Eille
Off Color Brewing

 

 

 

 

Unknown vintage; drank 7/10/15 @ the Yarchives.

Semi-opaque pale yellow appearance.

Fizzy white head; decent lace.

Clove, honey & lemon notes in the nose.

Medium thin mouthfeel.

Honey, banana bread & clove flavors up front; an effervescent lemon fizz on the finish.

A thirst quenching, flavorful brew. Well done!

 

 

 

 

Poured 12 oz bottle into snifter glass. 7.5% abv

Appearance- Light yellow with fluffy, course bubbled head. Ample haze.

Smell- Yeast, barley, lemon.

Taste- Grainy, with sweet layers of Belgian yeast mixing in. Banana notes as well as clove spice follow. Orange citric hop notes are faint but come out as well. Ends with a touch of honey and coriander spice.

Mouthfeel- Medium heavy in body with medium carbonation.

Overall- A smooth spiced ale with a Belgian sense as well. Easy drinking with good flavor. Possibly even a candidate for aging.

12 ounce bottle into a tulip glass. Had 10/19/17.

Pours a bright, clear gold, with a half inch head and some foamy lacing. Aromas of Belgian yeast, coriander, some honey and juniper, Sorachi hops, light malt. The taste is Belgian yeast, spices, Sorachi hops, malt, honey, coriander, juniper. A light hop bitterness on the finish. Smooth, appropriately carbonated, a good body for the style.

A nice, spicy twist on the style. The hops and the coriander are the stars. Give it a try.

12oz bottle poured into 12oz tulip. Poured a cloudy straw-gold color, with 1/4 inch white head that quickly dissipated and left light lacing.

The aroma was lightly sweet, with a bit of yeast spice.

Very similar on the tongue.

The body was medium, and had a semi-sweet finish.

Drinkability was fine, I enjoyed my bottle well enough. Overall, a pleasant enough brew, one I might revisit in the warmer months.

 

 

 

this beer is incredible, never heard of it before randomly seeing it on a beer menu, but its among my favorites that i have had from these guys. a clever honey brew, gin inspired, with a heap of lemon juice and zest. its hazy in the glass like a hefe might look, that same dense goldenrod color and haze, short white head. i can smell the honey, a real floral orange blossom element and almost waxy sweetness to it, gorgeous, natural, and very forward. the lemon is acidic and zesty, fresh, and quite a bit more at the forefront of this than i expected it to be, both in nose and taste. light orange, juniper, sage, and lemongrass notes in here too. white wine notes from a french type saison yeast, some wheatiness, and some good honey flavor all the way through, very lively and springy with the fresh lemon, almost surprisingly robust on both ingredients. smooth and fuller bodied from the honey too, a light tannic thing before it finishes, and the clean zippy lemon tang too. i think the proportions here are really interesting, they make this beer incredibly unique. i absolutely loved this. enjoyed in napa with some escargots in a green garlic sauce, really impeccable stuff!

Treated as a saison, this was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a murky pale yellow earthy color with a finger's worth of white foamy head that slid off at a moderate pace. Slight sticky messy lace.
The aroma had some sweet lemon, lemongrass, dust, sweet grass, light twang, white bread/biscuit and an ever so slight touch of herbal/floral crisp sweetness on the back end.
The flavor leaned towards Belgian sweet yeastiness playing with all of the prior mentioned aromas adding a little bit of earthiness, and faint white pepper. Nice saison yeasty and grassy aftertaste with some of the white bread and a dusty sort of twang.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a touch under with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt on par. Nice Belgian bready finish.
Overall, not sure why it's labeled a herbal beer on here, I don't agree what that at all. However, if one treats this as a saison, you'll see it's fabulous qualities. I'd come back to.

 

Look: It pours yellow with a white head that has medium low head retention.

Smell: The aroma has earthen elements, spices, and lemon. There is also notes of pepper and mint.

Taste: The initial flavors are very spicy. There is some lemon and honey with earthen elements as well. A very low background of citrus and coriander is also present. A mint flavor becomes moderately low in the finish.

Feel: It has a medium body with a spicy, dry, minty finish.

Overall, a very complex beer with spices and citrus mingling with mint.