Golden Shellback
Fair Winds Brewing Company
- From:
- Fair Winds Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 3.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Nov 05, 2018
- Added:
- Aug 23, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.46/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Listed on the tap menu as a Belgian Strong Golden Ale fermented with a Belguan yeast strain for a dry finish.
This beer pours like a Belguan White, light yellow to golden but with a decent cloudiness. Head is fairly lasting and provides lacing, though.
Nose is on the sweeter side with a Belgian yeast note.
Taste is a hint of banana with a lightly sweeter malt base to open. A little more full in body and presence on the palate than I expected. A light tang to even tart note creeps in at times. Has some of the qualities of other Belguan strongs, but also has some notes of wheat beers, to me.
A fine drinking beer, for sure. Maybe the restaurant mis-labeled it, but given the ABV, I'm doubting it. Maybe it's meant to be a crossover beer (Imperial Belgian Wit??) but the brewery had nothing on their site. Basically not what I am looking for in a Strong ale.
Aug 23, 2016This beer pours like a Belguan White, light yellow to golden but with a decent cloudiness. Head is fairly lasting and provides lacing, though.
Nose is on the sweeter side with a Belgian yeast note.
Taste is a hint of banana with a lightly sweeter malt base to open. A little more full in body and presence on the palate than I expected. A light tang to even tart note creeps in at times. Has some of the qualities of other Belguan strongs, but also has some notes of wheat beers, to me.
A fine drinking beer, for sure. Maybe the restaurant mis-labeled it, but given the ABV, I'm doubting it. Maybe it's meant to be a crossover beer (Imperial Belgian Wit??) but the brewery had nothing on their site. Basically not what I am looking for in a Strong ale.
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