L' Etoile Du Nord
Great Waters Brewing
- From:
- Great Waters Brewing
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Ale
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 2.64%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 19, 2004
- Added:
- Jul 18, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ADR from Pennsylvania
4.27/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.27/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at the brewpub...
Translucent brown with orangey highlights. Head is pale and slick in a low goblet, settles at 1/4 of an inch for a long time. Laces in plenty of fat dripping dots. Unripe peach to the aroma, impressive esters, nutmeg and some woody senses. Lower carbonation, nice lush mouthfeel. Flavor is very pleasant, fleshy fruits and a disitinct cantelope impression. Unsweetened chocolate makes a nice balancing act close to the end of the beer, brings in a slightly bitter sense while the fruity malt main impression carries on. Lots of aftertaste, alcoholic heat becomes lightly apparent about halfway down the glass. Good beer, better mouthfeel and "maturity" than the "Pain in the Abbey" Dubbel of last Fall...
Jul 19, 2004Translucent brown with orangey highlights. Head is pale and slick in a low goblet, settles at 1/4 of an inch for a long time. Laces in plenty of fat dripping dots. Unripe peach to the aroma, impressive esters, nutmeg and some woody senses. Lower carbonation, nice lush mouthfeel. Flavor is very pleasant, fleshy fruits and a disitinct cantelope impression. Unsweetened chocolate makes a nice balancing act close to the end of the beer, brings in a slightly bitter sense while the fruity malt main impression carries on. Lots of aftertaste, alcoholic heat becomes lightly apparent about halfway down the glass. Good beer, better mouthfeel and "maturity" than the "Pain in the Abbey" Dubbel of last Fall...
Reviewed by tavernjef from Minnesota
4.06/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On-tap at the brewpub - served in a 10oz snifter - Listed as a Belgian Abbey on the board and the name translates to "Star of the North":
Hazy Iced-tea brown in color, medium, firm, thickly stacked and frothy beige head, diminishes slowly down to a fluffy collar and spotty belgian lacing. One beautiful looking little glass of ale!
Aroma is quite yeasty and spicy, partial bubble gum and white/green grape skins in a fruity melange over the top of some phenolic alcohol notes.
Taste is a bit like a white wine, dry, but more spicy, good chunk of yeasty spices, clove and white pepper, full on white/green grapeyness mixed with ripe pear and a slice of banana. Texture is much like a pear too, fluffy, tongue tingly drying and coating quality with a nice pale malt sweet breadyness behind it all.
Feel is about medium with a fluffy texture and carbonation, solid little drying effects that coat the palate well. A fine example of the style and perhaps one of the better ales to have graced the taps at GW. The 9% slows ya down and makes you enjoy its softer, dryer qualities. Much anticipated and much enjoyable. Many thanks to Shawn the owner who treated me to a good lunch after taking down my artwork this afternoon. He says its still young yet, but as is, its actually pretty darn solid. It may improve slightly as it goes and I'll be willing to find out if it does.
Jul 18, 2004Hazy Iced-tea brown in color, medium, firm, thickly stacked and frothy beige head, diminishes slowly down to a fluffy collar and spotty belgian lacing. One beautiful looking little glass of ale!
Aroma is quite yeasty and spicy, partial bubble gum and white/green grape skins in a fruity melange over the top of some phenolic alcohol notes.
Taste is a bit like a white wine, dry, but more spicy, good chunk of yeasty spices, clove and white pepper, full on white/green grapeyness mixed with ripe pear and a slice of banana. Texture is much like a pear too, fluffy, tongue tingly drying and coating quality with a nice pale malt sweet breadyness behind it all.
Feel is about medium with a fluffy texture and carbonation, solid little drying effects that coat the palate well. A fine example of the style and perhaps one of the better ales to have graced the taps at GW. The 9% slows ya down and makes you enjoy its softer, dryer qualities. Much anticipated and much enjoyable. Many thanks to Shawn the owner who treated me to a good lunch after taking down my artwork this afternoon. He says its still young yet, but as is, its actually pretty darn solid. It may improve slightly as it goes and I'll be willing to find out if it does.
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