Hollystock Belgian Pale Ale
Village Idiot Brewing Company
- From:
- Village Idiot Brewing Company
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Aug 13, 2014
- Added:
- Aug 13, 2014
- Wants:
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- Gots:
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Village Idiot Brewing Company "Hollystock Belgian Pale Ale"
On tap at the tasting room during "Hollystock" on 9 August 2014
Hollystock refers to the Hollystock Music and Arts Festival held each year in Mt. Holly, NJ right outside of the Village Idiot Brewing Company's tasting room on High Street. I'm not sure if this will be a rotating beer, or if it's a one-off, or if it's even another beer that was simply re-branded for the event but I wouldn't mind seeing it on tap again.
I'm not really sure how to classify this beer: at 6.5% alcohol by volume it's technically beyond what Americans would consider a "Belgian pale ale", and in Belgium it would be classified for taxation as a "Category S (Superior)" beer based on an original gravity of beyond 1.054˚ Plato. However, at 6.5% it's not quite strong enough to be what Americans would consider a "Belgian golden strong ale". I think really it's more of a Belgian-style blonde ale, but regardless...
It's a deep golden ale but I'm not sure how clear it actually is given the plastic cups used in the tasting room. The frothy white head holds well, and although it eventually drops it continually maintains a thin but full surface covering, buoyed by the effervescent carbonation teeming beneath it.
It's yeasty, spicy, and lightly floral in the nose over a golden malt base. At least part of that is due to yeast, and I think all of it, in fact, but there may be additional spice added as well. The yeast character is spicy, a hint chalky, and just subtly phenolic beyond the spiciness. The alcohol doesn't particularly appear, but I also feel that it's adding a bit of spiciness, or at least bolstering what's already there; and the carbonation probably gives it a little bite as well... I think we can assume that some sugar is probably in use as it's not overly malty, and that would explain the alcohol level as well.
In conclusion, it's simply a well-brewed, straight-forward golden ale that displays the Belgian yeast characteristics and offers a bit more alcohol than might normally be expected.
Aug 13, 2014On tap at the tasting room during "Hollystock" on 9 August 2014
Hollystock refers to the Hollystock Music and Arts Festival held each year in Mt. Holly, NJ right outside of the Village Idiot Brewing Company's tasting room on High Street. I'm not sure if this will be a rotating beer, or if it's a one-off, or if it's even another beer that was simply re-branded for the event but I wouldn't mind seeing it on tap again.
I'm not really sure how to classify this beer: at 6.5% alcohol by volume it's technically beyond what Americans would consider a "Belgian pale ale", and in Belgium it would be classified for taxation as a "Category S (Superior)" beer based on an original gravity of beyond 1.054˚ Plato. However, at 6.5% it's not quite strong enough to be what Americans would consider a "Belgian golden strong ale". I think really it's more of a Belgian-style blonde ale, but regardless...
It's a deep golden ale but I'm not sure how clear it actually is given the plastic cups used in the tasting room. The frothy white head holds well, and although it eventually drops it continually maintains a thin but full surface covering, buoyed by the effervescent carbonation teeming beneath it.
It's yeasty, spicy, and lightly floral in the nose over a golden malt base. At least part of that is due to yeast, and I think all of it, in fact, but there may be additional spice added as well. The yeast character is spicy, a hint chalky, and just subtly phenolic beyond the spiciness. The alcohol doesn't particularly appear, but I also feel that it's adding a bit of spiciness, or at least bolstering what's already there; and the carbonation probably gives it a little bite as well... I think we can assume that some sugar is probably in use as it's not overly malty, and that would explain the alcohol level as well.
In conclusion, it's simply a well-brewed, straight-forward golden ale that displays the Belgian yeast characteristics and offers a bit more alcohol than might normally be expected.
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