Borman's Belgian Ale
Adventure Brewing South

Borman's Belgian AleBorman's Belgian Ale
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From:
Adventure Brewing South
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
Belgian Pale Ale
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
79
Avg:
3.33 | pDev: 21.92%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
31
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 10, 2017
Added:
Oct 20, 2007
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Ratings by PoolFishGolf:
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Rated by PoolFishGolf from Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +12.6%

Oct 08, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.44 by cliff1066 from Virginia

Feb 10, 2017
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia

3.56/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From the growler, it pours a golden amber with a small head. Some lacing appears as you consume. Mild, fruity fragrance to the nose. Spicy flavor and enjoyable.
Nov 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by joegard from Virginia

Jul 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Wattie from Virginia

Jan 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by dmk91 from Virginia

Jan 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Boone757 from Virginia

Nov 29, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by fishguyac from Virginia

Nov 29, 2013
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Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois

2.96/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Served in a Devil's Backbone willibecher.

Named for a Belgian army captain who invented a time fuse for Union cannonballs. Right on. This stuff pours a lightly-hazy golden-brass topped by a finger of white foam. The nose comprises lemon peel, light banana peel, green apple, and a light touch of cracked wheat. The taste brings in more of the same, with the lemon peel showing a bit of fowl funk, and with some black pepper tossed in for what I assume they felt was good measure. That green apple character doesn't help things any. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a drying finish. Overall, an okay little thing, at best, but nothing all that great. I don't see me picking up another any time soon.
Aug 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

Mar 17, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by ZachKelly from Virginia

Jan 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by stereosforgeeks from Virginia

Dec 17, 2012
 
Rated: 1 by SGourley from Virginia

Aug 28, 2012
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Reviewed by oldirtycaffrey from Virginia

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a light golden color with a slight head and just a little bit of lacing along the glass. Smell is very sweet, spicy, fruity -- hints of apple & lemon. The taste is also very sweet and buttery; a tad citrusy as well. You can get a good hit of hops in the aftertaste. Pretty easy to drink for a belgian ale. Would love to know the ABV as this seemed to pack a good punch -- I'm guessing between 6.2 & 7 %. Well-crafted beer.
Jul 16, 2012
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Reviewed by JayQue from Virginia

3.7/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
My son-in-law brought back a growler from the brewery. We had it at Easter dinner. Pours a hazy light orange/dull gold color with a small delicate bubbly white head. THe head fades quickly to a covering of the glass. Lacing is pretty light.

Mild aroma of light fruit apples and pears, some sweetness and Belgian spices. Not much yeast.

Tastes good. we started out too cold but the fruit flavor and spices picked up as the beer warmed. Might have benefited from a little hoppiness as the beer is fairly sweet. If this is Blue and Gray's first cut at a Belgian beer, they did pretty good!!! The only thing missing was a Belgian yest/ funky presence.

Mouthfeel is pretty rich, the spices do their thing plesantly on the tongue.

Overall this was pretty enjoyable.
Apr 09, 2012
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Reviewed by wowbagger from Virginia

2.51/5  rDev -24.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Very light with a very foamy head. Color is cloudy yellow.

Slightly citrus smell with hint of banana, but not a very strong aroma.

Taste; a lot of bite and a lot of spice. The banana I smelled is there and I can't detect the high alcohol content but that's mostly because of how overly-spiced it is. For my taste, this makes it a little unbalanced.
Feb 26, 2012
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Reviewed by xnicknj from Pennsylvania

3.32/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
22oz bottle poured into large tulip - thanks to bigtomz

Pours a hazy golden color with a crop of white head. Plenty of patchy lacing around the glass with a wispy layering of retention.

Lemony and funky in the nose with some hints of citrus rind. Touches of Belgian yeast and some light sweetness.

Citrusy and slightly juicy up front. Again, plenty of lemon peel on this to the point of near-overkill. Light bready malt with Belgian yeast followed by some slick sweetness. Decent amount of funkiness, hints of pear and apple. Finishes a little dry.

Fuller medium body, decent carbonation, bubbly and sticky on the tongue. I feel like this has some redeeming moments but the lemon is a bit much.
Jan 19, 2012
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Reviewed by mxmcmillan from Virginia

2/5  rDev -39.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Seemed to me like a failed attempt at a blonde, this beer really lacks any strong connection to many styles that pop out at the term "Belgian Ale"

a- somewhere between a brownish amber or a brown- yellow, not the kind of golden color I'm sure they would like to have gone for

s- the hops are really the distinguishing smell here, with some slight spices detectable

t- a rather bland start with a bitter finish you'd expect from a blond, but the in-between is lacking any real stand out flavors for me

m- pretty weakly carbonated for a belgian, though this may have something to do with my growler.

o- Disappointing. I came in to this expecting a very strong flavor and was ultimately disappointed. Nothing special.

I like supporting my local breweries and typically am pleased with Blue & Gray but this was a definite miss.
Jan 04, 2012
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Reviewed by sellmeagod from Virginia

2.2/5  rDev -33.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Apparently Borman was a Civil War legend famous for making some canons, and this brew is supposed to ignite your tastebuds.

It doesn't really, and the whole time you'll be drinking it you'll be thinking, "Oh isn't that cute; these guys from Fredericksburg are trying to make a Belgian".

But, at least it does taste/smell/feel like a Belgian, albeit a weak one. A bit of bitterness at the end sets it apart.

With no abv listing, I would guess a weak 5-6%, but that could just be cynical thinking. Maybe it is a radical 9% abv and these guys are hiding it well. Perhaps that would make the rating go up (it's funny how that tradeoff can make a difference sometimes with these regular tasting Belgians).

A good try.
Aug 30, 2010
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Reviewed by DeutschesBier from Maryland

3.28/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Overall, this isn't a bad beer. I Haven't had a Blue and Gray beer that I did not enjoy.

The appearance is what I expected. A nice golden color with a big white fluffy head. The color was a little darker than I expected. It also smelled pretty good, but I could tell right away that it was going to be a tad sweet for my tastes.

That doesn't mean that I didn't like the taste though. I just usually expect my Belgian Pales to be a little dryer.

Overall, not bad.
Aug 01, 2010
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