Ring of the Lake
Afterthought Brewing Company
- From:
- Afterthought Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.13 | pDev: 3.15%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 14, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 16, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Brewed for Orval Day 2022. “Ring of the Lake” is a Belgian-style pale ale brewed with Styrian Golding hops and fermented with a Belgian yeast strain and then dry-hopped with whole leaf US Cascade and German Tradition, and finally packaged with our house culture.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
MMXXIV edition, bottled 2/4/24
Wonderful dry-hop and Brett expression, pineapple, leather, dried botanical herbs. Earthy Brett aroma, dried noble hop note present.
Very unique and a cool twist on Afterthought’s house saisons. Acidity is present, but mild. Not an Orval clone, it’s totally it’s own thing, and it’s fantastic.
Sep 14, 2025Wonderful dry-hop and Brett expression, pineapple, leather, dried botanical herbs. Earthy Brett aroma, dried noble hop note present.
Very unique and a cool twist on Afterthought’s house saisons. Acidity is present, but mild. Not an Orval clone, it’s totally it’s own thing, and it’s fantastic.
Reviewed by BeerGeekExtraordinaire from Illinois
4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
As in other beers I have reviewed, I rate them as I do on Untappd.
The brewery says this is an Orval inspired beer. It's pretty close to Orval. The Brett funk is there. However, with almost all of Afterthought's beers, there's a lot of tartness. That tartness gives the funk a run for its money, and I sort of wish it didn't. I would prefer some more earthy, funky flavors. Also, like Orval, it's VERY highly carbonated. I know Orval is, but this seemed to foam forever. It wasn't infected. It tasted good, but damn...
Anyway,if you're an Orval fan, it's good.
Jul 16, 2022The brewery says this is an Orval inspired beer. It's pretty close to Orval. The Brett funk is there. However, with almost all of Afterthought's beers, there's a lot of tartness. That tartness gives the funk a run for its money, and I sort of wish it didn't. I would prefer some more earthy, funky flavors. Also, like Orval, it's VERY highly carbonated. I know Orval is, but this seemed to foam forever. It wasn't infected. It tasted good, but damn...
Anyway,if you're an Orval fan, it's good.
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