St. Feuillien Påskeøl (Easter Beer)

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a cloudy dirty beige/brown color ale with a nice huge foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of candi sugar and nice Belgian malt with sweet fruity ester. Taste is also a mix between some well balanced candi sugar with great notes of Belgian malt and very refreshing and fruity ester. Body is full with limited filtration and great carbonation with no appearance of alcohol. Took one third of the bottle to cook mussels and had great results.

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

Pours out in a slightly hazy amber colour with a rich fluffy lasting white foam. Almondy yeast, dried apricots, dried oranges, cookies, mild herbs and all-spice in the aroma. Medium-bodied with notes of yeast, nuts, dried oranges and caramelized sugar with peppery alcoholic undertones. Smooth and rather chewy moutfeel. Dried yellow fruits, nuts and yeast in the medium-bitter finish

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

labelled PÅSKEØL - hazy red-brown colour, nice creamy and brown tainted head, beautiful lacing, malty and very spicy aroma (ginger, nutmeg), earthy, notes of alcohol, full-bodied, tart, lot of carbonation, very dry, long malty and spicy finish - strong and complex

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This Easter beer seems to be brewed specially for the Danish market, where specific "Easter" beers (normally less interesting than this one) have more of a tradition than in Belgium. It's kind of a hybrid between the the Brune and the Blonde, leaning more heavily on the brown side. 750 ml bottle, corked champagne-style. Bought in Denmark. Very large and lasting cream-coloured head, beer is hazy brown with a reddish hue. Very strong and "raw" aroma of barnyard, ensilage, ammonia, leather and fermenting fruits, mellows gradually in the glass. Flavour is a bit smoother and mellower than the aroma - chocolate sweetness, some oak and spices, moderate but decent hops. Mouthfeel becomes strangely metallic and watery (for a 7.5% beer, that is) in the finish. Some liquorice in the aftertaste. An interesting beer after all.