Petal Head
Bellwoods Brewery
- From:
- Bellwoods Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 6.1%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 6.77%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 11, 2013
- Added:
- Dec 02, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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The Petal Head is a souped-up version of our Belgian Pale Ale, Petal Pusher. Brewed with a Saison yeast, this floral pale beer is refreshing and hoppy, with a nice dry finish. More hoppy than a White Picket, and slightly more phenolic than the Petal Pusher, this distinct effervescent Belgian ale is blonde but certainly not dumb.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by liamt07 from Canada (ON)
3.77/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.77/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the brewery, into a tulip.
Unfiltered darker orange with mild retention and excellent lace. Nose is herbal, has some clementine and tangerine, saison yeast and a peppery note. Taste is herbal, has some dank character, tangerine and more saison yeast spicing. Some honeydew melon, wheat and fresh, juicy hop character. Drying finish with a fairly high degree of bitterness. Higher medium carbonation. Quite nice within the style, but perhaps a bit too bitter to have several of.
Jan 13, 2013Unfiltered darker orange with mild retention and excellent lace. Nose is herbal, has some clementine and tangerine, saison yeast and a peppery note. Taste is herbal, has some dank character, tangerine and more saison yeast spicing. Some honeydew melon, wheat and fresh, juicy hop character. Drying finish with a fairly high degree of bitterness. Higher medium carbonation. Quite nice within the style, but perhaps a bit too bitter to have several of.
Reviewed by TheSevenDuffs from Canada (ON)
3.95/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On tap @ Bellwoods.
A - Cloudy medium yellow. Half a finger of cream coloured head.
S - Crisp hop bitterness - grapefruit, pine. Bready malts and a lighter clove presence.
T - Sharp bitterness up front with grapefruit, grassy flavours and some bready malts adding some sweetness and balance. The finish changes completely with a dry saison-like flavour and some spice, clove and yeast esters. This really is a tale of two beers in one. Odd, yet interesting and very tasty.
M - Light to medium body. Light carbonation. Dry.
Dec 07, 2012A - Cloudy medium yellow. Half a finger of cream coloured head.
S - Crisp hop bitterness - grapefruit, pine. Bready malts and a lighter clove presence.
T - Sharp bitterness up front with grapefruit, grassy flavours and some bready malts adding some sweetness and balance. The finish changes completely with a dry saison-like flavour and some spice, clove and yeast esters. This really is a tale of two beers in one. Odd, yet interesting and very tasty.
M - Light to medium body. Light carbonation. Dry.
Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)
3.73/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.73/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Listed both as a dry-hopped saison and a mix between a saison and a Belgian Pale.
Beer is a cloudy orange-yellow colour. A small but solid white head fades fairly quickly, leaving a good amount of lace.
Smell contains yeast, floral notes, bread and white pepper.
Taste is fruity, with peach and banana noticeable for me. A bit of a bubblegum flavour. Spices, particularly white pepper. A bit of lemongrass. Some yeast. A moderately dry finish.
Medium bodied, highly carbonated. Carbonation level is irritatingly high.
Overall, nice beer, but I certainly prefer Bellwoods' regular Farmhouse Ale saison.
Dec 02, 2012Beer is a cloudy orange-yellow colour. A small but solid white head fades fairly quickly, leaving a good amount of lace.
Smell contains yeast, floral notes, bread and white pepper.
Taste is fruity, with peach and banana noticeable for me. A bit of a bubblegum flavour. Spices, particularly white pepper. A bit of lemongrass. Some yeast. A moderately dry finish.
Medium bodied, highly carbonated. Carbonation level is irritatingly high.
Overall, nice beer, but I certainly prefer Bellwoods' regular Farmhouse Ale saison.
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