved in the middle of a party. I'll see if I can post a picture of that.

overall: 3.95
appearance: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | mouthfeel: 4 | drinkability: 4.5

A tasty Minnesotan-made Belgian pale ale here that could just as easily have come from Belgian. The flavor is clean with a medium body thats quite toasty (the malt) with a touch of caramel. The yeast kicks in a woodsy funk and the hops round this beer out with a slight balancing bitterness. This might be heresy, but this beer reminds me of Westvleteren Blonde.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Matt it Keith from cross would love to do some beer trades sometime.