Brasserie de la Senne Equinox. Belgian winter ale, but since I'm tapping this in June, I've been omitting that in every thing I say or write about this beer. Call it a Belgian strong dark ale, and that's good enough. It's not as if it's overloaded with cinnamon or ginger or anything that would give it away as a wintry-styled ale.
Wonderful dark appearance, utterly black, with a large creamy, long-lasting head. Just gorgeous. This head does not diminish, and the tan froth last slong and represents.
Aroma: Belgian yeast and malt, first and foremost, spicy, malty, creamy, mmmm. oats and porridge meets clove and cinnamon, maybe. Clean, fresh, and beautiful.taste: Some cola on the palate first, some dark malty flavors, some nut brownish association, not quite enough roast and toast, but still a very rich, full bodies malty Belgian-style flavor.
There's a never-ceasing attack of the yummy, over-all, and I can't imagine who wouldn't like this one, what so ever. Yum, funky, fresh, fruity, and deeply delicious. Chocolate is here, aplenty,too, with plenty of rich maltiness overall.
I've had 2 other beers from this brewery, X-Mas Zinnebir (which might be harder to disguise as a Christmas beer) and Taras Boulba. I liked the latter more than the former, and as luck would have it, that's the next Belgian beer to go on tap at the Nile. Soon, once we drink this keg up!
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