Summer Belgian-Style Blonde Ale
Choc Beer Co. / Pete's Place

 

Pours a hazy light gold from the bottle. The two-finger white head says hello before quickly settling to a touch of foam. Nice aroma of Belgian yeast, spice, malt and tropical fruit. Those are all present in the taste, with banana and grain leading the way. Medium light mouth that's crisp and dry. A very drinkable summer ale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B+

12oz into a wine glass. Pours a hazed orange gold, fluffy white froth didn't linger.

Aroma is subdued but complete with a gritty yeast, light skinned nearly ripe fruits and even subtler spices.

Taste is full flavored, held together with yeast and delicate hopping. Little citrus and clove are interesting. Negligible bitter. Aftertaste fades quickly away leaving a crisp notion on the tongue. Light to medium bodied mouthfeel. Nice brew for a muggy del city day. warms well.
Cheers
jd

 

 

P:  thin layer of white bubbles on top of a hazy golden and significantly effervescent ale. 

S:  Great yeast aroma with a clean fruity musk.  Super vibrant, spices and banana. 

T/M:  Spicy yeast, black pepper, clove, banana alcohol,  bubblegum, and honey wheat bread.  Silky mouthfeel that shows its  carbonation nicely. Finishes powdery with lingering  dry grass and bitter green apple peels. 

O: As usual the Choc team delivered another fine seasonal. I really enjoyed this and will pick more up for sure. Super clean and vibrant with just a touch of fruity bitterness. The finish is not much desired for its a little rough, but a well done ale.

12 oz. bottle poured into a Chimay Chalice; murky golden color with chunks of yeasty goodness sitting in the bottom of the glass, small head reducing to tiny ring.

Smells instantly of Belgian yeast, lots of spice; clove, pepper and bananas.

Tastes like a freshly baked loaf of bread, clove, rich malts, little bit of alcohol, touch of honey, wheat and bananas in the back.

Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied, mild carbonation, minor dryness, slick.

Overall a decent brew, if you like Belgian styles then it's worth a try. Smooth easy drinking summer beer.

Thanks to 4balance for this one. Poured from bottle to snifter:

Pours a hazy honey gold with a quick couple fingers of head that fades out to a consistent collar. Wisps of with head remain scattered across the center of the glass... good lacing.

Yeasty, wheat, clove, sour banana, white grapes, pretty unique.

The taste is equally unique. Warming grains, subtle biscuit, some dirty yeast presence.

Overall, this is an interesting take on the style. Glad to have had the chance to try it.

12oz. served into an Orval chalice.

A - Looks like apple juice with a fleeting white head.

S - Bubblegum flavored candy, sweet malt, clove, apples.

T - Sweet malts, pears, golden delicious apples, bubblegum, green bananas, rough wheat malt mixes with alcohol to create a strange astringency. It starts thinning out toward the end and finishes powdery but wet.

M - Medium body with ample carbonation. Slick finish.

Great yeast esters providing classic Belgian flavors but the astringent wheat character seems to come in and trample things a bit. Overall not bad though.

 

Thanks Mom and Dad for picking up this unobtainable brew from OK on your trip to AR.

Cloudy and pale copper, bronze, unpicked barley color. Very light bubbling and head.

Very yeasty banana, fruit, clove, and slight earth aroma along with the slight toasty aromas from the malt.

Taste is powdery in texture. The flavaors have yeasty bubblegume and banana. The malt add sweet biscuits and bread with no noticeable addition from the hops.

This is a session Okey brew. One that I would buy again if it was ever available in the Chi-town area.

Pours to a thin, white head and cloudy, dirty orange-gold color. Aroma is primarily Belgian yeast compounds: peppery, spicy and fruity. Flavor is spicy and interesting with notes or coriander and clove. Mouthfeel is smooth and carbonation is moderate. Overall, this is a tasty brew that looks like a very good homebrewed Blonde.