CBR 76: Belgian Golden Ale
Thu, 2007-05-17 00:05 — jbearer
- Artist: Craft Beer Radio
- Title: CBR 76: Belgian Golden Ale
- Album: Craft Beer Radio
- Track: 76
- Year: 2007
- Length: 56:20 minutes (19.35 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 48Kbps (CBR)
We start the tour of Belgian Style Ales with the Blonde or Golden Ale.
Beers:
Links:
- Seen through a Glass Lew Bryson
- Brooklyn Local #1
Ranking:
- Greg - 1. Affligem, 2. Leffe, 3. Delerium, 4. Duvel
- Jeff - 1. Leffe, 2. Affligem, 3. Delerium, 4. Duvel
Extras:
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Comments
Belgian Blonde
Hey guys. I don't understand why you didn't find the appropriate BJCP category for these beers. The BJCP category for Leffe and other lighter Belgian goldens is Belgian Blonde Ale, Category 18A. Overall Impression described as "A moderate-strength golden ale that has a subtle Belgian complexity, slightly sweet flavor, and dry finish." and under comments
"Similar strength as a dubbel, similar character as a Belgian Strong Golden Ale or Tripel, although a bit sweeter and not as bitter." The Duvel is the classic example of the Belgian strong golden, category 18d. You made mention of a triple several times. The Belgian strong golden is very like a triple and easily confused.
Sometimes I wonder at your lineups for the show. The Duvel and Delirium Tremens are both strong golden's and are intended to be more complex sippers while the Afligem and Leffe are intended to be more quaffable easy drinkers. Depending on what you were looking for in these beers you could easily have ranked the two strongs over the blonds. It was kind of an apples and oranges comparison in that sense.
Norm J
Ontario, CA
You're right, it probably
You're right, it probably wasn't the best put together show we've ever done. Jeff's head was in the clouds thinking of his India trip and I was still recovering from my Japan jet-lag hangover. We didn't really prepare and kind of threw together the first Belgian show with all sorts of mistakes and misappropriations.
So, we're sorry about that. We'll do a better job next time.
wow my whole comment got
wow my whole comment got deleted just like on beer advocate.
Gettin big for the breeches
You guy even commented on the beer just being good but noy a lot to say about it
justifies the beers rated high on BA being there
more complex hence more to say
Ye shall know the Bastard, And the Bastard shall set you free
As far as I can tell no one
As far as I can tell no one deleted any comments you made. Go ahead and repost it. The only thing we've deleted were spam.
Make sure you didn't just preview the comment - sometimes you can preview without posting and it only looks like you've posted.
it was here this morning?oh
it was here this morning?
oh well your site
they're site is stupid... like their show...
it's because they're sellouts to big beer... and they sold controlling rights of the sight to budweiser, all content must be approved by them prior to posting. sellouts. that's how you made your money - not on the podcast, but the millions you pocketed for control of your stupid show. i know you own yourshowisstupid.com too. sneaky guys.
in case you need to be told, that was entirely in jest.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha... Oh,
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha... Oh, you were joking?
G
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To Bilk...
BILK!!!
(catching up after a long period sans iPod)
Bilk and driving do not mix
I was listening to this show while driving to Auckland for the weekend, and when the BILK! exclamations started, both my wife and I ended up with tears in our eyes from laughing so hard. Hazardous to say the least, but hilarious! :)
Glad that some of our
Glad that some of our listeners share our sense of humor.