Bière De Belœil - Brasserie Dupont sprl

metter98

New York

4.09/5  rDev +3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A: The beer is clear amber in color and has a high amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a two finger high light beige head that has excellent retention properties and took a very long time to slowly die down, also leaving lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: The smell has moderately strong aromas of earthy yeast.
T: Like the smell, the taste has flavors of earthy yeast but also has added complexities with flavors of biscuit and hay like malts plus hints of floral hops and fruits. Notes of peppery spices are present in the finish. There is a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels a bit shy of medium-bodied and very dry on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer shares some similarities with a saison, but is much more complex in taste and is also a little fuller bodied. No traces of alcohol are detectable.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2013 02:05:23 | More by metter98

JeffreyJDavis

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -5.5%

06-03-2013 15:48:59 | More by JeffreyJDavis

gollem

Alabama

3.65/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Lovely amber color. Yeasty, strong. There's some caramel in it, though it stays well shy of a double. Makes good burpies: lots of carbonation. For the price ($11 for 75cl) it's a pretty decent beer, and it does go excellent with strong cheese. This is not my favorite Dupont beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-30-2013 22:51:21 | More by gollem

GRG1313

California

4/5  rDev +0.8%

05-21-2013 05:15:13 | More by GRG1313

DeutschesBier

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -5.5%

05-19-2013 18:03:38 | More by DeutschesBier

JDavidRice

Connecticut

4/5  rDev +0.8%

05-16-2013 23:19:53 | More by JDavidRice

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -5.5%

04-19-2013 10:28:57 | More by Thorpe429

sammy806

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +13.4%

03-29-2013 13:39:03 | More by sammy806

HoistinBrews

Minnesota

4/5  rDev +0.8%

03-24-2013 06:42:40 | More by HoistinBrews

od_sf

California

4.25/5  rDev +7.1%

01-18-2013 04:56:40 | More by od_sf

sholland119

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -11.8%

12-13-2012 15:58:46 | More by sholland119

ABokononist

New York

4.25/5  rDev +7.1%

11-17-2012 16:19:42 | More by ABokononist

Swonkie

4.5/5  rDev +13.4%

11-14-2012 14:33:53 | More by Swonkie

gfreed

Massachusetts

3.13/5  rDev -21.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

An atypical downer from Dupont, the color of beef bullion (made from past-the-expiration-date salty cubes) with a hint of old mushrooms in the aroma. More mushrooms in the taste, although the expected yeastiness smothers them enough to make it taste like a decent beer, but still not one up to Dupont's regular standards. It added nothing to "Port of Shadows." Eh.

Serving type: bottle

11-04-2012 22:17:45 | More by gfreed

cpetrone84

Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pour is a rustic amber copper with a large bubbly off white head and a moderate lacing. The nose has a fair bit of yeast and peppery spice, dusty farmhouse notes with a lemon twang and lightly toasted biscuit to balance. Taste has less yeast to it, still nice and spicy in back lingering through the finish with toasted grains and lightly doughy malt body with a faint citrus hop in behind. Medium body with a creamy palate and assertive dry finish. Drinks more like a saison.

Serving type: bottle

10-22-2012 13:05:31 | More by cpetrone84

BeerForMuscle

New Jersey

4.2/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Deep maple syrup colored with an orangey glow. Very turbid with a huge, choppy head.

S - Acidic, tart, funky yeast. Dry and tangy with some mild citrus notes, and a subtle spice. In comes some sweetness in the way of dates, prunes, molasses and raisins. A hint of fennel.

T - Spiced and sweet with a warm side. Sweet dry fruit sugars, slight barnyard funk and yeast notes. Grape skins and fruit nectar, with a bitter component also. Pretty complex flavor profile.

M - Mellow bodied with a soft effervescence. Clean drinking with a dry finish.

O - A good BSPA with what I hoped for, a complex palate.

Serving type: bottle

10-18-2012 22:49:31 | More by BeerForMuscle

Johnhaley1989

North Dakota

3.25/5  rDev -18.1%

10-05-2012 20:03:03 | More by Johnhaley1989

t0rin0

California

4/5  rDev +0.8%

09-01-2012 00:32:12 | More by t0rin0

LiquidAmber

Washington

4.03/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into a Gulden Draak tulip. Pours a cloudy medium to dark orange amber, just about the color of honey. Massive very light brown head with good retention and tons of lacing. Looks very good. Aroma of light stone fruit, Belgian spicing and light caramel malt. Flavor follows, dominated by caramel malt, peach and apricot fruit overlayed by bitterness from hops and spicing. Finishes somewhat dry malt, fruit and residual hop bitterness with slight caramel aftertaste. Medium bodied, but active carbonation gives it a lively mouth feel. Flavors a bit attenuated, but pleasant. A nice pale Belgian with an interesting flavor progression.

Serving type: bottle

08-14-2012 02:47:15 | More by LiquidAmber

RandyKemka

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -5.5%

08-11-2012 23:15:00 | More by RandyKemka

st9647v3

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -5.5%

08-11-2012 22:58:03 | More by st9647v3

johnmichaelsen

Oregon

4/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Max's.

The beer pours a slightly hazy, copper amber color with good head retention and lacing. The nose is pretty nice as well, as I pick up some sweet malt, light clove and orange citrus. The flavor profile replicates the nose, though there's a touch of licorice in the finish as well that helps to counter the modest sweetness. There's a nice dollop of spice as well in the finish, which adds to the enjoyment. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with adequate carbonation, and the finish is fairly long and spicey.

Nothing extraordinary here, but for all that, another tasty beer from Dupont.

Serving type: on-tap

07-18-2012 23:18:37 | More by johnmichaelsen

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

3.8/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a hazy, deep orange-ish color with an off white head. In the aroma, light earthiness and a note of fruit. In the taste, apple fruitiness and a dry earthiness, with a nice yeast presence. A small bite and a medium bodied mouthfeel, with a dry green apple and earthy aftertaste. Earthy and a light fruitiness, a small abrasiveness but nice.

Serving type: bottle

07-10-2012 17:16:11 | More by OWSLEY069

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

4.43/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Bottle from Harvest Wines. From notes.

A - Poured a really cloudy dark gold. Good carbonation and a one finger eggshell head. A little lace and a finger of retention.

S - Hoppy, fruity, grassy, floral. Pretty great aroma.

T - Grass, hops, fruitiness, some funk, bubblegum, and caramel. Again, pretty awesome.

M - Mild bitterness with a sweet note as well and good carbonation with a medium body.

O/D - This was a terrific beer. Really tasty and easy to drink while being extremely complex with layers of flavours I certainly wasn't expecting to find. Lovely combo of hop/yeast/malt profile made for a very enjoyable experience. Great stuff.

Serving type: bottle

07-10-2012 07:38:37 | More by tbeckett

UCLABrewN84

California

3.85/5  rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

On tap at Little Bear in Los Angeles, CA.

Pours a slightly murky honey orange with a foamy bone colored head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is grain, malt, grape juice, and some spice aromas. Taste is much the same with a medium amount of spice bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer with a better taste than smell in my opinion.

Serving type: on-tap

06-24-2012 08:32:14 | More by UCLABrewN84