So, here's a curiousity. The Sterkens brewery put out some rare bottles a few years, but these were not new beers at all, just new packaging using the talents of American cartoonist. For their golden ale, St. Sebastiaan, they had Ron Rege, Jr., provide an illustration for the label, as well as a version of his mini-comic, Yeast Hoist, hung around the bottleneck by a string. This venture included another bottle with the ink talents of Mat Brinkman for a large bottle of another of their offerings. I never picked that one up, due to the expense, and that I'm less of a fan of Mr. Brinkman. Expensive, they are, and the beer inside is the same as it ever was. Here are the notes I took in January, 2003 of St. Sebastiaan golden ale:
Hazy gold to dull orange in color, with towering, rocky, buzzing and highly aromatic head.
Aroma is citrus, spice, lemon, straw, sugar.
Solid body, strong palate presence, a lively hop profile, with sweet maltiness behind it. Very distinct and uplifting taste and a pleasant finish that takes it's time.
A real reward in every sip, and a decent Duvel clone, but certainly not the same.
No comments:
Post a Comment