Hermitage Ale of the Hermit

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Sampled on 7/2/2010. This Belgian Strong Ale pours a medium brown color from a .5l bottle, Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruity and sweet. A medium bodied BSA. The malts are fruity and sweet, touch of caramel. The hops are earthy and herbal. The carbonation seems a little light. There is a slightly tart/sour funkiness here as well as some iced tea. Nice herbal finish. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

an "amber ale" listed as a BSA on ratebeer for some reason, but listed as a wood-aged double ipa on the breweries site. kind of a poor example of any of the three. a little fruity, no belgian aspects. the wood either mutes the hops too much, there's not enough, or it's a little old. an ok beer that i wouldn't seek out.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

500ml bottle -

Aroma - lots of caramel in the aroma, almost exclusively. After it warmed up, I got some strange banana ice cream aroma.

Appearance - rusted red/brown body, clear with fat beige head.

Taste - lots of caramel in the flavor too, some banana, light vanilla and light earthy/oaky notes.

Palate - Seemed on the thin side with a touch of over-carbonation, finishes dry...reminded me of seltzer water on the finish

Overall - just a so-so BSA, nothing really to note. Not bad for $3.49 a bottle. More of a dunkelweizen than a BSA though.