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Sons Of Ben Rowdy Style Ale
Yards Brewing Co.
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- From:
- Yards Brewing Co.
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.67 | pDev: 13.62%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 18, 2020
- Added:
- May 03, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 9
The beer is characterized by a subtle, yet distinct Belgian yeast, 100% pale malt and a floral, American hop. It’s an approachable brew perfect for fans during the game and players relaxing post-match.
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Ratings by jmdrpi:
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.33/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
on draft. clear yellow in color, foamy white head - the Belgian yeast profile is there, but it's lacking much else. Not really any malt flavor, just a bit too pale for me.
Jun 28, 2015More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
3.52/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.52/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Copper colored with excellent clarity and a quarter inch of off white. The aroma is of lightly bready malt with a faint sweetness. I’m tasting lightly bready to sweet malt. The mouth is dense and a bit sticky.
Feb 08, 2020Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
4.06/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Around medium body as well as the same for carbonation
.. aroma is very pleasing, grain,cracker,malt,floral and citrus
..taste is very similar to aroma. Mildly sweet with a perfect mild hop bitterness to balance it. Grain,cracker,hop bitterness,citrus and floral
..this was a very well done beer that I would seek out again
Oct 06, 2019.. aroma is very pleasing, grain,cracker,malt,floral and citrus
..taste is very similar to aroma. Mildly sweet with a perfect mild hop bitterness to balance it. Grain,cracker,hop bitterness,citrus and floral
..this was a very well done beer that I would seek out again
Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania
3.52/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a Dogfish Head tulip
L: Clear light golden pour with thick fluffy white head. Great lacing.
S: Crackery grains and lemon citrus.
T.F: Semi-sweet up front. Grains and toasted malts. Nice lemon citrus... a bit of lemongrass and herbs. Light bodied with effervescent carbonation. More citrus at the finish.
O: A solid Belgian Pale. Good flavor... easy drinking... and light enough to smash a few of them.
Aug 08, 2019L: Clear light golden pour with thick fluffy white head. Great lacing.
S: Crackery grains and lemon citrus.
T.F: Semi-sweet up front. Grains and toasted malts. Nice lemon citrus... a bit of lemongrass and herbs. Light bodied with effervescent carbonation. More citrus at the finish.
O: A solid Belgian Pale. Good flavor... easy drinking... and light enough to smash a few of them.
Reviewed by Slatetank from Pennsylvania
4.12/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I tried this from the bottle chilled in a glass
the color is resplendent clear golden with pillowy white head with copious lace and fast rising carbonation visible with tiny beading.
The smell is fragrant hops with somewhat floral and citrus aroma and slight malt toast odor with light herbal presence in the hop scent.
The feel is semi dry with a moderate bitterness and resins of hop oil with medium body and gentle sweetness with a mild alcohol spiciness in the mostly dry finish
The taste has a mild herbal taste up front with slight citrus in the hops with a dry roasted grain taste in the malt department with subtle yeast in taste with a more piney earthy flavor of hops as it finishes with subtle nutty biscuit-like malt in the back.
This is a fantastic Pale ale very well balanced and well brewed and flavorful in every way. A solid example of the style of Belgian Pale Ale.
Sep 10, 2018the color is resplendent clear golden with pillowy white head with copious lace and fast rising carbonation visible with tiny beading.
The smell is fragrant hops with somewhat floral and citrus aroma and slight malt toast odor with light herbal presence in the hop scent.
The feel is semi dry with a moderate bitterness and resins of hop oil with medium body and gentle sweetness with a mild alcohol spiciness in the mostly dry finish
The taste has a mild herbal taste up front with slight citrus in the hops with a dry roasted grain taste in the malt department with subtle yeast in taste with a more piney earthy flavor of hops as it finishes with subtle nutty biscuit-like malt in the back.
This is a fantastic Pale ale very well balanced and well brewed and flavorful in every way. A solid example of the style of Belgian Pale Ale.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.32/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.32/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is mild, malts, a touch of fruits. Taste is malts, light yeast and spice. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall it's a refreshing beer, but a bit mild for the style.
Sep 03, 2018Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey
3.86/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
(12 oz bottle, bottled on 5/31/18... poured into a teku)
L: crystal-clear, yellow-gold liquid with an open, loose sponge of fantastically-firm, rocky white foam - entire bottle did not fill glass on initial pour with head taking head about two finger-width high space
S: Belgian yeast spice apparent upon crown removal... vaguely reminiscent of a hoppy, weaker Duvel... green-grassy, floral, perfumed polyester; slight hint of skin of unripe mango... pleasant surface/top aromas, but very dry and flat below
T: malt/hops maybe has similar intensity/character as an American bo' pils; very very little underlying sweetness, aftertaste has notes of old dried flowers and subtly clove phenols, maybe a hint of sultana... hints of lemon peel, nutty grain sneak in late... comes across like a bo' pils with shades of a maibock
F: smooth, dry; soft silky hop resins... long after sips, the bitterness leaves a delicate numbing hum on the tongue... itys dryness stands out - wanting to take bigger sips
O: muted aromas and flavors overall, though it works - it did grow on me a little along the way... given the abv and restrained attack on the palate, I could definitely see drinking this in greater volume outside at a cook-out... nice addition to their line, if not wholly unique
Aug 06, 2018L: crystal-clear, yellow-gold liquid with an open, loose sponge of fantastically-firm, rocky white foam - entire bottle did not fill glass on initial pour with head taking head about two finger-width high space
S: Belgian yeast spice apparent upon crown removal... vaguely reminiscent of a hoppy, weaker Duvel... green-grassy, floral, perfumed polyester; slight hint of skin of unripe mango... pleasant surface/top aromas, but very dry and flat below
T: malt/hops maybe has similar intensity/character as an American bo' pils; very very little underlying sweetness, aftertaste has notes of old dried flowers and subtly clove phenols, maybe a hint of sultana... hints of lemon peel, nutty grain sneak in late... comes across like a bo' pils with shades of a maibock
F: smooth, dry; soft silky hop resins... long after sips, the bitterness leaves a delicate numbing hum on the tongue... itys dryness stands out - wanting to take bigger sips
O: muted aromas and flavors overall, though it works - it did grow on me a little along the way... given the abv and restrained attack on the palate, I could definitely see drinking this in greater volume outside at a cook-out... nice addition to their line, if not wholly unique
Sons Of Ben Rowdy Style Ale from Yards Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
77 ratings
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