Saxo
Brasserie Caracole

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From:
Brasserie Caracole
 
Belgium
Style:
Belgian Blonde Ale
Ranked #14
ABV:
8%
Score:
87
Ranked #16,074
Avg:
3.89 | pDev: 11.31%
Reviews:
241
Ratings:
432
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 06, 2024
Added:
Feb 21, 2002
Wants:
  18
Gots:
  39
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Rated: 3.97 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Feb 06, 2024
 
Rated: 3.84 by robotic_being from Illinois

Jan 27, 2024
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.5/5  rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
April 2014: Shared bottle at local tasting. Golden colour. Sweetish aroma, notes of white kandij sugar syrup and spicy Belgian ale yeast. The flavour is not as sweet as I feared, quite nice actually. Mild spicy notes.
Dec 13, 2023
 
Rated: 4.26 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Dec 09, 2023
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Reviewed by JohnBrewer36 from Massachusetts

4.55/5  rDev +17%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
A local pub offered this beer on tap so I jumped at the chance to try it as I have not seen it in many years. Very glad I did. Beer arrived at table in the proper glass compete with brewery logo, which was a nice touch. Beer was clear and medium gold with a smooth airy head. Smell was malty and slightly nutty, with some hop smell. Taste was also smooth and slightly malty, with the bite and slight acidity that high alcohol beers offer, An interesting background taste took me a while to figure out as it was slightly unusual, even for a Belgian golden ale. I tasted coriander, with a background of cardamom and a sweet melon taste and aroma. This was a unique taste, and enjoyable. A thoroughly enjoyable beer, and a surprise find in our market. It did not taste the way I remember it from the bottle, which is not unusual as beers on tap often show some variations from the bottle. The unusual spicy taste was quite pronounced, and probably came from Grains of Paradise as that matches the taste profile, but far more pronounced than I have found in any other beer. This was a fun find and made for a fully enjoyable drinking experience.
Oct 21, 2023
 
Rated: 3.65 by JonnyCastle from Massachusetts

Sep 03, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by shigg85 from Japan

Aug 13, 2023
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3.98/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I had this on draft 6/21/23 @ the Hopleaf.

Semi-opaque orange appearance.

Nice bright white head; strong, frothy lace remained.

Banana, caramel & mild clove notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Mild banana & caramel flavors; dry clove notes on the finish.

Earthy, solid ale.
Jun 28, 2023
 
Rated: 3.93 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Oct 25, 2021
 
Rated: 3.78 by MaxOhle from Illinois

Jun 22, 2021
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

3.19/5  rDev -18%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)…
L- Be prepared in case yours starts slowly foaming from the spout right after de-capping. -- Mid-amber, somewhat hazy, with a 1Cm cream coloured fine-bubble head. ps @ +10mins, holds really well, in fact still 1Cm high...
S- Belgian yeast notes, incl a hint of citrus fruit?
T- Indeed, Belgian yeast timber/leather then into a light/dry citrus note. It reminds me of a citrus fruit rather scarce in the west, the pomelo. In that it has the flavour of a citrus fruit and yet has a kinda hollowed-out/watery iteration of citrus notes. Here they are dry, subtle and come with major CO2 on the palate which adds to the restrained taste.
F - Mucho CO2 on the palate. Surprisingly dry and seriously light feeling too considering that it's a solid 7.7% ABV.
O- I was hoping for more from this. The citrus/CO2 aspect is over-dominating for me. It comes over as nothing like it's ABV%. It doesn't even taste/feel like 4.5% to me, at -3.2% that is pretty astonishing. A strange brew really, I'll happily finish it but no reason to buy it again, there's so much available for the price that does more for me than this.
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! ==> contains 'spices'.
330ml bottle BB: 28/07/2022 £2.24 Bought from BeersOfEurope, King's Lynn/UK as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Apr 17, 2021
 
Rated: 3.44 by DvdP from Netherlands

Nov 09, 2020
 
Rated: 4.6 by jmbeerdude91 from Arizona

Jan 16, 2020
 
Rated: 4.02 by CanadianGinge from Texas

Oct 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.56 by sparx1100 from Minnesota

Aug 04, 2019
 
Rated: 4.19 by egrandfield from Massachusetts

May 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by bigred89 from Maryland

Oct 15, 2018
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Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana

3.93/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
From notes taken 07/31/17:

Opaque, extremely murky, metallic dull golden amber or orange. Creamy-white heads fizzy at first but settling to a well-retaining mass of light, rocky bubbles. Smells metallic and yeasty, an almost fruity tartness, a little vinegar and burnt rubber like in a sour. Palate is much more medicinal and mentholated, but fairly sweet, somewhere between vinous and pea-like, and lemony-tart enough to be quite refreshing at the 45°-50° it is being served at. Perhaps I was just thirsty, but I am guzzling it at the moment. Better leave a little to complete my review with! Light-bodied, perhaps medium, with a moderately active and soft effervescence, but a lot of it, matching with the level of fizziness in appearance. Velvety and gulpable. Both somewhat acidic and astringent, slightly warming.
Jun 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

May 26, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by jroof1 from Massachusetts

May 19, 2018
Saxo from Brasserie Caracole
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 432 ratings